Happy Gilmore (film)

Happy Gilmore is a 1996 American sports comedy film directed by Dennis Dugan, produced by Robert Simonds, and starring Adam Sandler in the title role, Christopher McDonald, Julie Bowen and Carl Weathers.
It tells the story of an unsuccessful ice hockey player who discovers a newfound talent for golf and competes in a golfing tournament to save his grandmother's home from foreclosure. The screenplay was written by Sandler and his writing partner Tim Herlihy, in their second feature collaboration after the previous year's Billy Madison. The film also marks the first of multiple collaborations between Sandler and Dugan. Happy Gilmore was released in theaters on February 16, 1996, by Universal Pictures.
== Cast ==
* Adam Sandler as Happy Gilmore
* Christopher McDonald as Shooter McGavin
* Julie Bowen as Virginia Venit
* Frances Bay as Grandma Gilmore
* Carl Weathers as Derick "Chubbs" Peterson
* Peter Kelamis as Gary Potter's caddy
* Robert Smigel as IRS agent
* Bob Barker as himself
Category:Films
Category:Happy Gilmore
Category:Live-action films
Category:Comedy films