Happy Gilmore

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Movie
German title Happy Gilmore
Original title Happy Gilmore
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1996
length 88 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Dennis Dugan
script Tim Herlihy ,
Adam Sandler
production Robert Simonds
music Mark Mothersbaugh
camera Arthur Albert
cut Jeff Gourson ,
Steve R. Moore
occupation

Happy Gilmore (alternative title: Happy Gilmore - A champ to fall in love with ) is a 1996 comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan . The main role was played by Adam Sandler , who also wrote the script together with Tim Herlihy .

action

Happy Gilmore learned to play ice hockey from his father , with whom he also shared his fanatical enthusiasm for the sport. The mother left his father when he was little. His father is hit and killed by a puck during an ice hockey game , whereupon he grew up with his grandmother in Waterbury.

Gilmore is quick to get angry and angry. After finishing school, he earned his living doing various jobs. He is still pursuing his dream of becoming a professional ice hockey player and tries out ice hockey tryouts every year. However, unsuccessful every year because it is simply not good enough. One day the grandmother's house and facility are seized because she owes $ 270,000 in tax owed to the tax office . The grandmother has to move into a retirement home temporarily. If she does not pay off her debt within 90 days, her house will be sold.

Gilmore discovers that he is successful in golf with his hockey stroke : with his unconventional golf stroke with a run-up he can hit a golf ball around 400 meters (in the original: 400 yards ). The wide golf tee already brings him a small side income when betting. In one of these long stroke bets, the former professional golf player Chubbs Peterson becomes aware of him and persuades him to take part in the local golf tournament. When he wins that, he secures a place in the Pro Golf Tour , which is endowed with a high prize money.

Due to his unusual behavior and his special way of playing golf, he soon became a favorite with viewers and in the media. The favorite and formerly most popular professional golf shooter McGavin doesn't like that at all, he tries everything to push Gilmore out of the competition. After a while, Gilmore raised the money to buy back the house through prize money and additional advertising income. When he arrives at his grandmother's house, it is being auctioned off. McGavin outbids him and buys the house for $ 350,000. He threatens Gilmore to demolish the house if he doesn't leave the tour. Responsible for Public Relations in charge of the tour Virginia Venit persuaded him not to be intimidated and believes that he can beat McGavin in the Gulf. Gilmore challenges him: If he loses to him, he would voluntarily retire - but if he wins against him, he gets the house back. McGavin agrees.

Gilmore visits Chubbs Peterson and asks him to teach him. He teaches him the intricacies of golf and, above all, teaches him to control his tantrums, since you can only win with calm and serenity. Peterson later dies in an accident. Gilmore finally succeeds in defeating shooter McGavin thanks to an extraordinary putt . He wins back the golf tournament and his grandmother's house.

background

  • TV presenter Bob Barker and professional golfer Lee Trevino have a guest appearance in the film and play themselves in it.
  • In a scene in Little Nicky - Satan Junior reference is made to Happy Gilmore : There Nicky (Adam Sandler) meets Chubbs Peterson, who died in this film and is again played by Carl Weathers.
  • The filming took place from July 6, 1995 to September 1, 1995 in Canada and the USA.
  • The cost of production was $ 12 million. The film grossed around $ 41.2 million in cinemas worldwide, including around $ 38.8 million in the United States.
  • It was released in the US on February 16, 1996, and in Germany on May 30, 1996.

Reviews

The film received mostly positive reviews, earning a 60% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 52 reviews.

The Lexicon of International Films wrote: “Comedy that only convinces in the opening scenes with its anarchic humor. Then the film falls into unimaginative routine. "

Awards

  • At the 1996 MTV Movie Awards , Adam Sandler and Bob Barker jointly won an award in the Best Fighting Scene category , and Adam Sandler was nominated for the Best Comedic Performance category.
  • At the 1997 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, USA , the film was nominated in the Favorite Cinema Film category.
  • Adam Sandler was nominated for the negative award Golden Raspberry 1997 in the category Worst Actor .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Filming locations in the IMDb
  2. ↑ box office results on boxofficemojo.com
  3. ↑ Start dates in the IMDb
  4. ↑ Happy Gilmore at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
  5. ↑ Happy Gilmore. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 

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