Happy Gilmore (1996)

A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house.

Director:

Dennis Dugan

Writers:

Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler

Stars:

Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adam Sandler	...	Happy Gilmore
Christopher McDonald	...	Shooter McGavin
Julie Bowen	...	Virginia Venit
Frances Bay	...	Grandma
Allen Covert	...	Otto
Robert Smigel	...	IRS Agent
Bob Barker	...	Bob Barker
Richard Kiel	...	Mr. Larson
Dennis Dugan	...	Doug Thompson
Joe Flaherty	...	Jeering Fan
Lee Trevino	...	Himself
Kevin Nealon	...	Potter
Verne Lundquist	...	Announcer
Jared Van Snellenberg	...	Happy's Waterbury Caddy
Ken Camroux-Taylor	...	Coach (as Ken Camroux)

Storyline

A Hockey player wannabe finds out that he has the most powerful golf drive in history. He joins the P.G.A. tour to make some money to save grandma's house. The downside is that his hocky player mentality doesn't really go on the P.G.A. tour. Especially with the favorite to win the championship.

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Plot Keywords:

golf | grandmother's house | golf ball | tournament | golfer | 

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Taglines:

He doesn't play golf... he destroys it.

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Genres:

Comedy | Sport

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for language and some comic sexuality

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 February 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore

Filming Locations:

Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$38,624,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, Robert Simonds Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ed O'Neill and Steve Tom make a cameo appearance at the driving range.

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Goofs

Shooter's club switches hands during the "somebody learned to put" sequence.

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Quotes

[first lines]
[opening narration voice over]
Happy Gilmore: My name is Happy Gilmore. Ever since I was old enough to skate, I loved hockey. I wasn't really the greatest skater though. But that didn't stop my dad from teaching me the secret of smacking his greatest slap shot.
[Young Happy, hits a hard plastic ball into his father's forehead]

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Connections

Referenced in Mike & Mike: Episode dated 12 February 2014 (2014)

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Soundtracks

Wooly Bully
Written by Domingo Samudio (as Sam Samudio)
Performed by Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs (as Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs)
Courtesy of Polydor Records
By Arrangement with PolyGram Film and Television Licensing

User Reviews

I say, We just lay by the bay and make hay! Okay?"

Okies....here we have the indisputable King of mediocrity but one thing you gotta say for Sandler - they don't come more unpretentious! He delivers what you expect and in HAPPY GILMORE he came up undeniably with his best film!

As the wannabe hockey great in dire need of an anger-management course, Sandler discovers by chance his prodigious golfing talents - but using a hockey stick! In a performance best decribed as R-rated Jerry Lewis, Sandler is a hoot as he takes on Bob Barker, the establishment and Shooter McGavin - golfing's hissable "Mr Smarm" (An Oscar-worthy turn from Christopher McDonald)

Carl Weathers turns in a blinder as Sandler's newly come-by coach with an unfortunate earlier run-in with a hungry croc! If you don't find anything in this film funny, you're a dead person! Like many devotees, we have watched this film countless times - it just improves with age!