Meatballs Part II
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Meatballs Part II
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There have been almost enough Meatballs to make a plate of spaghetti, but this entry about a decisive boxing match between two youth camps is basically inedible without Bill Murray to add the necessary zest, as he did in the original Meatballs. "The Flash" (John Mengatti) is out on probation but has to serve time at Camp Sasquatch as a counselor-in-training (!) as a part of the probation terms. There, he meets the super-innocent Cheryl (Kim Richards), adding interest to his job, but none of the characters in Camp Sasquatch or its rival Camp Patton add much interest to the film. Hershey (Hamilton Camp) is the one-dimensional fascist who runs the militaristic Camp Patton and sure enough, his aide-de-camp is a closet gay (John Larroquette). (Paul Reubens) of Pee Wee Herman fame is a minor player, Richard Mulligan is Giddy (an apt name for his character) and when these oddballs are combined with a strange- looking alien and the final boxing match that will save Camp Sasquatch if only The Flash can win, the pastiche is somewhat hard to digest. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, RoviCast
- Archie Hahn III - Jamie
- John Mengatti - Flash
- Tammy Taylor - Nancy
- Kim Richards - Cheryl
- Ralph Seymour - Eddie
Credit
Peg Cummings - Art Director, Robert P. Cohen - First Assistant Director, Ken Wiederhorn - Director, George Berndt - Editor, Lisa Barsamian - Executive Producer, Ken Harrison - Composer (Music Score), Ken Harrison - Songwriter, James Newport - Production Designer, Donald M. Morgan - Cinematographer, Lisa Barsamian - Producer, Tony Bishop - Producer, Louis Mann - Set Designer, Peg Cummings - Set Designer, Barry Nolan - Special Effects, Martin Kitrosser - Screen Story, Carol Watson - Screen Story, Bruce Franklin Singer - Screenwriter, Carol Watson - Screenwriter| Meatballs III (1987 Film), Meatballs 4 (1992 Film) | |
| Meatmen: The Devil's in the Detail, Volume 1 (2007 Film), Meatwaffle (2009 Film) |
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| Directed by | Ken Wiederhorn |
| Produced by | Lisa Barsamian Tony Bishop Stephen Poe |
| Written by | Martin Kitrosser Carol Watson Bruce Franklin Singer (credited as Bruce Singer) |
| Starring | Richard Mulligan Hamilton Camp John Mengatti Kim Richards |
| Music by | Ken Harrison |
| Cinematography | Donald M. Morgan |
| Editing by | George Berndt |
| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 27, 1984 |
| Running time | 87 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $5,410,972 |
Meatballs Part II is a 1984 film that was a sequel to the 1979 movie Meatballs, but was released by a different studio and did not feature the same actors. The film starred Richard Mulligan, Hamilton Camp, Kim Richards, John Mengatti, Paul Reubens, Misty Rowe, John Larroquette, Blackie Dammett, Donald Gibb and Jason Luque.
Plot
This in-name-only sequel to the first Meatballs summer camp movie sets us at Camp Sasquatch and revolves around two main plots. The owner of Sasquatch, Giddy, tries to keep his camp open after Hershey, the owner of Camp Patton located just across the lake, wants to buy the entire lake area for Camp Patton. Giddy suggests settling the issue with the traditional end-of-the-summer boxing match over rights to the lake. A tough, inner city punk named Flash is at Camp Sasquash for community service as a counselor-in-training. Flash is recruited to box in order to save Sasquatch. The second main subplot involves Cheryl. She is a naive teen whom Flash sets his sights on. Cheryl's teenage girl co-campers arrange for Cheryl to see a man naked after she confesses she's never seen a "pinky." Also in the movie, an alien is also staying at the camp for the summer.
External links
- MeatballsOnline Meatballs Movie Website
- Meatballs Part II at the Internet Movie Database
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