HAPPY GILMORE (DVD) (SPECIAL EDITION/WS/DOL DIG 5.1/DTS 5.1) DVD

Happy Gilmore
Adam Sandler's second popular starring vehicle after Billy Madison is a goofy lowbrow paean to golf, hockey, and the comic hysterics of its childlike star. In Happy Gilmore, Sandler plays the title character, a raw, determined, but ultimately untalented hockey player who keeps trying out for the pros. When Happy discovers his grandmother (Frances Bay) will lose her home if she doesn't fork over 270,000 dollars to the IRS, he tries to figure out how he can possibly scrounge up the cash. An idea strikes during a game of one-upmanship with a couple furniture movers stripping his grandmother's home: On his first-ever swing, he drives a golf ball farther than the movers have ever seen. Before long, he has transplanted the foul-mouthed, aggressive persona of the hockey rink to the links, winning an amateur tourney that earns him a spot on the pro tour. Throttling everyone from a helpless caddy to game show host Bob Barker during the course of his 90-day quest to amass prize money, Happy also wins the sport a legion of new fans with his in-your-face style. Guiding him on his quest is a whimsical retired pro who lost his hand to an alligator (Carl Weathers) and an attractive public relations woman charmed by Happy's antics (Julie Bowen). Opposing him, however, is sneering hotshot Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald), who will do anything to win his championship jacket and see Happy fail. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide

Cast Adam Sandler as Happy Gilmore Christopher McDonald as Shooter McGavin Julie Bowen as Virginia Frances Bay as Grandma Carl Weathers as Chubbs Allen Covert as Otto

Crew Richard Harrison - Art Director Joanna Colbert - Casting Jack Giarraputo - Co-producer Warren Carr - Co-producer Tish Monaghan - Costume Designer Peter D. Marshall - First Assistant Director Dennis Dugan - Director Jeff Gourson - Editor Bernie Brillstein - Executive Producer Brad Grey - Executive Producer Sandy Wernick - Executive Producer Mark Mothersbaugh - Composer (Music Score) Willie Heslup - Production Designer Perry Andelin Blake - Production Designer Arthur Albert - Cinematographer Robert Simonds - Producer Mark Lane - Set Designer Rick Patton - Sound/Sound Designer Brent Woolsey - Stunts Coordinator Warren Carr - Unit Production Manager Tim Herlihy - Screenwriter Adam Sandler - Screenwriter Tom Perry - Re-Recording Mixer Mary Jo Lang - Foley Mixer Carolyn Tapp - Foley Recordist Rick Franklin - Foley Supervisor

Happy Gilmore
Adam Sandler plays more of a grown-up in Happy Gilmore than he did in Billy Madison, but only in the sense that his tantrums are laced with rage and obscenity rather than infantile brattiness. These brusque qualities will further irritate his detractors while giving his fans another generous dollop of the comedian's hyperkinetic schtick. But Happy Gilmore has pleasures beyond the golf-ball-to-the-noggin variety, because it works as a fairly sturdy sports movie that finds the tricky balance of simultaneously mocking golf and glorifying it. That golf and hockey might involve essentially the same skill set, applied quite differently, enables the agreeable premise that a transplant from that aggressive venue might achieve some success with its more genteel cousin, while still keeping the rink's head-butting mentality. Sure, this is mostly just an excuse for vulgar, bone-crunching comedy, but it allows at least one classic episode of absurdism, in which Sandler gets into a trash-talking brawl with Bob Barker, the surprisingly agile 73-year-old game show host. That Happy putts with his hockey stick and launches his golf balls like whizzing cruise missiles (cleverly shot from their accelerating perspective) makes for effective crossover, blending the subtle precision of golf with the electrifying force of hockey, and winning converts to both sports. Still, Sandler himself wouldn't win many converts outside his own fan base until he aimed for a more tepid middle ground in The Wedding Singer. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English, Spanish, French Subtitle Options: English, Spanish, French Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo DTS: Digital Theater Systems (akin to 5.1) Additional Features: Includes 20 minutes of outrageous deleted scenes, featuring At Grandma's House, Happy on Tour, Nursing Home and much, much more! Wacky, gut-busting Outtakes that will surely tickle your funny bone! DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: PG13 DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 92 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- Widescreen 1. Born to Play Hockey (Main Titles) [7:29] 2. Grandma's Tax Trouble [3:36] 3. The Amazing Golf Ball Whacker Guy [6:18] 4. The Waterbury Open [13:21] 5. Welcome to the Tour [2:53] 6. The Psycho Golfer [9:31] 7. A Disgrace to the Game [6:51] 8. "Endless Love" in the Dark [3:30] 9. The Price is Wrong [3:47] 10. Getting Down to Business [5:34] 11. Good-Bye, Chubbs [4:28] 12. Paired Off [2:00] 13. Big Trouble [5:07] 14. The Comeback [4:44] 15. The Big Shot [4:57] 16. Let's Go Home (End Titles) [2:55] 17. Chapter 17 [4:44]