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Happy Gilmore (1996) 7.0
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Reviews: 279 user | 74 critic | 14 from Metacritic.com A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house. Director:Dennis Dugan |
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Cast
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| Christopher McDonald | ... | ||
| Julie Bowen | ... | ||
| Frances Bay | ... | ||
| Allen Covert | ... | ||
| Robert Smigel | ... |
IRS Agent
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| Bob Barker | ... |
Bob Barker
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| Richard Kiel | ... | ||
| Dennis Dugan | ... | ||
| Joe Flaherty | ... |
Jeering Fan
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Lee Trevino | ... |
Himself
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| Kevin Nealon | ... | ||
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Verne Lundquist | ... |
Announcer
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Jared Van Snellenberg | ... |
Happy's Waterbury Caddy
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Ken Camroux | ... |
Coach
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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. Written by Kevin Mitchell <kevin@mitchell.mdn.com>
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He doesn't play golf... he destroys it.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for language and some comic sexuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
16 February 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore See more »Box Office
Budget:
$12,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$38,624,000 (USA)Company Credits
Production Co:
Universal Pictures, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, Robert Simonds Productions See more »
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[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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Written by K. Shvedov
Performed by Siavyanka Men's Chorus
Courtesy of Harmonia Mundi U.S.A.
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Trivia
Happy's shaggy homeless caddy (Allen Covert) is named Otto in the credits. This name is spoken in a deleted scene, but never in the main feature. See more »Goofs
Shooter has a chip shot where he is in the rough with very little green to work with. His caddy recommends he use a 5-iron. It is not unusual for a skilled golfer to use a club with very little loft in order to hit a "pitch and run" shot instead of a "flop and stop" shot. Commonly, 7 or 8 irons are used around the green frequently for this purpose. 5 irons less so, but not unheard of. See more »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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Soundtracks
Vidyekhom Svyet IstinlyWritten by K. Shvedov
Performed by Siavyanka Men's Chorus
Courtesy of Harmonia Mundi U.S.A.
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Adam Sandler may not be the all-round actor who can deliver many different comic performances but he does have a certain comic style. Happy Gilmore is a failed Hockey player who cannot skate and has a lack of any self-discipline. His life seems to be a complete failure until he finds out he can hit a golf ball over 400 yards. At first you might feel little empathy for Happy as he obviously deserves all the bad luck he gets from the way he treats his friends. But the introduction of Shooter to the screen suddenly makes you root for the underdog. The plot is thrown together to get the most out of Sandler and his antics on screen. Some of the scenes are totally unbelievable particularly when a car is driven on to the golf course to run down Happy! But no matter how many times I see the film it can still make me laugh.