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Happy Gilmore
Failed hockey player-turned-golf whiz Happy Gilmore — whose unconventional approach and antics on the green courts the ire of rival Shooter McGavin — is determined to win a PGA tournament so he can save his granny's house with the prize money. Meanwhile, an attractive tour publicist tries to soften Happy's image.
1996 · Directed by Dennis Dugan · 92 min · Comedy · 10 frames
Tagline
He doesn't play golf... he destroys it.
Crew
- Screenplay: Tim Herlihy, Adam Sandler
- Cinematography: Arthur Albert
- Edited by: Jeff Gourson, Steve R. Moore
- Music: Mark Mothersbaugh
- Production design: Perry Andelin Blake, William Heslup
- Produced by: Robert Simonds
Cast
- Adam Sandler as Happy Gilmore
- Julie Bowen as Virginia
- Christopher McDonald as Shooter
- Frances Bay as Grandma
- Carl Weathers as Chubbs
- Allen Covert as Otto
- Robert Smigel as IRS Agent
- Bob Barker as Bob Barker
- Richard Kiel as Mr. Larson
- Dennis Dugan as Doug Thompson
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Universal Pictures, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment, Robert Simonds Productions
- Budget: $12,000,000
- Box office: $41,422,354
- Themes: sports, loss of loved one, golf, taxes, class differences, prize money, driving range, rich snob, anger issues, old-age home
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