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Heavyweights is a american film of genre Drama directed by Steven Brill released in USA on 17 february 1995 with Aaron Schwartz

Heavyweights (1995)

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Heavyweights
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Released in USA 17 february 1995
Length 1h40
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama
Rating65% 3.297033.297033.297033.297033.29703

Heavyweights (stylized onscreen as Heavy Weights) is a 1995 comedy film directed by Steven Brill and co-written by Brill with Judd Apatow. Heavyweights is about a fat camp for kids that is taken over by a fitness guru named Tony Perkis (Ben Stiller).

Synopsis

As school ends for the summer, Gerald Garner (Aaron Schwartz) is sent by his parents to Camp Hope, a weight loss camp for boys. Despite worrying at first, Gerry makes friends easily at camp and learns that Camp Hope is actually a lot of fun and won't be nearly as bad as he thinks. (As one veteran of the camp put it, Gerald is "not the fat kid, everyone's the fat kid.") He also discovers that the other campers have smuggled in enough junk food to easily stave off the hunger pangs and probably counteract any weight loss that the camp programs cause.

Actors

Aaron Schwartz

(Gerry)
Ben Stiller

(Tony Perkis / Tony Perkis Sr.)
Tom McGowan

(Pat)
Tim Blake Nelson

(Camp Hope Salesman)
Jeffrey Tambor

(Maury Garner)
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