Caddyshack (1980)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Harold Ramis

Writers:

Brian Doyle-Murray (written by) &
Harold Ramis (written by) ...

Release Date:

25 July 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

At last, a comedy that bites!

Plot:

An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher.

Plot Keywords:

Golf | Judge | Golf Course | Caddy | Gopher

Cast

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	...	The Bishop
Elaine Aiken	...	Mrs. Noonan
Albert Salmi	...	Mr. Noonan
Ann Ryerson	...	Grace
Brian Doyle-Murray	...	Lou Loomis
Hamilton Mitchell	...	Motormouth

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Glen Glenn Sound)

Certification:

Iceland:L | Canada:14A | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Boca Raton Resort & Club - 501 East Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

Company:

Orion Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

In the scene where the Bishop (played by veteran actor Henry Wilcoxon) is having his best round of golf ever during a thunderstorm, he misses an easy putt, looks skyward and yells "rat farts!", and is immediately struck down by a bolt of lightning. The background music in this scene was from Cecil B. DeMille's classic The Ten Commandments (1956), in which Wilcoxon played the part of Pentaur.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Al pays Tony for the drink at the bar, Tony accepts the money with one hand. A split second later he puts it in his pocket with the other hand.

Quotes:

Ty Webb: Sure thing. Shoot, Timmy.
Danny Noonan: Danny.
Ty Webb: Danny.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "20 to 1: Funny Films (#4.6)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Lead the Way

Absolute Comedy Classic

Every single scene in this movie rocks big-time. It's hard to say which of the actors steal the show as Chase, Knight, Dangerfield and Murray try their best to run away with the movie. But if I had to make a decision I would have to say that this IS Dangerfield's movie. His sleazy, friendly, insulting, buffoonish and graciously tipping character is the centrepiece of this movie, which pre-dates the Airplane-style humor of visual gags and jokes.

There ain't much plot but there is still more than there is in the standard comedy modern movies. The film cuts to about 5 different sub-plots at regular intervals. The funniest of which being Murray's ever ridiculous attempts to catch a pesky gofer. I love those scenes. The gopher looks so fake and so cute, he's literally a stuffed toy being moved by hand off-camera.

Ted Knight's Judge Smails is a hoot. The pompous and self-important arrogance mixes well with his cluelessness of how to be gentlemanly towards people and his clumsiness. He is bull-headed, acting without thinking and always letting his rage get the better of him. This is a perfect personification of the majority of courtroom Judges.

Chase does a good job as hedonistic playboy golfer Ty Webb and his ONLY scene with Bill Murray is THE best pure dialogue scene in film history. The total crap that they talk is funny as hell. And so is the whole movie. Forget the sequel. See this movie when you get the chance.

The DVD is in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen with Dolby Mono sound.