---
title: 'Meatballs (1979)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ivan Reitman'
released: '1979-06-28'
runtime_minutes: 93
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/meatballs-1979'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079540/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Meatballs (1979)

1979 · 93 min · Drama · Canada

Part of: Meatballs

## Synopsis

Meatballs is a 1979 Canadian comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman. It is noted for Bill Murray's first film appearance in a starring role and for launching the directing career of Reitman, whose later comedies include Stripes (1981) and Ghostbusters (1984), both starring Murray.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ivan Reitman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-reitman)
- **Screenplay:** [Harold Ramis](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-ramis)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Elmer Bernstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmer-bernstein)
- **Producer:** [Daniel Goldberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-goldberg)
- **Editor:** [Debra Karen](https://cinepixo.com/people/debra-karen)

## Cast

- [Harvey Atkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-atkin)
- [Bill Murray](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-murray)
- [Kristine DeBell](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristine-debell)
- [Chris Makepeace](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-makepeace)
- [Kate Lynch](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-lynch)
- [Matt Craven](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-craven)
- [Russ Banham](https://cinepixo.com/people/russ-banham)
- [Sarah Torgov](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-torgov)
- [Jack Blum](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-blum)
- [Keith Knight](https://cinepixo.com/people/keith-knight)
- [Hadley Kay](https://cinepixo.com/people/hadley-kay)

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