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
Carl Weathers	...	Chubbs
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	...	Self
Kevin Nealon	...	Potter
Verne Lundquist	...	Announcer
Jared Van Snellenberg	...	Happy's Waterbury Caddy

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 hockey 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 | golf course | reference to david hasselhoff | censored profanity | unpaid taxes | 

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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

Did You Know?

Trivia

To help promote the movie, Adam Sandler made a cameo appearance on The Prince is Right (1972),The Price Is Right: Episode #24.98 (1996) during the "Showcase Showdown". The clip of Sandler fighting host Bob Barker was shown to the studio audience.

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Goofs

When Happy putts the ball too far and it rolls back into the hole, the groove carved in the ground to direct the ball is clearly visible.

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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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Alternate Versions

In the TV version Happy talks to the orderly (Ben Stiller) and tells him that grandma has told him everything. He then throws Stiller out the window. When Stiller hits the ground he says "Noy is that guy strong". then the old people come out and beat him with their hands, purses, canes, and etc.

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Connections

References Asteroids (1979)

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Soundtracks

Vidyekhom Svyet Istinly
Written by K. Shvedov
Performed by Siavyanka Men's Chorus
Courtesy of Harmonia Mundi U.S.A.

User Reviews

Apollo Creed with a wooden hand!! funny as hell

Adam Sandler has a very funny movie here that works like no other since Caddyshack. Sandler plays a lazy guy who has to save his grandmother's house from being removed. So, he starts to play golf in a way that only Sandler can. He is also instructed by Carl Weathers (who memorably played Apollo Creed in Rokcy), and wathcing his scenes I had to leave the theater from laughing so much (he had a wooden hand and it always gets knocked off). Sandler knows how to keep people rolling in the ailes, and this proves it. A++

Details

Official Sites:

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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)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,514,125, 18 February 1996

Gross USA:

$38,824,099

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$41,205,099

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