Meatballs

1979 film by Ivan Reitman
Movie film Q2601425
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Meatballs

Summary

Meatballs is a film[1]. Meatballs ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (744 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meatballs's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Meatballs's director is recorded as Ivan Reitman[4].
  • Meatballs's screenwriter is recorded as Harold Ramis[5].
  • Meatballs's composer is recorded as Elmer Bernstein[6].
  • Meatballs's genre is recorded as teen film[7].
  • Meatballs's genre is recorded as coming-of-age film[8].
  • Meatballs's followed by is recorded as Meatballs Part II[9].
  • Meatballs's cast member is recorded as Bill Murray[10].
  • Meatballs's cast member is recorded as Chris Makepeace[11].
  • Meatballs's cast member is recorded as Kate Lynch[12].
  • Meatballs's cast member is recorded as Harvey Atkin[13].
  • Meatballs's cast member is recorded as Matt Craven[14].
  • Meatballs's cast member is recorded as Kristine DeBell[15].
  • Meatballs's cast member is recorded as Russ Banham[16].
  • Meatballs's cast member is recorded as Sarah Torgov[17].
  • Meatballs's cast member is recorded as Jack Blum[18].
  • Meatballs's cast member is recorded as Keith Knight[19].
  • Meatballs's cast member is recorded as Hadley Kay[20].
  • Meatballs's producer is recorded as Daniel Goldberg[21].
  • Meatballs's part of the series is recorded as Meatballs[22].
  • Meatballs's production company is recorded as Cineplex Entertainment[23].
  • Meatballs's production company is recorded as Telefilm Canada[24].
  • Meatballs's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0079540[25].
  • Meatballs's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[26].
  • Meatballs's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Meatballs's producer is recorded as Daniel Goldberg[21]. Meatballs's director is recorded as Ivan Reitman[4]. Meatballs's screenwriter is recorded as Harold Ramis[5]. Cast members include Bill Murray[10], Chris Makepeace[11], Kate Lynch[12], Harvey Atkin[13], Matt Craven[14], and Kristine DeBell[15].

Publication

Publication dates include +1979-06-29T00:00:00Z[28], +1980-02-08T00:00:00Z[29], and +1979-06-28T00:00:00Z[30]. Meatballs's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[26]. Genres include teen film[7] and coming-of-age film[8]. Meatballs's part of the series is recorded as Meatballs[22].

Subject and Themes

Meatballs's main subject is recorded as summer camp program[31]. Meatballs's part of the series is recorded as Meatballs[22].

Reception

Reviews include 72%[32] and 6.2/10[33].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Meatballs's followed by is recorded as Meatballs Part II[9].

Why It Matters

Meatballs ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (744 views/month).[2] Meatballs has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Meatballs is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . imdb.com. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . The Movie Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [33] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [30] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [31] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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