Watch NowHappy Gilmore (1996)
12
19/07/1996 (GB)
Comedy
1h 32m
- 66% (2745 votes)
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He doesn't play golf... he destroys it.
Overview
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.
- Dennis DuganDirector
- Tim HerlihyScreenplay
- Adam SandlerScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$12,000,000
Revenue
$41,380,229
Keywords
- sports
- loss of loved one
- golf
- taxes
- class differences
- prize money
- driving range
- rich snob
- anger issues
- old-age home
- boy meets girl
- loss of home
- grandmother grandson relationship
- winner takes all
- hockey player
- child raised by grandmother
- putting
- golf tournament
- sports comedy
- grandma-grandson relationship
- repossessed home
Top Billed Cast
Adam Sandler
Happy Gilmore
Christopher McDonald
Shooter McGavin
Julie Bowen
Virginia Venit
Frances Bay
Grandma
Carl Weathers
Chubbs
Allen Covert
Otto
Robert Smigel
IRS Agent
Bob Barker
Bob Barker
Richard Kiel
Mr. Larson
Dennis Dugan
Doug Thompson
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