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:

Tom McGowan, Aaron Schwartz, Ben Stiller

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:

fat camp | summer camp | overweight | boy | exercise | 

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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 | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some rude language and pranks

Details

Official Sites:

official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 February 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Heavyweights

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

Similar to his character in this movie, Ben Stiller would play another health-obsessed fitness fanatic in the 2004 movie "Dodgeball".

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Goofs

When Tony first comes out, the camera man follows him all the way to the front row. But moments later he is at the back with a red light on the camera that turns off and on in different shots.

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Quotes

Lars: I have them on the "body" system.
Julie: The "body" system?
Lars: Yeah, the body system.
[blows whistle and screams]
Lars: BODY!
Boys: [holding hands] BUDDY!
Lars: BODY!
Boys: BUDDY!
Lars: BODY!
Boys: BUDDY!
[...]

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Connections

Spoofs Platoon (1986)

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Soundtracks

BLUE DANUBE
Written by Johann Strauss

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.