Happy Gilmore

Happy Gilmore is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan with music by Mark Mothersbaugh and produced by Robert Simonds. It stars Adam Sandler as the title character, an unsuccessful ice hockey player who discovers a talent for golf. The screenplay was written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy. The film was released in cinemas on February 16, 1996 by Universal Pictures. Happy Gilmore received mixed reviews from critics and it earned 41.2 million on amillion budget. This film was the first of multiple collaborations between Sandler and Dugan. The film won an MTV Movie Award for Best Fight for Adam Sandler versus Bob Barker.

His grandmother Frances Bay has not paid her taxes for many years. As such, she owes the IRS 270,000 in back taxes, and the house is about to be seized. Gilmore has only 90 days to come up with the money or else the house will be auctioned off. Grandma Gilmore is forced to temporarily move into a retirement home, run by a sadistic manager named Hal Ben Stiller in an uncredited role. While repossessing Grandmas furniture, a pair of movers challenge Happy to hit golf balls. With his unorthodox, hockey slapshotstyle swing, Happy hits the ball 400 yards three times, winningas a result and gives him the idea to go to the driving range to hustle golfers with his swing, leading former golf star and current club pro Chubbs Peterson Carl Weathers to convince Happy to enter a local tournament for a chance to win big bucks. Happy wins the tournament and earns a spot on the Pro Golf Tour. Chubbs, unaware of Happys situation, advises him to wait to join the tour for six months, so that Chubbs can make him a better allaround golfer, in which Happy declines and joins immediately for the money.On the tour, Happy encounters Shooter McGavin Christopher McDonald, who sees Happy as both a detriment to golf and a threat to his career. Although Happy has a powerful drive, his putting is terrible with violent outbursts and lack of golf etiquette eventually leading Commissioner Doug Thompson Dennis Dugan to expel him from the tour. PR head Virginia Venit Julie Bowen convinces him to change his mind, citing higher television ratings, increasing attendance, drawing more youthful sponsors and that shes willing to work with Gilmore on his anger issues. Thompson threatens to fire her as well if there are any further incidents Happy begins to improve his performance and behavior. At the tournament Happy is paired with Bob Barker Donald Joe Flaherty, employed by Shooter, immediately starts heckling Happy to hinder his performance. Barker even begins criticizing him before they break into a f

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