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Caddyshack

CaddyshackTheatrical release poster

Directed by Harold Ramis

Produced by Douglas Kenney

Written by Douglas KenneyHarold RamisBrian Doyle-Murray

Starring Chevy ChaseRodney DangerfieldTed KnightMichael O'KeefeBill Murray

Music by Johnny Mandel

Cinematography Stevan Larner

Editing by William C. Carruth

Studio Orion Pictures

Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures

Release dates July25,1980

Running time 98 minutes

Country United States

Language English

Budget $6 million

Box office $39,846,344

Caddyshack is a 1980 American sports comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray,Ramis and Douglas Kenney. It stars Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, and Bill Murray. Doyle-Murrayalso has a supporting role.This was Ramis' first feature film and was a major boost to Dangerfield's film career; previously, he was knownmostly for his stand-up comedy. Grossing nearly $40 million at the domestic box office (17th highest of the year),[1]

it was the first of a series of similar comedies. A sequel, Caddyshack II, followed in 1988, although it was not nearlyas successful or well received.The film has garnered a large cult following and has been hailed by many publications, such as Time and ESPN, asone of the funniest sports movies of all time. As of 2010, Caddyshack has been televised on the Golf Channel as oneof its "Movies That Make the Cut."

PlotDanny Noonan (Michael O'Keefe) works as a caddy at the upscale Bushwood Country Club to raise enough money to go to college. Danny regularly caddies for Ty Webb (Chevy Chase), an exceptional golfer and the free-spirited playboy son of one of Bushwood's co-founders. Danny decides to gain favor with Judge Elihu Smails (Ted Knight), the country club's stodgy co-founder and director of the Caddy Scholarship program, by caddying for him. Meanwhile, Bushwood's head greenskeeper (Thomas A. Carlin) is pressured by Smails to deal with a potentially

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disastrous gopher infestation, and entrusts his dubiously qualified assistant Carl Spackler (Bill Murray) with the task.When Smails is antagonized by the obnoxious nouveau riche Al Czervik (Rodney Dangerfield) during a game, hethrows a putter and accidentally injures a member of the club. Danny seizes the opportunity and takes responsibilityfor the incident, gaining Smails' trust. Smails encourages him to apply for the Caddy Scholarship.At Bushwood's annual Fourth of July banquet, Danny and his girlfriend Maggie (Sarah Holcomb) work as servers.Danny becomes attracted to Smails' sensuous niece, Lacey Underall (Cindy Morgan). Maggie informs Danny ofLacey's promiscuous reputation, but this only encourages him.Danny wins the Caddy Day golf tournament and the scholarship. This earns Danny praise from the Judge, and aninvitation to attend the Judge's boat christening (after the Judge asks him to mow his lawn). Lacey and Danny slipaway from the ceremony for a tryst at the Judge's house, but are discovered by the Judge and his wife. Expecting tobe fired or to have the scholarship revoked, Danny is surprised when the Judge only wants his promise that theincident with Lacey will remain secret so her promiscuity wont cause further embarrassment for his family and hisreputation at the country club.Unable to bear the continued presence of the uncouth Czervik at the club (and after Czervik sank Smails' small sloopduring the christening ceremony), Smails confronts him and announces that Czervik will never be grantedmembership. Czervik counters by announcing that he would never consider being a member, he is merely there toevaluate buying Bushwood and developing the land into condominiums. After a brief scuffle, Webb suggests theydiscuss a resolution over drinks. After Smails demands satisfaction, Czervik then proposes a team golf match withSmails and Dr. Beeper (Dan Resin) against Czervik and Webb. Against club rules, they also agree to a $20,000wager on the outcome of the match.The match is held the following day. Word spreads of the stakes involved and a crowd builds. Smails and Beeper areahead at the end of the 9th hole. In response to Smails' snide remarks, Czervik proposes to double the stakes. Smailshappily agrees. Czervik's game, however, continues to spiral downward, so when a ricocheting ball strikes him, hefeigns injury in hopes of having the contest declared a draw. Lou (Brian Doyle-Murray), the course official who isacting as an umpire, tells Czervik his team will forfeit unless they find a substitute. Webb chooses Danny. Smailsthreatens to revoke his scholarship, but Czervik promises Danny that he will make it "worth his while" if he wins.Danny eventually decides he'd rather strike a blow at the uptight Smails than take the scholarship. At the final hole,the score is tied. Smails makes his putt, putting Smails and Beeper ahead by one shot. Danny must now sink his verylong putt in one stroke. Czervik proposes to increase the stakes to $80,000, based only on Danny making the putt,which Smails accepts. Danny's putt reaches the very edge of the cup and stops, and Smails and Beeper begincelebrating.While the match has been going on, Carl's previous efforts to kill the gopher have failed, and he has now wired muchof the course with plastic explosives in a final scorched earth tactic. As Danny's putt hangs on the edge of the cup,Carl pushes the detonator and explosions shake the whole course. The force of the explosions causes Danny's ball todrop, so Webb, Danny and Czervik win the $80,000. Smails refuses to pay, which Czervik has anticipated; he asks acouple of very large men from his entourage to "help the Judge find his checkbook." As Smails is chased around thecourse, Czervik leads another wild party attended by all of the onlookers at the match, inexplicably shouting, "We'reall going to get laid!" The gopher emerges, unharmed by the explosives, and dances amid the smoldering ruins of thegolf course.

