Happy Gilmore
Happy Gilmore is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, produced by Robert Simonds, and starring Adam Sandler in the title role, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen and Carl Weathers.
Plot
Happy Gilmore dreams of becoming an ice hockey player, but despite a powerful slapshot learned from his late father, his poor skating skills and short temper limit his professional prospects. One day, Happy learns that his grandmother, who raised him after his father's death, 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 Grandma to a retirement home until he can figure out a way to pay off the debt; unbeknownst to Happy, the residents are mistreated and forced to work in a sweatshop.
More details
| author | Adam Sandler Tim Herlihy |
|---|---|
| director | Dennis Dugan |
| editor | Jeff Gourson |
| events | baseball |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | abraham lincoln alligator drive driving range force foreclosure golf golf club golf course golf etiquette heckler homeless man hustle ice hockey internal revenue service irs learn make up miniature golf open pga tour pro-am public relations put rat retirement home rube goldberg rube goldberg machine skate slapshot subway sweatshop tour championship win |
| musicBy | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| producer | Robert Simonds |
| productionCompany | Brillstein-Grey Entertainment |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | San Francisco Vancouver |
| theme | sports comedy |