Meatballs

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American film Canadian film comedy film film

Meatballs is a 1979 comedy film that helped establish Bill Murray as a major comedic star through his role as an irreverent summer camp counselor.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Meatballs 4	0	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → Canadian film → comedy film → film →
billMurrayBreakthroughRole	true →
boxOfficeSuccess	true →
characterPortrayedBy	Bill Murray → surface form: Tripper Harrison – Bill Murray
cinematography	Donald Wilder →
countryOfOrigin	Canada → United States of America → surface form: United States
director	Ivan Reitman →
distributor	Paramount Pictures →
editedBy	Debra Karen →
featuresCompetitionBetween	Camp North Star and Camp Mohawk →
filmingLocation	Camp White Pine → Ontario →
genre	comedy →
hasSequel	Meatballs self-linksurface differs → surface form: Meatballs 4 Meatballs III: Summer Job → Meatballs Part II →
language	English →
mainCharacter	Tripper Harrison →
MPAARating	PG →
musicBy	Elmer Bernstein →
notableFor	helping establish Bill Murray as a major comedic star →
notableSong	Are You Ready for the Summer? →
posterTagline	The summer you'll never forget. →
producer	Ivan Reitman →
productionCompany	Canadian Film Development Corporation → Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED →
releaseDate	1979-06-29 →
releaseYear	1979 →
runtimeMinutes	99 →
setIn	summer camp →
starring	Bill Murray → Chris Makepeace → Harvey Atkin → Kate Lynch →
theme	coming-of-age → friendship → summer camp life →
timePeriodSetIn	1970s →
writer	Daniel Goldberg NERFINISHED → Janis Allen → Len Blum NERFINISHED →

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Ivan Reitman → notableWork → Meatballs →

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