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. Happy Gilmore was released in theaters on February 16, 1996, by Universal Pictures. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film was a commercial success, earning $39million on a $12million budget, and it won an MTV Movie Award for Best Fight for Sandler and Bob Barker.
Plot
Happy Gilmore is a short-tempered, unsuccessful ice hockey player whose only skills are fighting and a powerful slapshot he learned from his late father. His inability to skate limits his professional prospects. 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 a retirement home, where residents are secretly mistreated, until he can pay the debt.
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| author | Adam Sandler Tim Herlihy |
|---|---|
| director | Dennis Dugan |
| editor | Jeff Gourson |
| events | baseball |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | abraham lincoln driving range end fight foreclosure golf club golf course golf etiquette heckler hustle ice hockey internal revenue service irs make up meet miniature golf on tour 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 |