Meatballs (film)

Meatballs
Theatrical release poster by Morgan Kane
Directed byIvan Reitman
Written by
Produced byDaniel Goldberg
Starring
CinematographyDonald Wilder
Edited byDebra Karen
Music byElmer Bernstein
Production
companies
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 29, 1979 (1979-06-29)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.6 million or $1.2 million[1]
Box office$70 million[2]

Meatballs is a 1979 Canadian comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman. It is noted for Bill Murray's first film appearance in a starring role and for launching the directing career of Reitman, whose later comedies include Stripes (1981) and Ghostbusters (1984), both starring Murray.

The film was the highest-grossing Canadian film of all time in the United States and Canada, winning the Golden Reel Award. It is the first of six film collaborations between Murray and Harold Ramis and few sequels, of which only Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986) had any connection to the original.

  1. ^ Lee, Grant (13 Jan 1979). "FILM CLIPS: Canadians Shooting for the Big Leagues". Los Angeles Times. p. b10.
  2. ^ Brown, Peter H (1985-01-20). "We're Talking Gross, Tacky and Dumb". Los Angeles Times.