Caddyshack
July 25, 1980 in theaters
A caddy at an exclusive country club navigates the social warfare between its old-money snobs and the nouveau-riche members trying to crash the establishment, while a groundskeeper wages a private war against a rogue gopher. Harold Ramis's 1980 comedy is a loosely structured showcase for Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and Rodney Dangerfield at peak irreverence, and one of the most quoted comedies in American film history.
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"Be the ball, Danny."
DID YOU KNOW?
The gopher puppet used throughout the film was a hand-operated mechanical prop that required three operators. It cost more to build than several of the human actors were paid.
THE VERDICT
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One of the loosest, most anarchic comedies ever to become a cultural institution -- Harold Ramis essentially directed a controlled improvisation session and let four comedy legends eat the scenery. Bill Murray's Carl Spackler is a one-man chaos engine who barely interacts with the actual plot, Chevy Chase coasts on cool, and Rodney Dangerfield operates at a frequency entirely his own. The gopher subplot exists mainly to give Murray something to do, and somehow that is exactly right.
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