Happy Gilmore (1996)
Release: February 16, 1996 | Runtime: 1h 32m | Rating: 6.7
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.
He doesn't play golf... he destroys it.
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Main cast
- Adam Sandler as Happy Gilmore
- Christopher McDonald as Shooter McGavin
- Julie Bowen as Virginia Venit
- Frances Bay as Grandma
- Carl Weathers as Chubbs
- Allen Covert as Otto
- Robert Smigel as IRS Agent
- Bob Barker as Self
- Richard Kiel as Mr. Larson
- Dennis Dugan as Doug Thompson
- Joe Flaherty as Jeering Fan
- Lee Trevino as Lee Trevino
- Kevin Nealon as Potter
- Verne Lundquist as Announcer
- Jared Van Snellenberg as Happy's Waterbury Caddy
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What is Happy Gilmore about?
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.
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