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Cast Chevy Chase as Ty Webb Rodney Dangerfield as Al Czervik Ted Knight as Judge Elihu Smails Michael O'Keefe as Danny Noonan Bill Murray as Carl Spackler Sarah Holcomb as Maggie O'Hooligan Scott Colomby as Tony D'Annunzio Cindy Morgan as Lacey Underall Dan Resin as Dr. Beeper Henry Wilcoxon as Bishop Pickering Albert Salmi as Mr. Noonan Elaine Aiken as Mrs. Noonan John F. Barmon, Jr. as Spaulding Smails Lois Kibbee as Mrs. Smails Brian Doyle-Murray as Lou Loomis Jackie Davis as Smoke Porterhouse Hamilton Mitchell as Motormouth Chuck Rodent as Mr. Gopher

ProductionThe movie was inspired by writer and co-star Brian Doyle-Murray's memories working as a caddy at Indian HillClub in Winnetka, Illinois. His brothers Bill and John Murray (production assistant and a caddy extra), and directorHarold Ramis also had worked as caddies when they were teenagers. Many of the characters in the film were basedon characters they had encountered through their various experiences at the club, including a young woman uponwhom the character of Maggie is based and the Haverkampfs, a doddery old couple, John and Ilma, longtimemembers of the club, who can barely hit the ball out of their shadows. The scene involving a Baby Ruth candy barbeing thrown into the swimming pool was based on a real-life incident at Doyle-Murray's highschool.Wikipedia:Verifiability The scene in which Al Czervik hits Judge Smails in the genitals with a struck golfball happened to Ramis on what he said was the second of his two rounds of golf, on a nine-hole public course.[2]

Initially, Michael O'Keefe and Scott Colomby's characters were the central characters of the movie. However, theimprovisational atmosphere surrounding the other cast members (specifically Dangerfield, Chase, and Murray) led tothe Webb, Czervik and Spackler characters expanding from supporting to starring roles, much to the annoyance ofO'Keefe and Colomby. Ted Knight, who was widely regarded as a genuinely nice person in real life, becamesimilarly fed up with the constant improvisation and script changes.The scene in which swimmers mistake a Baby Ruth candy bar floating in the pool for a piece of excrement wasfilmed at Plantation Country Club in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.[citation needed] The dinner and dancing scene wasfilmed at the Boca Raton Hotel and Club in Boca Raton, Florida.[3]

The film was shot over 11 weeks during the autumn of 1979. Golf scenes were filmed at the Rolling Hills Golf Club(now the Grande Oaks Golf Club) in Davie, Florida.[4] According to Ramis, it was picked because the course did nothave any palm trees. He wanted the movie to feel that it was in the Midwest, not Florida. The explosions that takeplace during the climax of the film were reported at the nearby Fort Lauderdale airport by an incoming pilot, whosuspected a plane had crashed. Also the explosions were not approved by the club owners, who were at thebackground at all times, in fear of them damaging the course. The movie producers were able to convince the clubowners to attend an off site meeting. When they were gone, the crew set off the explosions.

