This article is about the film. For the album by Sal Nistico, see Heavyweights (album).
Heavyweights
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Steven Brill
Written by
Steven Brill Judd Apatow
Produced by
Roger Birnbaum Joe Roth Morgan Michael Fottrell Charles J.D. Schlissel Jack Giarraputo
Starring
Tom McGowan
Aaron Schwartz
Shaun Weiss
Tom Hodges
Leah Lail
Paul Feig
Kenan Thompson
David Bowe
Max Goldblatt
Robert Zalkind
Patrick LaBrecque
Jeffrey Tambor
Jerry Stiller
Anne Meara
Ben Stiller
Cinematography
Victor Hammer
Edited by
Carroll Timothy O'Meara
Music by
J. A. C. Redford
Production companies
Walt Disney Pictures Caravan Pictures
Distributed by
Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date
February 17, 1995 (1995-02-17)
Running time
100 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$17.6 million[1]
Heavyweights is a 1995 American comedy film directed by Steven Brill and written by Brill with Judd Apatow, and starring Tom McGowan, Aaron Schwartz, Shaun Weiss, Tom Hodges, Leah Lail, Paul Feig, Kenan Thompson, David Bowe, Max Goldblatt, Robert Zalkind, Patrick LaBrecque, Jeffrey Tambor, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, and Ben Stiller (in a dual role). The film follows a fat camp for kids that is taken over by a fitness entrepreneur as its campers work to overthrow him.
Though the film was initially met with mixed reviews, it found a following on home video and cable TV airings and has since become a cult film.[2]
^Heavyweights at Box Office Mojo
^Mendez, Luis A. (July 14, 2021). ""It's A Fat Camp!": How The Box Office Bomb Heavyweights Became A 90s Kids' Cult Classic". Ordinary Times. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
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