Happy Gilmore
Happy Gilmore is a 1996 American sports comedy film starring Adam Sandler in the title role. Directed by Dennis Dugan and produced by Robert Simonds, the supporting cast includes Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen, and Carl Weathers. The film follows Happy Gilmore, a boorish, failed ice hockey player with a unique talent for golf, who seeks to raise enough money to prevent the foreclosure of his grandmother's house.
Plot
Happy Gilmore is an aspiring ice hockey player, but despite a powerful slapshot learned from his late father, his short temper and lack of skating coordination limit his professional prospects. One day, Happy learns that his grandmother, who raised him after his father's death, owes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) $270,000 in back taxes.
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| author | Adam Sandler Tim Herlihy |
|---|---|
| director | Dennis Dugan |
| editor | Jeff Gourson |
| events | golf |
| genre | comedy |
| keywords | alligator drive driving range force foreclosure golf club golf course golf etiquette heckler homeless man hustle ice hockey internal revenue service learn make up miniature golf open pga tour pro-am public relations put rat retirement home rube goldberg rube goldberg machine run away skate slapshot subway sweatshop tour championship win |
| musicBy | Mark Mothersbaugh |
| producer | Robert Simonds |
| productionCompany | Brillstein-Grey Entertainment Robert Simonds Productions |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | San Francisco Vancouver |
| theme | sports comedy |