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The marina scene involving Al Czervik's boat wreaking havoc upon Judge Smails's "dinghy" was filmed in BiscayneBay in Miami, Florida.The scene that begins when Ty Webb's golf ball crashes into Carl Spackler's ramshackle house was not in theoriginal script. It was added by director Harold Ramis after realizing that two of his biggest stars, Chevy Chase andBill Murray (who previously did not get along due to a feud dating back to their days on Saturday Night Live, butwere at least tolerant and professional towards each other while on set), did not have a scene together. The three metfor lunch and wrote the scene together. This is the only time that Chase and Murray have appeared in a movietogether.Bill Murray's famous "Cinderella story" scene was improvised based on two lines of stage direction. Ramis basicallygave him direction to act as a kid announcing his own imaginary golf moment. Murray just took it from there. Theflowers were his idea. Murray was with the production only six days, and all of his lines were unscripted. Murraywas working on Saturday Night Live at the time, and was not intended to have a large role in the movie. However,Murray kept being called down from New York to film more and more scenes as production continued.In interviews, Cindy Morgan stated that the scene she shared with Chevy Chase, in which he pours massage oil onher, was completely improvised, and her reaction to Chase dousing her back with the massage oil, where sheexclaimed "You're crazy!", was genuine. The scene where her character had to dive into the pool was executed by aprofessional diver, but up to that point in the scene, she had to be led to the diving board by the crew and carefullydirected up the ladder, since she couldn't wear her contact lenses near the pool and was legally blind without them.Except for the brief scene in which Rodney Dangerfield tussles with the gopher (with the end of his golf club), thegopher was not an onscreen character in the film. A simple hand puppet was created by the props department for thatscene, with the director's assistant (Trevor Albert) the delegated puppeteer. After several cuts of the film reduced theoriginal story arc of Danny's relationship with the Irish waitress, another through line was required. The producerssuggested that the gopher's battle with Bill Murray's character be further developed. Therefore, the remaining gophersequences were written and filmed after the movie was shot. Director Harold Ramis at one point suggested a liveanimal to play the gopher. Rusty Lemorande, executive in charge of production, and specifically assigned tosupervise post-production, searched for a suitable creature builder. Companies such as The Henson Company (whichbecame the premier creature builders in the 1980s) did not yet take outside assignments, so Lemorande contactedfriends at Walt Disney Imagineering for advice. One of the Disney theme park creature designers, Jeff Burke, waswilling to create the character but only on a moonlight basis. Burke was responsible for the creature's design andcharacter with input and guidance from Lemorande.The rod puppet sat in Lemorande's office for weeks. During that time producers Kenny and Peters and directorRamis would come into the office to play with the creature, all trying to figure out how to integrate it into the film.Simultaneously, an overall deal was made with John Dykstra's effects company for all the necessary visual effects(including lightning, stormy sky effects, flying golf balls, disappearing greens' flags, etc.), so shooting the gopherpuppet became part of the intensely negotiated effects package. Dykstra's technicians added extra animation to theexisting puppet, including ear movement, and built the tunnels through which he moved. The gopher sounds werethe same sounds used by Flipper the dolphin in the 1960s television show of the same name. This was after principalcinematography had been completed and used higher quality film stock in an indoor soundstage, resulting in thehigher picture quality of these scenes still evident even on the current DVD.[]

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ReceptionCaddyshack was released on July 25, 1980, in 656 theaters, where it grossed $3.1 million on its opening weekend. Itwent on to make $39,846,344 in North America.The film holds a 75% approval rating at popular review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 38 reviews, with theconsensus: "Though unabashedly crude and juvenile, Caddyshack nevertheless scores with its classic slapstick,unforgettable characters, and endlessly quotable dialogue."[5] Christopher Null gave the film four stars out of five,and wrote, "They don't make 'em like this anymore... The plot wanders around the golf course and involves ahalf-dozen elements, but if you simply dig the gopher, the caddy, and the Dangerfield, you're not going to be doinghalf bad."[6] Roger Ebert gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "Caddyshack feels more like amovie that was written rather loosely, so that when shooting began there was freedom - too much freedom - for it towander off in all directions in search of comic inspiration." Dave Kehr, in his review for the Chicago Reader, wrote,"The first-time director, Harold Ramis, can't hold it together: the picture lurches from style to style (including someill-placed whimsy with a gopher puppet) and collapses somewhere between sitcom and sketch farce."Nevertheless, the film slowly gained a massive cult following in the years after its release, including in the golfworld. Tiger Woods has said that it is his favorite film, so much so that he played Spackler in an American Expresscommercial based on the film, and many of the film's quotes have entered the lexicon of pop culture.Ramis notes in the DVD documentary that TV Guide had originally given the film two stars (out of four) when itbegan showing on cable television in the early 1980s, but over time, the rating had gone up to three stars. He himselfsays he "can barely watch it. All I see are a bunch of compromises and things that could have been better" such asthe poor swings of everyone save O'Keefe.In 2007, Taylor Trade Publishing released The Book of Caddyshack, an illustrated paperback retrospective of themovie, with cast and crew Q&A interviews. The book was written by Scott Martin.Denmark was the only place outside the US/Canada where Caddyshack was initially a hit. The distributor had cut 20minutes from the movie to emphasize Bill Murray's role.[7]

