Heavyweights

Heavyweights
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySteven Brill
Written bySteven Brill
Judd Apatow
Produced byRoger Birnbaum
Joe Roth
Morgan Michael Fottrell
Charles J.D. Schlissel
Jack Giarraputo
Starring
CinematographyVictor Hammer
Edited byCarroll Timothy O'Meara
Music byJ. A. C. Redford
Production
companies
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date
  • February 17, 1995 (1995-02-17)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$17.6 million[1]

Heavyweights is a 1995 American comedy film directed by Steven Brill and written by Brill with Judd Apatow, and starring Tom McGowan, Aaron Schwartz, Shaun Weiss, Tom Hodges, Leah Lail, Paul Feig, Kenan Thompson, David Bowe, Max Goldblatt, Robert Zalkind, Patrick LaBrecque, Jeffrey Tambor, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, and Ben Stiller (in a dual role). The film follows a fat camp for kids that is taken over by a fitness entrepreneur as its campers work to overthrow him.

Though the film was initially met with mixed reviews, it found a following on home video and cable TV airings and has since become a cult film.[2]

  1. ^ Heavyweights at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ Mendez, Luis A. (July 14, 2021). ""It's A Fat Camp!": How The Box Office Bomb Heavyweights Became A 90s Kids' Cult Classic". Ordinary Times. Retrieved July 18, 2023.