Caddyshack is a 1980 American sports comedy film directed by Harold Ramis, written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Ramis and Douglas Kenney, and starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Michael O'Keefe and Bill Murray with supporting roles by Sarah Holcomb, Cindy Morgan, and Doyle-Murray. It tells the story of a caddie, vying for a caddie scholarship, who becomes involved in a feud on the links between one of the country club's founders and a nouveau riche guest. A subplot involves a greenskeeper who uses extreme methods against an elusive gopher.
Caddyshack was Ramis's directorial debut and boosted the career of Dangerfield, who was previously known mostly for his stand-up comedy. Grossing nearly $40 million at the domestic box office (the 17th-highest of the year),[3] it was the first of a series of similar comedies.
The film has a cult following and was described by ESPN as "perhaps the funniest sports movie ever made".[4]
A sequel titled Caddyshack II (1988) followed, although only Chase reprised his role; it was panned by critics and a box-office bomb.
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^"ESPN.com - Page2 - Page 2's Top 20 Sports Movies of All-Time". Espn.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2019. Perhaps the funniest sports movie ever made, and 22 years later, it still ranks as definitely the most 'quotable' sports film.
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Blackadder, Saturday Night Live, Richard Pryor, Bill Cosby, Porky's, and Caddyshack. Green's first movie roles were in the 1984 films Billions for Boris and...
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