Heavy Weights (1995)

Plump kids are lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times, only to find that the facility is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor.

Director:

Steven Brill

Writers:

Judd Apatow, Steven Brill

Stars:

David Goldman, Tom McGowan, Aaron Schwartz

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Goldman	...	Nicholas
Joseph Wayne Miller	...	Sam
Cody Burger	...	Cody
Allen Covert	...	Kenny
Tim Blake Nelson	...	Roger Johnson
Nancy Ringham	...	Mrs. Maury Garner
Seth St. Laurent	...	Camp MVP Racer
Bobby Fain	...	Camp MVP Pitcher
Tom McGowan	...	Pat Finley
Aaron Schwartz	...	Gerald 'Gerry' Garner
Shaun Weiss	...	Josh Burnbalm
Tom Hodges	...	Lars
Leah Lail	...	Julie
Paul Feig	...	Tim
Kenan Thompson	...	Roy

Storyline

11-year-old Gerald "Gerry" Garner lives in Long Island, New York, and he's overweight. Gerry's parents Maury and Mrs. Garner decide to send Gerry to Camp Hope, a camp for overweight boys. The camp is owned by kindly Harvey Bushkin and his equally kind wife Alice Bushkin. When the Bushkins file for bankruptcy the camp has to be sold, it is bought by a wacko named Tony Perkis. Tony plans to force the campers to lose as much weight as they can, and he also intends to document the marathon shedding of weight and use it for an infomercial for his slenderizing program. In the eyes of the campers, Tony has made Camp Hope a living hell. As Gerry and counselor Pat Finley lead the efforts to overthrow Tony, the campers prepare for the Apache Relay against arch rival Camp MVP. The Apache Relay is a kind of race in which Camp Hope has never defeated Camp MVP before.

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Plot Keywords:

overweight | fat camp | fitness | exercise | boy | 

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Taglines:

They don't run the fastest. They don't jump the highest. But they sure are getting the last laugh.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some rude language and pranks

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 February 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Agir Toplar

Filming Locations:

Camp Pinnacle - 4080 Little River Road, Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$17,689,177 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Caravan Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

While Ben Stiller played the parts of both Tony Perkins and his father, the Bushkins were played by his actual parents, Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara.

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Goofs

The nurse's hair color varies throughout the movie.

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Quotes

Pat Finley: Did you talk to child services?
Julie: Yeah, they said they'd like to come out and investigate but they can't come for two weeks.
Pat Finley: That's too long. Tim, what did your lawyer say?
Tim: No hard evidence.
Pat Finley: Hard evidence? Tony's hard evidence, just look at the guy!
Tim: It's what the lawyer said.

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Crazy Credits

As the credits end, a doorbell rings. A door is opened to reveal Tony Perkis, now a door-to-door salesman selling "Healing Crystals". After a brief salesman speech from Perkis, the door is slammed shut in his face.

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Connections

Spoofs One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)

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Soundtracks

"THIEVING MAGPIES"
Written by Gioachino Rossini

User Reviews

Hardest I've laughed in a LONG time.

This is one of the funniest movies I've seen. And fat people will not be offended, I have friends that have really been to "fat camp" and they were laughing harder than I was, and I really don't see what's so gross about it. This is a great film go out and rent it. 9.5 out of 10.