Caddyshack

Caddyshack (1980)
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Michael O'Keefe, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Ted Knight, Rodney Dangerfield
Memorable Line(s): "This crowd has gone deadly silent, a Cinderella story outta nowhere. Former greenskeeper and now about to become the masters champion."

A golf club for the upper crust. A caddy trying to decide if he wants to play the game and climb the ladder or be cool. A gopher who wants to take the course apart one burrow at a time. All these elements come together to bring us the hilarious Caddyshack.

Danny (O'Keeke) is a young caddy at an affluent golf course who must decide if really wants to suck up to the upper crust clientele just to get ahead. Judge Smails (Knight) leads Danny along, dangling the possibility of a golf course sponsored college scholarship. Ty Webb (Chase) is the slacker golf pro who tries to lure young Danny to not demean himself just for advancement. All the while this drama plays out, Carl (Murray), the crustygreenskeeper battles a gopher to protect the course.

Snappily written, Caddyshack crackles with manic energy. O'Keefe plays the straight man, but Chase, Knight, Dangerfield, and Murray bring the laughs in loads. Chase is in one of his better, less hammy roles. Ted Knight of Mary Tyler Moore fame is truly underrated and shines in the role as the pompous judge. Dangerfield plays to his strengths as Knights nemesis in the film. Murray almost steals the film as Carl thegreensekeeper. His portrayal is deliciously funny. He get some of the films funniest bits.

The script is full of quotable lines that will stick with you. Ramis knows how to move the film along and keeps the pace going to get us to the laughs. If you haven't seen Caddyshack, you're in for a real treat.