Meatballs III: Summer Job

"Rudy struck out two summers in a row... this will be his year to score!"

1986 1h 36m EN

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★4.1TMDB · 48

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The ghost of a dead porn star comes to Earth to help a nerd with his sex life.

“Rudy struck out two summers in a row... this will be his year to score!”

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Cast

Sally Kellerman
Roxy Dujour
Patrick Dempsey
Rudy
Al Waxman
Peter
Isabelle Mejias
Wendy
Shannon Tweed
The Love Goddess
Peter Snider
Tom
Jan Taylor Hendricks
Rita
Hudson Bishop
Hillary

Credits

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Director: George Mendeluk
Writers: Bradley Kesden, George Mendeluk, Michael Paseornek
Languages: English
Countries: Canada

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40 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Meatballs Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by George Mendeluk, shot by Peter Benison. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Paul Zaza. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Debra Karen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Sally Kellerman and Patrick Dempsey and Al Waxman carry the top of the cast.

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ERA

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Marketing tagline: "Rudy struck out two summers in a row... this will be his year to score!".

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8 / 8

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IMDB entry: tt0093516 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

George Mendeluk directs. Peter Benison behind the camera. Paul Zaza scores. Debra Karen cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in English.

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140 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Meatballs Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by George Mendeluk, shot by Peter Benison. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Paul Zaza. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Debra Karen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Sally Kellerman and Patrick Dempsey and Al Waxman carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Rudy struck out two summers in a row... this will be his year to score!".
8IMDB entry: tt0093516 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 48 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Peter Benison
Original score: Paul Zaza
Editing: Debra Karen
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986)

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Meatballs Collection

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. It was followed by several sequels, of which only Meatballs III: Summer Job (1986) had any connection to the original.

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Wuchak2023-03-30
★ 5/10
Fun “Meatballs” sequel, but without the innocence Rudy Gerner (Patrick Dempsey) gets a summer job in upstate New York at a river “resort” on the St. Lawrence River wherein a strange woman (Sally Kellerman) helps him with his pursuits of the fairer sex. "Meatballs III: Summer Job" was shot in the summer of 1984, but not released until early 1987 due to the difficulty of apprehending a distributer after the box office failure of “Meatballs Part II” (1984). Of the three sequels this is the only one with connections to the original 1979 film in that Rudy, the mentee of Tripper (Bill Murray), is 2-3 years older and focused on girls. Tripper doesn’t appear in this one, but Rudy reads a letter from him. The flick is a mixture of the original “Meatballs” with the goofiness and biker gang of the beach party films of the ’60s, plus the raunchiness of “Porky’s” (1981). It’s that last part that ruins the movie for me, although it’s thankfully not AS crude. In short, this is “Meatballs” minus the innocence. Another negative is the eye-rolling competition involving bedding the marina owner’s woman upstairs (Shannon Tweed). Nevertheless, Dempsey makes for a quality protagonist and the subplot of the porn star (Kellerman) having to come back from the other side to do a genuine good deed is amusing, reminiscent of the quirkiness of a Woody Allen flick. Moreover, the coming-of-age element is compelling. There are several nubile females with winsome Isabelle Mejias playing the girl interested in Rudy, Wendy. For a superior movie featuring Isabelle, check out the similar “State Park” (1988). The film runs 1 hour, 35 minutes, and was shot in Hudson, Quebec, with some stuff done west of there in Ontario. GRADE: C

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