Editing Heavyweights (section)

{{Short description|1995 film by Steven Brill}}
{{about|the film|the album by Sal Nistico|Heavyweights (album)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Heavyweights
| image          = Heavyweights-theatrical.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Steven Brill (director)|Steven Brill]]
| producer       = [[Roger Birnbaum]]<br />[[Joe Roth]]<br />Morgan Michael Fottrell<br />Charles J.D. Schlissel<br />[[Jack Giarraputo]]
| writer         = Steven Brill<br />[[Judd Apatow]]
| starring       = {{Plainlist|<!--Per opening credits-->
* [[Tom McGowan]]
* [[Aaron Schwartz (American actor)|Aaron Schwartz]]
* [[Shaun Weiss]]
* [[Tom Hodges (actor)|Tom Hodges]]
* [[Leah Lail]]
* [[Paul Feig]]
* [[Kenan Thompson]]
* [[David Bowe (actor)|David Bowe]]
* [[Max Goldblatt]]
* Robert Zalkind
* Patrick LaBrecque
* [[Jeffrey Tambor]]
* [[Jerry Stiller]]
* [[Anne Meara]]
* [[Ben Stiller]]
}}
| music          = [[J. A. C. Redford]]
| cinematography = Victor Hammer
| editing        = [[Carroll Timothy O'Meara]]
| studio         = [[Walt Disney Pictures]]<br />[[Caravan Pictures]]
| distributor    = [[Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]]
| released       = {{Film date|1995|2|17}}
| runtime        = 97 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $10 million<ref>https://www.slashfilm.com/1790671/disney-comedy-heavyweights-box-office-flop/</ref>
| gross          = $17.7&nbsp;million<ref>{{mojo title|heavyweights|Heavyweights}}</ref>
}}
'''''Heavyweights''''' is a 1995 American  [[comedy film]] directed by [[Steven Brill (director)|Steven Brill]] and written by Brill with [[Judd Apatow]]. It stars [[Tom McGowan]], [[Aaron Schwartz (American actor)|Aaron Schwartz]], [[Shaun Weiss]], [[Tom Hodges (actor)|Tom Hodges]], [[Leah Lail]], [[Paul Feig]], [[Kenan Thompson]], [[David Bowe (actor)|David Bowe]], [[Max Goldblatt]], Robert Zalkind, Patrick LaBrecque, [[Jeffrey Tambor]], [[Jerry Stiller]], [[Anne Meara]], and [[Ben Stiller]] (in a dual role), and follows a [[Weight loss camp|fat camp]] for kids that is taken over by a fitness entrepreneur as its campers work to overthrow him.

The film was released on February 17, 1995. Though it was initially met with mixed reviews, it found a following on home video and cable TV airings and has since become a [[cult film]].<ref name="Mendez">{{cite web |last1=Mendez |first1=Luis A. |title="It's A Fat Camp!": How The Box Office Bomb Heavyweights Became A 90s Kids' Cult Classic |url=https://ordinary-times.com/2021/07/14/heavyweights-disney-fat-camp-cult-classic/ |website=Ordinary Times |access-date=18 July 2023 |date=July 14, 2021}}</ref>