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Director:
Harvey Frost
Writer (WGA):
Jill Mazursky (written by)
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Release Date:
6 September 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Sport more
Tagline:
No wonder everyone is teed off.
Plot:
An out-of-work golf pro gets pulled into teaching the game to the "Bad News Bears" equivalent of young golfers at a public course. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Tom Arnold ... Al Oliver
James Kirk ... Peter
Rene Tardif ... Allister McGrath

Katelyn Wallace ... Christina
Rhys Huber ... Billy
Neil Denis ... Thork

Tarik Batal ... Raghad
Katrina Pratt ... Mai

Greg Thirloway ... Bo
Cory Fry ... Cameron

Alf Humphreys ... Jack (as Alfred E. Humphreys)
Elizabeth Carol Savenkoff ... Nancy
Jano Frandsen ... Trip Davis
French Tickner ... Burt
Lee Taylor ... Harry
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
National Lampoon's Golf Punks (USA) (complete title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for mild language.
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Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Certification:
Singapore:PG | Canada:14A (DVD/video rating) | UK:U | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Company:
Shavick Entertainment more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: During the golf match against Arrowhead Pines, there is a shot of Allister McGrath's ball on the felt; at this time in the movie he wasn't a part of the Vista Creek team. more
Quotes:
Jack: [looks at the written figure of the fees for joining a sports club] Oh another digit and it could almost be a telephone number. more
Soundtrack:
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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
Wasn't National Lampoon famous for doing comedy?, 28 August 2000
Author: Rich Roesing from Sofia, Bulgaria

I think the concept for "Golf Punks" was something like, "Caddyshack" meets "The Bad News Bears". Trouble with that idea is that those films are some 15-20 years old. At the end of the 1990s, is there still a demand among moviegoers (or even video renters) for ragtag-band-of-lovable-losers-wins-the-big-match flicks?

National Lampoon used to attach its name to funny movies a long, long time ago. Remember "Animal House"? The "Vacation" series? For the past dozen years or so, quality has steadily declined. With "Golf Punks," National Lampoon has hit bottom. I can't recall another comedy so completely laugh-free. There's no humor, no drama, no triumph of the human spirit, no nothing. Just a few silly camera tricks that give the impression that the movie was made by a few high school students fooling around in the editing room.

Maybe National Lampoon will bounce back. If it's any consolation, it's hard to see how it can get any worse than this.

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