| | | He doesn't play golf... He destroys it.
Features: DVD, Special Edition, Dolby, Dolby Digital (5.1)
Adam Sandler stars in this hilarious comedy that scores a hole in one for gut-busting and outrageous slapstick. Happy a raucous hockey player turned golfer, sends the sedate sport into overdrive after he becomes a media sensation with his outlandish antics on the links. It's par-for-the-course entertainment co-starring Christopher McDonald, Carl Weathers and Kevin Nealon.
"...Sandler's best outing to date." James Berardinelli's ReelViews
"...heady sight gags." Mike Clark, USA Today
"...genial...self-contained performance by Adam Sandler" Richard Harrington, Washington Post
Editor's Note
A would-be hockey player who unfortunately can't skate transforms his slap-shot into a 400-yard golf drive in this slapstick comedy. Joining the pro tour to win enough money to get his grandma's house out of hock, this unsportsmanlike sportsman enrages the staid establishment with his on-course shenanigans.
Plot Summary
When Happy Gilmore, a would-be hockey player, hits a golf ball over 400 yards, he realizes that his true calling lies in that sport. So, to help his grandma regain her home from the IRS, he trades in his stick and puck for a 5-iron and a tee, and enters the PGA tour. To prepare for this new career, Gilmore hires Chubbs, an ex-golf pro. | Happy's "Generation X" status, and his wild, boisterous antics on the green, shake up the stuffy golf world -- particularly when groups of rowdy hockey fans show up at tournaments to cheer Happy on. This dismays Shooter, an arrogant pro who is exasperated with Happy... and will do anything to get rid of him. | Can Happy elude Shooter's conspiratorial clutches? And if so, can he win enough money to save his grandma?
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 DTS Surround; French Dolby Surround | | Deleted Scenes | | Interactive Menus | | Outtakes | | Production Notes | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: French, Spanish |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 8/23/2005 |
| Running Time: 92 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1996 | | Catalog ID: 25443 | | UPC: 00025192544323 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
MTV Award (1996) |  | Adam Sandler, Bob Barker, Winner, Best Fight |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"Sandler literally throws himself into this tailor-made showcase..." 07/19/1996 p.84San Francisco Chronicle 8 of 10
It may smell awful from a distance, especially if you have low tolerance for lowbrow humor, but this yarn about an unlikely golf star is fairly painless... Sandler has a brash, funky charm and a gift for funny voices that he uses to good advantage here. His basic shtick may be limited, but preteen boys, especially, should love this flick. - Edward Guthmann
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