Heavy Weights (1995)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Steven Brill

Writers (WGA):

Judd Apatow (written by) &
Steven Brill (written by)

Release Date:

17 February 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Comedy

Tagline:

They don't run the fastest. They don't jump the highest. But they sure are getting the last laugh. Heavyweights. They never met a hot dog they didn't like ... until now.

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Overweight | Infomercial | Fitness | Fat Joke | Cult Favorite

Cast

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
David Bowe	...	Chris Donelly
Max Goldblatt	...	Phillip Grubenov
Robert Zalkind	...	Simms
Patrick LaBrecque	...	Dawson (as Patrick La Brecque)
Jeffrey Tambor	...	Maury Garner
Jerry Stiller	...	Harvey Bushkin
Anne Meara	...	Alice Bushkin
Ben Stiller	...	Tony Perkis / Tony Perkis Sr.
Robert E. Spencer III	...	Soccer Goalie
Dustin Greer	...	Blob Master
Matthew R. Zboyovski	...	Hope Wall Climber
J.T. Alessi	...	Balloon Shaver
Chris Snyder	...	Baseball Scorekeeper
Aubrey Dollar	...	Camp Magnolia Girl
Mary Holt Fickes	...	Camp Magnolia Girl
Jamie Olson	...	Camp Magnolia Girl
Lauren Hill	...	Angelic Girl
Landry M. Constantino	...	Kissing Girl
Lois Yaroshefsky	...	Camp Magnolia Counselor
Mathew Bradley King	...	Gerrys School Buddy
Deena Dill	...	Stewardess
Tom Kelley	...	Man on Plane
Lars Clark	...	Jack Garner
Judd Apatow	...	Homer

Directed by
Steven Brill

Writing credits (WGA)
Judd Apatow		(written by) &
Steven Brill		(written by)

Produced by
Judd Apatow	....	executive producer
Roger Birnbaum	....	producer
Sarah Bowman	....	executive producer
Morgan Michael Fottrell	....	co-producer
Jack Giarraputo	....	associate producer
Joe Roth	....	producer
Charles J.D. Schlissel	....	co-producer

Original Music by
J.A.C. Redford

Cinematography by
Victor Hammer

Film Editing by
Carroll Timothy O'Meara		(as C. Timothy O'Meara)

Casting by
Lynda Gordon
Judy Taylor

Production Design by
Stephen Storer

Art Direction by
Jack Ballance
Harry Darrow

Set Decoration by
Chris L. Spellman

Costume Design by
Kimberly A. Tillman

Makeup Department
John R. Bayless	....	key makeup artist
Judith H. Bickerton	....	hair stylist
Michael Burnett	....	prosthetic makeup artist: Ben Stiller
Geordie Sheffer	....	key hair stylist
Carolynn Weast	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Katherine E. Beyda	....	production supervisor
Morgan Michael Fottrell	....	unit production manager
Charles J.D. Schlissel	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stephanie Fowler Adams	....	second assistant director: second unit
Steve Boyum	....	second unit director
Merrilee Dale	....	second second assistant director
Alan Hopkins	....	first assistant director: second unit (as J. Alan Hopkins)
David B. Householter	....	first assistant director
Richard Oswald	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Kip Bartlett	....	lead man
Robert Beck	....	property master
Donna Cline	....	storyboard artist
Beth Giles	....	assistant property master
Tom Jones Jr.	....	construction coordinator
Andrew J. Krish	....	on-set dresser
Andy Krish	....	set dresser
Joe McGuire	....	set dresser
Thomas C. Mentzer	....	carpenter
Leonard M. Smith Jr.	....	set dresser
Tim Snowber	....	art department coordinator (as Timothy M. Snowber)

Sound Department
Rick Ash	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kat Craig	....	cable person
Kat Craig	....	sound mixer: second unit
Andy D'Addario	....	sound re-recording mixer
Francesca Dodd	....	dialogue editor
Patrick Dodd	....	sound supervisor
Mary H. Ellis	....	sound mixer
Frank E. Eulner	....	sound effects editor
Bill Fibben	....	boom operator
Marjorie L. Hagan	....	assistant sound effects editor
Samuel H. Hinckley	....	sound effects editor
Erik R. Kraber	....	assistant dialogue editor
Mark Levinson	....	adr editor
Linda Lew	....	foley recordist
Jennifer Myers	....	foley walker
Margie O'Malley	....	foley walker
Michael Semanick	....	foley recordist
Lisa Storer	....	assistant sound effects editor
Eric Thompson	....	foley mixer
John Verbeck	....	foley editor
Hugh Waddell	....	sound editor
Dean A. Zupancic	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Mitchell Medford	....	special effects assistant
William Purcell	....	special effects technician
Scott Rushton	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Olivier Sarda	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Steve Boyum	....	stunt coordinator
Keith Campbell	....	stunt double: Mr. Stiller
Jack Carpenter	....	stunts
Doc D. Charbonneau	....	stunts
Christian J. Fletcher	....	stunt double (as Chris Fletcher)
Gary Guercio	....	stunts
Kent W. Luttrell	....	stunts (as Kent Luttrell)
Gregg Smrz	....	stunts (as Greg Smrz)

