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He had a good sense of humor, and he himself was not afraid of Bill. So he knew how to play his role in a kind of un-actorly way, in a naturalistic way. And Bill responded to him. There was only so much research I could do, but I feel confident enough to say with almost absolute certainty that your film is the only soundtrack with Elmer Bernstein and Rick Dees on it.

Elmer Bernstein had done Animal House so we became friends and I asked him to do Meatballs — really for no fee but a participation. And I think his score is just gorgeous. Kate Lynch turned out to be an excellent romantic foil opposite Bill. I imagine you had to cast that role carefully knowing how charismatic Bill could be. I certainly chose her because I felt she could perform the strength that was required.

And she was attractive without being overly beautiful, and I thought in a strange way that was going to be good. Kate was very strong in Meatballs. Certainly P. Soles stands up to him in a different way in Stripes. And certainly Sigourney Weaver in the two Ghostbuster films. But you still feel the romance in each one of those. Aggressively physical? But in a very funny and lovely way.

I just saw him sort of do it, like in real life, and I witnessed it though all the films that we made together. Were you terrified this might be your last film. I have to say I was pretty confident. After we wrapped, I knew we had filmed some really funny things and that Bill gave an extraordinarily special performance. There were other things too: the young actors were very attractive and endearing, and somehow I knew it was going to come together.

I actually feel that Bill should work more. I think he wanted to do a different kind of work — I guess more serious. During the time off, Chris Makepeace had entered puberty and had the beginnings of a mustache. Bill Murray decided that it had to go so he took Makepeace over to a sink, lathered him up with soap and shaved off his mustache.

So Makepeace received his first ever shave from Murray. First starring role of actor-comedian Bill Murray. Murray had sole name above the title billing on movie posters. The red shorts and colorful Hawaiian shirt that Bill Murray is seen wearing in the movie were his own clothes. When talking to the news crew Tripper introduces himself as Camp Mohawk program director Jerry Aldini.

First of six collaborations of Bill Murray and Harold Ramis with Ramis functioning in any combination of various roles as actor, writer, director. Many of the extras in the film were actual campers and counselors of the camp; most if not all locations were actual camp facilities basketball courts, mess hall, swim docks, cabins, etc.

These competitions were nicknamed "Mohawk Relays", perhaps serving as inspiration for the name of the rival camp in the movie. But Landis turned it down because he was too busy working on The Blues Brothers Because of this, Reitman decided to direct it himself. John Belushi convinced Bill Murray to accept the part of Tripper, pointing out that it would be Murray's first film and he would be the star.

Star Bill Murray only signed on to do the film very late because of his contractual obligations to the live-comedy TV series Saturday Night Live The cast and crew have never reunited. Murray met with director Ivan Reitman before shooting to spitball. Hell no! Bluto might have been an idiot, but he was still playing off Western tradition.

He was King Henry in the funhouse mirror. How do you review a really good bad movie? Common Sense Media does a better job. This was the directorial debut of Reitman, who would direct two other canonical Murray movies: Stripes and Ghostbusters. Determined to put them in a movie, he spent two years developing Animal House , only to be told he was too inexperienced to direct.

Meatballs was Plan B. The film, featuring mostly unknowns, was shot at Camp White Pine, in Haliburton, Ontario — those are real campers in the mess hall. Murray had been on SNL for one season, but had yet to break out. He was still a kind of secret, one of the innumerable Murray brothers from Wilmette, Illinois, who had made their name at Second City Nightclub.

Meatballs: Where Are They Now? Everett Collection A silly little film about the wacky hijinks of counselors and campers at summer camp, "Meatballs" proved itself not only to be a rare Canadian film hit, but also a launching pad for Bill Murray and director Ivan Reitman's careers.

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