Pound fellows
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Pound fellows |
| Original title | Heavy Weights Heavyweights |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1995 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Steven Brill |
| script | Steven Brill, Judd Apatow |
| production |
Judd Apatow , Roger Birnbaum , Sarah Bowman , Joe Roth |
| music | JAC Redford |
| camera | Victor Hammer |
| cut | Carroll Timothy O'Meara |
| occupation | |
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Pfundskerle ( Heavyweights ) is an American film comedy by Steven Brill from the year 1995 .
action
The overweight Gerald Garner is said to be spending his vacation at Camp Hope summer camp . He likes it there first. After a while, the camp management is taken over by Tony Perkis, who uses drastic methods to ensure that the overweight children lose weight. He wants to make an instructional video about weight loss methods.
After the sweets are taken away from the children, they develop plans on how to deal with perkis. They temporarily lock him in.
On the day of their visit, the parents of the children are shown a video in which the methods of Perkis were presented negatively. They are horrified and tell Perkis that his time in the camp is over. Perkis is released.
The boys remain in the camp. In the end you win - for the first time - in a sporting competition against another camp.
Reviews
Hal Hinson scoffed in the Washington Post on February 17, 1995 that the film was "the best movie about adolescent overweight boys in a summer camp " - because it was the only one. He can only win in competition with himself.
background
The film was shot in North Carolina . It grossed approximately $ 17.7 million in US cinemas .
swell
- ^ Review by Hal Hinson
- ^ Filming locations for Heavy Weights, accessed May 27, 2007
- ↑ Box office / business for Heavy Weights, accessed May 27, 2007
Web links
- Pfundskerle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Pfundskerle at Rotten Tomatoes (English)