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Heavy Weights (1995)

PG  100 min  -  Comedy | Drama | Family   -  17 February 1995 (USA)
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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:

Tom McGowan, Aaron Schwartz and Ben Stiller
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Still of Ben Stiller in Heavy Weights Brawn is no match for brains when Gerry (Aaron Schwartz, left) and Roy (Kenan Thompson, right) take control of the camp and use their clever wits to retaliate against the bully counselors including Lars (Tom Hodges, center), who have made their summer unbearable. Steven Brill, Michelle Holdsworth, Aaron Schwartz, Kenan Thompson and Shaun Weiss in Heavy Weights Still of Cody Burger, Max Goldblatt, David Goldman, Joseph Wayne Miller, Aaron Schwartz and Kenan Thompson in Heavy Weights Still of Aaron Schwartz, Kenan Thompson and Shaun Weiss in Heavy Weights Ben Stiller, Judd Apatow and Steven Brill in Heavy Weights
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Goldman David Goldman ...
Joseph Wayne Miller Joseph Wayne Miller ...
Sam
Cody Burger Cody Burger ...
Cody
Allen Covert ...
Kenny
Tim Blake Nelson ...
Nancy Ringham Nancy Ringham ...
Seth St. Laurent Seth St. Laurent ...
Camp MVP Racer
Bobby Fain Bobby Fain ...
Camp MVP Pitcher
Tom McGowan ...
Aaron Schwartz ...
Shaun Weiss ...
Tom Hodges Tom Hodges ...
Leah Lail ...
Paul Feig ...
Tim
Kenan Thompson ...
Roy
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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. Written by Todd Baldridge  

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Plot Keywords:

Overweight | Fat Camp | Boy | Fitness | Exercise  | See more »

Taglines:

They never met a hot dog they didn't like... until now. See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some rude language and pranks See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Férias de Peso See more »

Filming Locations:

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

Box Office

Gross:

$17,689,177 (USA)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Caravan Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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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. See more »

Goofs

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the cameraman is at the dance, he is drinking with another counselor, and he says, "Rock and roll," but his mouth doesn't move. See more »

Quotes

Tony Perkis: Kids, at age 12, I weighed 319 pounds. I had bad skin, low self-esteem, and no self-respect. Now, I eat success for breakfast, with skim milk.
Nicholas: [gets a sour look on his face] Ugh.
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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. See more »

Connections

Featured in "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno: Episode #18.10" (2010) See more »

Soundtracks

"HANG TOUGH"
Written by Allen Toussaint
Performed by Crescent City Gold
Courtesy of High Street Records See more »