Caddyshack Review

Caddyshack


Release Date: 21st August 1980 - Australia


Production Companies
Orion Pictures 

 
Genre: Comedy

Rating: M (Not Suitable for Young Children)

Runtime: 94 minutes


Budget: $6,000,000

Box Office Gross: $39,846,344 (USA)


Plot Summary
Danny Noonan, a down-on-
his-luck teenager, works
caddying at the snobbish
Bushwood Country Club to
help pay for his college
education. To win votes
for a college scholarship
reserved for caddies,
Noonan volunteers to
caddie for a prominent
and influential club member.
Meanwhile, while
absorbing New Age advice
from wealthy golf guru Ty
Webb, Danny struggles to
prepare for the high-

pressure Caddy Day golf tournament.


Cast
Michael O'Keefe - Danny
Noonan
Ted Knight - Judge Elihu
Smails
Rodney Dangerfield - Al
Czervik
Chevy Chase - Ty Webb
Bill Murray - Carl Sparkler
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
Peter Berkrot - Angie
D'Annunzio
John F. Barmon Jr. -
Spaulding Smails
Lois Kibbee - Mrs. Smails
Brian McConnachie - Drew
Scott
Jackie Davis - Smoke
Porterhouse

Crew
Writer/Director - Harold Ramis
Writer/Producer - Douglas
Kenney
Writer - Brian Doyle-Murray

Associate Producer - Donald MacDonald
Executive Producer - Jon Peters

Casting - Wallis Nicita
Production Designer - Stan Jolley

Art Director - George Szeptycki

Set Decorators - Tom Coll and

Don K. Ivey
Director of Photography - Stevan Larner

Additional Photography - Stephen Gilbert

and James Pergola

Executives in Charge of Production - Mark Canton

and Rusty Lemorande

Second Unit Director - Ricou Browning

Supervisor of Special Effects - John Dykstra

Effects Production Supervisor - Robert Shepherd

Special Animators - Pat Brymer,

Jeffrey Burke and Grant McCune

Matte Paintings - Rocco Gioffre
Supervising Editor - David Bretherton
Editors - William C. Carruth and

Robert Barrere

Apprentice Editor - Melissa Bretherton

Sound Editor - Clive Smith

Sound Re-Recordists - Bob Minkler,

Richard Tyler and Ray West
Original Songs/Music Coordinator - Kenny Loggins
Music - Johnny Mandel

Music Production Supervisor - Bruce Botnick


Review

During my youth, I did not get to see all of CADDYSHACK and only saw bits of the sequel on Pay-TV when it was nearly over. CADDYSHACK is said to be the best golf comedy before Happy Gilmore, Adam Sandler's lowbrow comedy. Some people thought Happy Gilmore could not top the raunchiness and charm of the original 1980 movie. CADDYSHACK is outrageously funny to many viewers who grew up with its star-studded cast, and so much hilarity has ensued. The late Harold Ramis brought together a movie with comedic actors that instantly stole the spotlight and an outstanding display of versatile humour, which outweighs the plot, giving it no sense of direction. However, CADDYSHACK works better without it.

Chevy Chase was the rising star of this film as he brought his role of Ty Webb to life as the rich golf pro who doubles as a spiritual leader. Webb teaches his caddy Danny Noonan, played by Michael O'Keefe, to get into his golfing ways through his profound wisdom. Rodney Dangerfield was the other comedian new to this big picture. He had never been so funny as when he portrayed an obnoxious new Country Club member who proved more than being an uninvited guest. Bill Murray (who is not one of my favourite actors) was not yet a big star when playing an eccentric assistant groundskeeper who obsesses over killing a certain rogue gopher that ruins his golf course.

I would enjoy watching CADDYSHACK again. It's so much fun seeing the actors together as they pull out a barrel of laughs. So remember to see this film and "Be the ball." There is a sequel, but don't bother with it. It's terrible, and most of the star power from the original is gone, except for Chevy Chase.

Star rating: (10/10) Best Movie Ever

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