Caddyshack

• Chevy Chase: Ty Webb
• Rodney Dangerfield: Al Czervik
• Ted Knight: Judge Elihu Smails
• Michael O'Keefe: Danny Noonan
• Bill Murray: Carl Spackler
• Sarah Holcomb: Maggie O'Hooligan
• Scott Colomby: Tony D' Annunzio
• Cindy Morgan: Lacey Underall
• Dan Resin: Dr. Beeper
• Henry Wilcoxon: Bishop

Caddyshack ( Caddyshack ) is an American comedy film directed by Harold Ramis from the year 1980.

Action

In the center of the story is the Bushwood Country Club, in which one is dedicated to the game of golf. The employed there as a caddy Danny Noonan ( O'Keefe ) wants to go to college, but his, living in poverty, large family has no money for it.

The nouveau riche real estate developer Al Czervik ( Dangerfield ) gets into a conflict with the judge Elihu Smails, a snobbish WASP. He insulted his remarks during a dinner the judge and his wife.

Noonan flirting with two women: Lacey Underall, a niece of Judge Smails and his colleague at the club Maggie O'Hooligan. The judge asks him a scholarship in prospect when Noonan wins the caddy tournament. This succeeds, whereupon the judge invites him in connection to a boat warming party and thus in a better society.

In a subplot of the groundskeeper Carl Spackler ( Murray ) tries to bring (called English film Gopher ) to track a marauding under the golf course gopher. After several unsuccessful measures he tried to end the film with plastic explosives.

It comes to a golf game between two teams; the first thing of Al Czervik and Ty Webb ( Chase ), the second - Judge Smails and Dr. Pieper. Although officially banned in Bushwood, played a lot of money. The Team Webb / Czervik threatens to lose, yet Czervik raises the stakes. Then he feigns an injury and asks Noonan, who is caddying the judge to step in for him.

In this important scene, Noonan has to choose between the dubious offer Czerviks ( "If you win, you get half of Jerusalem and 'ne princess. " ) And the favor of the judge and the order seemed to be sure Scholarship decide.

As Noonan has recognized the hypocrisy of high society and the judge him from the ground up is unsympathetic, he decides to play himself. Of course, he draws the ire of the judge ( "Then You can never carry my bag. " ) On what it but no longer interferes.

During the game, Noonan can shorten the distance, and has the option with the final blow to win the game. The ball is caught on the edge of the hole. The judge and the doctor already celebrating their supposed victory.

Suddenly the Gulf area trembles under a series of explosions, initiated by Carl Spackler with the purpose to bring the Gophers finally to the track. The vibration of the soil with the result that the ball still rolls into the hole, after which the team Noonan / Czervik / Webb, the victory is awarded.

In the credits you can see how the Gophers survived with minor injuries.

Reviews

Vincent Canby wrote in The New York Times of 25 July 1980 that the film look like a TV movie. The presentation by Bill Murray WOULD implausible, but the audience can recognize his efforts.

Background

The film was shot in Florida. Its production costs amounted to an estimated 6 million U.S. dollars. The film played in theaters in the USA about a 39.8 million U.S. dollars.

In 1988, the sequel Caddyshack II was produced.

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