Caddyshack II

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Movie
German title Caddyshack II
Original title Caddyshack II
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1988
length 93 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Allan Arkush
script Harold Ramis ,
Peter Torokvei
production Neil Canton ,
Peter Guber ,
Jon Peters
music Ira Newborn
camera Harry Stradling Jr.
cut Bernard Gribble
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
madness without handicap

Caddyshack II is an American comedy film from the year 1988 and a continuation of comedy Caddyshack ( Caddyshack ) from 1980. The director led Allan Arkush , the writer wrote Harold Ramis and Peter Torokvei . The main roles were played by Jackie Mason and Robert Stack .

action

Jack Hartounian is a Bushwood building contractor of Armenian and Jewish descent. He worked his way up from a humble background, but despite the wealth he had acquired, he stayed down to earth. The “better society” of the place rejects him because of his origin and marginalizes him. When members of the local Society for the Preservation of the Historical Heritage visit his construction site and for flimsy reasons demand that construction work be stopped, he drives them away with the excavator.

Hartounian wants to join the local country club . Chairman Chandler Young, a WASP , is hoping for him as a sponsor, but his wife, Cynthia, was one of the activists previously chased away. Hartounian's application to join is turned down by the local snobs .

The members of the company go to the office of the construction company, where they threaten legal action. For his part, the lawyer Peter Blunt, who works for Hartounian, threatens the use of physical violence.

On the fringes of a party, the "slave auction" is held for charity. The auctioned "slaves" from high society do small chores for a short time. Hartounian buys all of the slaves on offer, including Chandler Young and his wife, Cynthia. He lets them work on the construction site. As a result, the arrogant local elites conspire against Hartounian. His building permits are revoked and the supplies of building materials and energy are stopped.

Hartounian strikes back and buys 53% of the shares in the golf club from his friend, Ty Webb, who refused to accept him. He transforms the area into a colorful, a little trashy amusement park that is open to all social classes.

Chandler Young assigns former US Marine officer Tom Everett to kill Hartounian. But the former, rather clumsy and idiotic marine mistakenly blows up not Hartounian's Rolls-Royce , but Youngs.

Hartounian and Young should now decide their dispute with a round of golf. The experienced Young is sure of his victory, as Hartounian has no experience. His lawyer Blunt teaches his client Hartounian to play golf. During the playoff, ex-Marine Everett is said to strike again. Everett prepares exploding golf balls, one of which he wants to hit Hartounian. When the agreed sign comes, Everett fights a pocket rat , who steals parts of his equipment and also the explosion golf ball. Everett moves on to Plan B, but shoots the poisoned arrow himself in the buttocks. He can pull it out, but Ty Webb, who happens to be passing by, reacts negatively to his request to suck the poison out of the wound in his buttocks. Ty Webb quite obviously sympathizes with Hartounian and dislikes the club's snobs and their methods.

Before the decisive stroke, the pocket rat replaces Young's ball with the explosive ball stolen by Everett. The ball explodes and Young loses the game. Hartounian's daughter, who previously wanted to belong to the high society, tells the daughter of the Youngs, whose friendship she wanted to win and therefore wanted to become more and more like her, that it was superficial . She makes up with her down-to-earth father.

Reviews

Rita Kempley described the film in the Washington Post on July 22, 1988 as "lame", "stupid" and "clumsy manipulative". She only praised the portrayals of Dyan Cannon and Randy Quaid.

“The secondary plot should only enable slapstick, puns and comic types. The small rodents living under the lawn in the first part play an auxiliary role again, only that they are more family-friendly now. "

- Lexicon of international film

“The idle gags of the would-be sequel hit the pit of your stomach. Even the brief appearances by Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd do not create any mood. "

- Cinema

Awards

Dan Aykroyd and the song Jack Fresh received the Golden Raspberry in 1989 . Jackie Mason and the film producers were nominated for the Golden Raspberry.

Kenny Loggins and Mike Towers won in 1989 for the song Nobody's Fool the Film and Television Music Award of the American Society of Composers .

backgrounds

Filming took place in Coral Springs and Davie (both in Florida ) and in Valencia ( California ). The film grossed $ 11.798 million in US cinemas ; grossing for the first film was over $ 39.8 million.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Film review by Rita Kempley
  2. ^ Caddyshack II. In: Lexicon of international films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  3. ↑ Caddyshack II on cinema.de
  4. ↑ Filming locations for Caddyshack II
  5. ↑ Business Data for Caddyshack II