Camera and Electrical Department
Denise Bailie	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Michael Burke	....	gaffer
Richard J. Cartwright	....	still photographer
Stephen Crowley	....	electrician
Blaise Dahlquist	....	electrician
Blaise Dahlquist	....	rigging gaffer
Ed Dally	....	video engineer
Michael A. FauntLeRoy	....	first assistant camera
Michael Ferris	....	director of photography: second unit
Ken Finlay	....	best boy electric
Thomas Greco	....	second assistant camera
Jimmy Harritos	....	rigging set electric
George Hesse	....	second assistant camera: second unit (as George E. Hesse III)
Jerry Holway	....	Steadicam operator
Jerry Holway	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Ken Hudson	....	second assistant camera
Pete Johnson	....	video playback assistant
Christopher D. Jones	....	electrician
Nick Nelson	....	electrician
Tripp Pair	....	grip
Jesse Wayne Parker	....	best boy grip
C. Alan Rawlins	....	key grip
Chris Rawlins Jr.	....	grip
Riko Schatke	....	grip
C. Ashley Sudge	....	dolly grip
Mark Van Loon	....	Steadicam operator
Mark Van Loon	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Paul Varrieur	....	camera operator: "a" camera
John Verardi	....	first assistant camera: second unit
John Yerardi	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Shirley Fulton Crumley	....	location casting
Schuler Kent	....	casting assistant
Theresa Phillips	....	location casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Layne Brightwell	....	set costumer
Allyson Brown	....	costumer
Deborah Latham	....	costume supervisor
Richard Schoen	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Gordon Antell	....	assistant film editor
Sam Citron	....	first assistant film editor
Karen Dimmig	....	apprentice film editor
Gloria Kaiser	....	color timer
David Koeppel	....	assistant film editor
Richard E. Rabjohn	....	additional film editor
Karen Rasch	....	first assistant film editor
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter
Robert L. Sinise	....	additional film editor
Glenn Allen	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Thomas Pasatieri	....	orchestrator
John Rosenberg	....	music contractor
Edward T. Ryan	....	supervising music editor
Michael T. Ryan	....	supervising music editor
John Vigran	....	score mixer
John Vigran	....	score recordist

Transportation Department
Richard A. Davis	....	transportation captain
Jerry Jackson	....	transportation coordinator
John Rice Sr.	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Kwame L. Abernathy	....	location assistant
Steve Battaglia	....	key production assistant
Michael Bard Bayer	....	production assistant
George Bosley	....	location manager
Nita Boyum	....	script supervisor: second unit
Jonathan Capra	....	key production assistant
James M. Crumley Jr.	....	production assistant
Michael Curtis	....	title designer
Mark A. Dixon	....	location manager
Ned Dowd	....	head of production: Caravan Pictures
Wendy Cooper Earley	....	production assistant
Christine C. Fransen	....	assistant production coordinator
Gary Gillingham	....	production accountant
April H. Grantham	....	craft service
Michelle Holdsworth	....	assistant: Mr. Brill
Bob Kay	....	production assistant
Mary K. Lanier	....	technical advisor
Rob Meisenholder	....	payroll accountant
Patricia Phillips	....	production assistant
Rebecca Poulos	....	script supervisor
Candisse Reynolds	....	assistant location manager
John H. Schroeder	....	production assistant
Katie Willard Troebs	....	production coordinator
Lois Yaroshefsky	....	studio teacher

Production Companies

• Caravan Pictures
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures
• Walt Disney Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)

Also Known As:

Heavyweights (USA) (alternative spelling)

MPAA:

Rated PG for some rude language and pranks.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | UK:PG (video premiere) | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Caravan Pictures

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Pat and Gerry are talking by the bus in the beginning, you can see reflections of the cameraman behind them in the bus. But when they turn around and show them, they are all kids.

Quotes:

Lars: Huh very fat I see.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Starsky & Hutch (2004)

Soundtrack:

CAMP HOPE CONCERTO

A classic that delivers laughs as big as the kids stomachs!

Heavyweights is the story of a group of kids who with the help of their counselor go on a mission to take back their fat camp from a crazy man who has never interacted with kids before (played by Ben Stiller) who is intend on making it into a money making informercial.

I first saw this as a child, and absolutely loved it. I must have watched it again on at least 5 other occassions. Recently I was in the video store and came across a copy of it for sale. After convincing my friend to buy it , we went back to his house and popped it into the VCR. I wondered if the film would hold up after all these years. Did it? Absolutely! In fact I may have gotten bigger laughs this time around.

I do not understand why this film has a 5.1 rating, after reminding this movie to my friends they all recalled loving it, and everyone I recently watched it with loved it. Ben Stiller's character is hillarious, and the rest of the cast is great. Besides Ben, Kenan Thompson is the only other actor in this who went on to become somewhat of a star, which is suprising because all the kids give great performances. Tom Mcgowan, the man who plays Pat, seemed to be chosen for the role because Chris Farley passed on it, and John Candy died, but he gives a great performance.

I know it sounds cliche, but Heavyweights is truly one of the few movies that people of all ages will love.

9/10