AwardsIn 2000, Caddyshack was placed at number 71 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 funniest Americanfilms. In 2005, a line from the movie was chosen by AFI for their list of the top 100 movie quotes from U.S. films.

'"Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion.It looks like a mirac...It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!"'

This film is also second on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies".In June 2008, the American Film Institute (AFI) revealed its "10 Top 10"the best ten films in ten "classic"American film genresafter polling more than 1,500 people from the creative community. Caddyshack was namedthe seventh best film in the sports genre. Also, Murray's famous "Cinderella story" line was included in thecountdown of greatest quotes.American Film Institute recognition 2000: AFI's 100 Years...100 Laughs No. 71 2005: AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes No. 92 2008: AFI's 10 Top 10 No. 7 Sports

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SoundtrackIn 1980 CBS records issued a soundtrack to Caddyshack. It includes 10 songs, four of which were performed byKenny Loggins.

Caddyshack restaurantsOn June 7, 2001, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray, and their other four brothers opened a themed restaurantinspired by the movie at the World Golf Village, near St. Augustine, Florida. The restaurant is meant to resemble astodgy country club, much like the fictional Bushwood Country Club, and serves primarily American cuisine. Thebrothers are all active partners and make occasional appearances at the restaurant. Three more restaurants opened inMyrtle Beach, South Carolina; Orlando, Florida; and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; however, all three have beenclosed, leaving only the World Golf Village location.

References[1] 1980 Yearly Box Office Results. (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ yearly/ chart/ ?yr=1980) Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 3, 2013.[2] Caddyshack: The Inside Story (http:/ / www. biography. com/ listings/ episode_details. do?episodeid=510360& airingid=511286), Bio.HD

December 13, 2009.[3] On Location: Caddyshack filming locations (http:/ / www. fast-rewind. com/ locations_caddyshack. htm).[4] Grande Oaks Golf Club (http:/ / www. grandeoaks. com/ golfshop. html).[5] Caddyshack (http:/ / uk. rottentomatoes. com/ m/ caddyshack/ ) at Rotten Tomatoes[6] Caddyshack review (http:/ / www. filmcritic. com/ reviews/ 1980/ caddyshack/ ) at Filmcritic.com's[7] Iben Albinus Sabroe (2008). Jeg vil vinde en Oscar (I Want to Win an Oscar) (http:/ / www. business. dk/ jeg-vil-vinde-en-oscar).

External links Caddyshack (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0080487/ ) at the Internet Movie Database Caddyshack (http:/ / www. allmovie. com/ movie/ v7796) at AllMovie Caddyshack (http:/ / tcmdb. com/ title/ title. jsp?stid=7001) at the TCM Movie Database Caddyshack (http:/ / www. boxofficemojo. com/ movies/ ?id=caddyshack. htm) at Box Office Mojo Caddyshack (http:/ / www. rottentomatoes. com/ m/ caddyshack/ ) at Rotten Tomatoes Caddyshack, an homage to Doug Kenney, ESPN/Golf Digest, April 2004 (http:/ / sports. espn. go. com/ golf/

news/ story?id=1784074) Back to the Shack: Coming of Age With a Suburban Cult Classic ... And Lacey - an article by Matt Kindelmann

(http:/ / www. theimproper. com/ Template_Article. aspx?IssueId=3& ArticleId=1470) "Caddyshack Culture" Meta-critique from the erstwhile Suck.com. (http:/ / www. suck. com/ daily/ 2000/ 09/

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