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Heavy Weights (1995) 6.6
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. Director:Steven Brill |
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11-year-old Gerald "Gerry" Garner lives in Long Island, New York, and he's overweight. Gerry's parents Maury and Mrs. Garner decide to send Gerry to Camp Hope, a camp for overweight boys. The camp is owned by kindly Harvey Bushkin and his equally kind wife Alice Bushkin. When the Bushkins file for bankruptcy the camp has to be sold, it is bought by a wacko named Tony Perkis. Tony plans to force the campers to lose as much weight as they can, and he also intends to document the marathon shedding of weight and use it for an infomercial for his slenderizing program. In the eyes of the campers, Tony has made Camp Hope a living hell. As Gerry and counselor Pat Finley lead the efforts to overthrow Tony, the campers prepare for the Apache Relay against arch rival Camp MVP. The Apache Relay is a kind of race in which Camp Hope has never defeated Camp MVP before. Written by Todd Baldridge
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
17 February 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Heavyweights See more »Filming Locations:
Camp Pinnacle - 4080 Little River Road, Hendersonville, North Carolina, USA See more »Box Office
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Written by Warren Moore and William Griffin
Performed by The Miracles
Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P.
By Arrangement with Polygram Special Markets
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Ben Stiller had to work out for 4 hours prior to his role as Tony. See more »Goofs
After Gerry gets pushed off the course in the go kart race and he finds his way back onto the course, Gerry's opponent says "Oh shoot" but his mouth is saying "Oh sh*t". See more »Soundtracks
LOVE MACHINEWritten by Warren Moore and William Griffin
Performed by The Miracles
Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P.
By Arrangement with Polygram Special Markets
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Camp Hope is a summer camp for fat kids, all of the kids at Camp Hope have a weight problem. It is the one place they can go without feeling different. But when the previous owners declare bankruptcy, the camp is purchased by an obnoxious fitness freak Tony Perkis (Ben Stiller) who becomes obsessed with changing his chubby charges into budding body builders. He immediately begins serving them low calorie foods and subjecting them to rigorous exercises (ex. 20 mile hike). Part of his motivation is greed and he is in the process of writing a book, and filming an infomercial on weight loss. The boys at camp rebel the "Perkis System" and mayhem ensues. I liked Heavyweights it was pretty funny for a Disney film. Ben Stiller is hilarious as the freak Tony Perkis one of his better roles in my opinion.