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Adam Sandler: Happy Gilmore
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When short-fused would-be hockey player Happy (Adam Sandler) discovers his slap shot skills translate to 400-yards golf shots, he sets out to save his grandmother's house from foreclosure by joining the PGA tour. Along the way, Sandler is tutored by one-handed ex-pro Carl Weathers, angers rival duffer Christopher McDonald, falls for publicist Julie Bowen, and has a memorable on-the-links brawl with Bob Barker (playing himself). 92 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, French Dolby Digital stereo, Spanish Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English (SDH), French, Spanish; deleted scenes; outtakes.
Though Adam Sandler, left, is happy to do anything he can on behalf of gay rights organizations, he's realistic about becoming his chances of becoming a darling of GLAAD. "If I was a gay man, I wouldn't want me to represent" the gay community.
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Through juvenile antics and sometimes offensive stunts, Sandler kept loyal fans laughing throughout the '90s. His first title film role came in 1995 with Billy Madison. Numerous films followed, including Happy Gilmore in 1996, The Wedding Singer co-starring Drew Barrymore and The Water Boy in 1998, Big Daddy in 1999 and Little Nicky in 2000. In 2002, he co-starred with Winona Ryder in Mr. Deeds and the critically acclaimed Punch-Drunk Love opposite Emily Watson. The following year he starred opposite Jack Nicholson in the hit comedy Anger Management. Other notable films include Fifty First Kisses with Barrymore, the dramedy Spanglish and Click.
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After noticing what fellow alumni’s were doing in Hollywood with their success on the show, Adam followed in their footsteps and left the sketch comedy show in return for a chance in the movies. His early efforts (in films like “Airheads”) weren’t met with high regard, but his first starring role in the film “Billy Madison” earned him a giant fan base that has since snowballed into super stardom. Adam quickly followed with hilarious comedies like “Happy Gilmore,” “The Wedding Singer” and “The Waterboy,” and was soon earning more money than a majority of the industry’s leading men. In 2002, Adam married long-time girlfriend Jackie Titone and decided to make the dangerous transition to dramatic acting. He quickly proved to critics with his amazing performance in “Punch-Drunk Love” that he had what it took to become a serious actor, and since then, Adam has enjoyed incredible success as the box office king of comedy.
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Sandler's first successful starring role was in 1989 were he starred in the movie Babes Ahoy ... known as Going Overboard. In 1995 He came out with Billy Madison, in which he plays a grown man repeating grades 1–12 to earn the right to inherit his father's multi-million dollar hotel empire—and, more importantly, his father's respect. He followed this movie up with other financially successful comedies such as Happy Gilmore (1996) and The Wedding Singer (1998). He was initially cast in the bachelor party themed comedy/thriller Very Bad Things, but had to back out because of his work in other movies at the same time. After The Waterboy (1998), Sandler reached box-office superstardom, where he has remained.
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Sandler's first starring role was in 1989 when he starred in the movie Going Overboard. In 1995, he starred in Billy Madison, in which he plays a grown, though uneducated, man repeating grades 1–12 to earn his father's respect back, along with the right to inherit his father's multi-million-dollar hotel empire. He followed this movie up with other financially successful comedies such as Bulletproof (1996), Happy Gilmore (1996) and The Wedding Singer (1998). He was initially cast in the bachelor-party-themed comedy/thriller Very Bad Things (1998), but had to back out due to his involvement in The Waterboy (1998),[5] one of his first hits.
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