A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house.A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house.A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house.
- Awards
- 1 win & 4 nominations
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Ken Camroux-Taylor
- Coachas Coach
- (as Ken Camroux)
Nancy Hillis
- Terryas Terry
- (as Nancy McClure)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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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. —Kevin Mitchell <kevin@mitchell.mdn.com>
- Taglines
- He doesn't play golf... he destroys it.
- Genres
- Certificate
- 12
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaBob Barker wasn't sure if he wanted to be in the movie. When he learned that he was going to win the fight with Adam Sandler, he accepted the role.
- GoofsAt the beginning when Happy is playing hockey, he hits the puck at the glass which the two men are standing behind. The glass clearly gets broken but then in the next close-up shot of the two men, the glass is back because a reflection can be seen in it.
- Quotes
Shooter McGavin: [after buying grandma's house in an auction] You're in big trouble though, pal. I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!
Happy Gilmore: [laughing] You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?
Shooter McGavin: [long pause] No!
- Crazy creditsThe End appears before the end credits roll.
- Alternate versionsIn 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.
- SoundtracksTuesday's Gone
Written by Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant
Performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Courtesy of MCA Records
Top review
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++
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- Quinoa1984
- Apr 30, 2000
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore
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Box office
- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $38,824,099
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,514,125
- Feb 18, 1996
- Gross worldwide
- $41,205,099
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