Heavy Weights (1995)

Director:

Steven Brill

Writers (WGA):

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

Release Date:

17 February 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Family

Tagline:

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 | Fat Camp | Fitness | Exercise | Boy

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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
C. Michael Haynes	...	Principal Parent (uncredited)

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
Michael Fottrell	....	co-producer (as Morgan Michael Fottrell)
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
Faron Johnson	....	assistant makeup artist
Geordie Sheffer	....	key hair stylist
Carolynn Weast	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Katherine E. Beyda	....	production supervisor
Michael Fottrell	....	unit production manager (as Morgan Michael Fottrell)
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
Andy Krish	....	on-set dresser (as Andrew J. Krish)
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
Allen Hurd	....	sound recordist
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
Dale Fowler	....	pre-rig electrician
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
Chris Rawlins Jr.	....	grip
C. Alan Rawlins	....	key 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
Garrett Brown	....	steadicam operator (uncredited)

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 B. Fanger	....	costumer (as Allyson Brown)
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)
Lisa Rodgers	....	post-production coordinator (uncredited)

Music Department
George Doering	....	musician
Maria Newman	....	musician
Thomas Pasatieri	....	orchestrator
John Rosenberg	....	music contractor
Edward T. Ryan	....	supervising music editor
Michael T. Ryan	....	supervising music editor
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn
John Vigran	....	score mixer
John Vigran	....	score recordist

Transportation Department
Richard A. Davis	....	transportation captain
Jerry Jackson	....	transportation coordinator
John Lybrand	....	picture car 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
Robert E. 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
Anne Lockhart	....	adr loop group (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Caravan Pictures
• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

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

Also Known As:

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:

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

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Caravan Pictures

Trivia:

The story that Tony tells the boys during the hike is actually a confused mix of the myths of Icarus and Sisyphus. Sisyphus was a Greek king who tricked the gods on several occasions. As punishment, upon his death, he was forced to push a boulder up a hill for all of eternity. Before he could reach the top of the hill, the boulder would roll back down and he would have to start over. Icarus was a young man who tried to escape an island prison with his father, Daedalus, by making wings out of feathers and wax. Despite his father's warnings, Icarus flew too close to the sun, his wings melted and he fell to his death.

Goofs:

Continuity: The bug zapper in Tony's cage drastically alters positions as scenes change.

Quotes:

Tony Perkis:Repulse the monkey... part the wild horse's mane.

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

BLUE DANUBE

Greatest movie of all time

This is the best movie ever. I have watched it 1192 times. Ben Stiller's performance is excellent and the kids, although amateur, provide many, many, many laughs. This is a great movie to sit back and watch when you feel like using no brain power. The comedy is completely mindless and hilarious. Watching a group of obese children being "torchered" by a diet-obsessed ex-heavyweight is a great premise for a movie. it has all the elements of a good movie: you laugh, you celebrate, and maybe, (if you're extremely sensitive) cry. I don't know how you can't absolutely love this movie. My praises for this movie know almost no bounds. This is just a great movie. Well, I'm going to go achieve 1193!