Happy Gilmore
Happy Gilmore is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan and produced by Robert Simonds. It stars Adam Sandler as the title character, an unsuccessful ice hockey player who discovers a newfound talent for golf. The screenplay was written by Sandler and his writing partner Tim Herlihy, in their second feature collaboration after the previous year's Billy Madison; the film also marks the first of multiple collaborations between Sandler and Dugan. The film was released in theaters on February 16, 1996, by Universal Pictures. Despite receiving mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, Happy Gilmore was a commercial success, earning $39million on a $12million budget. The film won an MTV Movie Award for "Best Fight" for Adam Sandler versus Bob Barker.
Plot
Happy Gilmore is a short-tempered, unsuccessful ice hockey player who lacks skills other than fighting and a powerful slapshot he learned from his late father. After yet another failed tryout, Happy learns that his grandmother owes the IRS $270,000 in back taxes; she has 90 days to pay off the debt or face foreclosure on her house. Happy sends his grandmother to live in a retirement home, where its residents are mistreated, until he can pay the debt.
More details
| author | Adam Sandler Tim Herlihy |
|---|---|
| director | Dennis Dugan |
| editor | Jeff Gourson |
| events | baseball |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | abraham lincoln anger issues assault bad behavior driving range end fight foreclosure golf club golf course golf etiquette heckler hustle ice hockey internal revenue service irs miniature golf pga tour prize money pro-am professional golf tour public relations rat retirement home rube goldberg rube goldberg machine slapshot subway tour championship tv ratings win |
| musicBy | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| producer | Robert Simonds |
| productionCompany | Brillstein-Grey Entertainment |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | San Francisco Vancouver |
| theme | sports comedy |