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Happy Gilmore

  • 1996
  • PG-13
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
257K
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POPULARITY
888
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Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore (1996)
A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house.
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After his grandmother's house is repossessed by the IRS, a bad tempered hockey player takes his talents to golf to earn the big bucks and get his grandmothers house back.After his grandmother's house is repossessed by the IRS, a bad tempered hockey player takes his talents to golf to earn the big bucks and get his grandmothers house back.After his grandmother's house is repossessed by the IRS, a bad tempered hockey player takes his talents to golf to earn the big bucks and get his grandmothers house back.

  • Director
    • Dennis Dugan
  • Writers
    • Tim Herlihy
    • Adam Sandler
  • Stars
    • Adam Sandler
    • Christopher McDonald
    • Julie Bowen
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    257K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    888
    350
    • Director
      • Dennis Dugan
    • Writers
      • Tim Herlihy
      • Adam Sandler
    • Stars
      • Adam Sandler
      • Christopher McDonald
      • Julie Bowen
    • 406User reviews
    • 77Critic reviews
    • 31Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 4 nominations

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    Happy Gilmore: Throwing Punches With Bob Barker
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    Happy Gilmore: Throwing Punches With Bob Barker
    Happy Gilmore: Throwing Punches With Bob Barker
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    Happy Gilmore: Throwing Punches With Bob Barker

    Photos192

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    Adam Sandler
    Adam Sandler
    • Happy Gilmore
    Christopher McDonald
    Christopher McDonald
    • Shooter McGavin
    Julie Bowen
    Julie Bowen
    • Virginia Venit
    Frances Bay
    Frances Bay
    • Grandma
    Carl Weathers
    Carl Weathers
    • Chubbs
    Allen Covert
    Allen Covert
    • Otto
    Robert Smigel
    Robert Smigel
    • IRS Agent
    Bob Barker
    Bob Barker
    • Bob Barker
    Richard Kiel
    Richard Kiel
    • Mr. Larson
    Dennis Dugan
    Dennis Dugan
    • Doug Thompson
    Joe Flaherty
    Joe Flaherty
    • Jeering Fan
    Lee Trevino
    Lee Trevino
    • Lee Trevino
    Kevin Nealon
    Kevin Nealon
    • Potter
    Verne Lundquist
    • Announcer
    Jared Van Snellenberg
    • Happy's Waterbury Caddy
    Ken Camroux-Taylor
    Ken Camroux-Taylor
    • Coach
    • (as Ken Camroux)
    Rich Elwood
    • Assistant Coach
    Nancy Hillis
    • Terry
    • (as Nancy McClure)
    • Director
      • Dennis Dugan
    • Writers
      • Tim Herlihy
      • Adam Sandler
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Bob Barker wasn't sure if he wanted to be in the movie. When he learned that he was going to win the fight with Adam Sandler, he accepted the role.
    • Goofs
      At the beginning when Happy is playing hockey, he hits the puck at the glass which the two coaches are standing behind. The glass clearly gets broken but then in the next close-up shot of the two coaches, the glass is back. A reflection can be seen in it.
    • Quotes

      Shooter McGavin: [after buying grandma's house in an auction] You're in big trouble though, pal. I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!

      Happy Gilmore: [laughing] You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?

      Shooter McGavin: [long pause] No!

    • Crazy credits
      The End appears before the end credits roll.
    • Alternate versions
      Happy's line of "The price is wrong, bitch" is changed depending on the channel. Some versions replace "bitch" with "geek"; others replace it with "Bob."
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Broken Arrow/Black Sheep/Beautiful Girls/A Midwinter's Tale/Antonia's Line (1996)
    • Soundtracks
      Tuesday's Gone
      Written by Allen Collins, Ronnie Van Zant
      Performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd
      Courtesy of MCA Records

    User reviews406

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    Featured review

    I say, We just lay by the bay and make hay! Okay?"

    Okies....here we have the indisputable King of mediocrity but one thing you gotta say for Sandler - they don't come more unpretentious! He delivers what you expect and in HAPPY GILMORE he came up undeniably with his best film!

    As the wannabe hockey great in dire need of an anger-management course, Sandler discovers by chance his prodigious golfing talents - but using a hockey stick! In a performance best decribed as R-rated Jerry Lewis, Sandler is a hoot as he takes on Bob Barker, the establishment and Shooter McGavin - golfing's hissable "Mr Smarm" (An Oscar-worthy turn from Christopher McDonald)

    Carl Weathers turns in a blinder as Sandler's newly come-by coach with an unfortunate earlier run-in with a hungry croc! If you don't find anything in this film funny, you're a dead person! Like many devotees, we have watched this film countless times - it just improves with age!
    • uds3
    • Aug 27, 2002
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 16, 1996 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official Facebook
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Adam Sandler's Happy Gilmore
    • Filming locations
      • Furry Creek, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
      • Robert Simonds Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $12,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $38,824,099
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,514,125
      • Feb 18, 1996
    • Gross worldwide
      • $41,205,099
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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