Caddyshack II

Caddyshack II

Infobox Film
name = Caddyshack II


caption = Theatrical release poster
imdb_id = 0094824
amg_id = 1:7797
writer = Harold Ramis,
Peter Torokvei
starring = Jackie Mason,
Randy Quaid,
Dan Aykroyd,
Chevy Chase,
Jessica Lundy
director = Allan Arkush
producer = Neil Canton,
Peter Guber,
Jon Peters
distributor = Warner Bros.
released = July 22, 1988
runtime = 98 min.
country = USA
language = English
music = Ira Newborn
awards = Nominated for Four Razzie Awards, won two
budget =

"Caddyshack II" is a 1988 sequel to the 1980 cult classic golf comedy film "Caddyshack". The film stars Jackie Mason, Dan Aykroyd, Robert Stack, Dyan Cannon, Chevy Chase, Jonathan Silverman and Jessica Lundy.

The original "Caddyshack" was rated R, but the sequel was rated PG.

Plot

Kate Hartounian (Jessica Lundy) is the daughter of a wealthy and widowed real estate developer of Albanian and Jewish descent. Eager to improve her lot in life, she makes friends with Miffy Young (Chynna Phillips) a snooty WASP girl, who encourages her and her father to join their country club.

Kate and her father, Jack (Jackie Mason), apply for membership at Bushwood, the club from the first movie. Jack is a self-made millionaire, yet remains salt-of-the-earth despite his wealth. His unpolished personality foils him on many occasions.

When the current members meet Jack, who builds low-income housing in more upscale neighborhoods, his application to join is rejected. The rejection is borne out of his boorish personality and an earlier confrontation with Bushwood President (and Miffy's father) Chandler Young's (Robert Stack) wife. Cynthia Young (Dina Merrill) had tried unsuccessfully to persuade Jack to build his housing complex away from her neighborhood, but her less-than-subtle snobbery leads Jack to chase Cynthia with a bulldozer. It's actions like these that build a divide between Jack and Kate.

Ty Webb (Chevy Chase) returns, this time as the club's majority owner, and while he likes Jack, he prefers to stay out of the way of the club's day-to-day operations.

In retaliation, Jack buys the majority stock to Bushwood from Ty and turns it into an amusement park. Chandler, incensed at the thought of a mere "nouveau-riche" individual getting the better of him, hires Captain Tom Everett (Dan Aykroyd), a shell-shocked mercenary operating out of a lunch wagon, to "discourage" Jack from building any more structures on Bushwood property. The bumbling Everett decides to use a poison-tipped dart to accomplish his task, but while doing so, manages to shoot himself in the posterior with the device.

Though Kate is embarrassed by her father's actions, she is still loyal to him, as evidenced when she commiserates to Miffy, who suggests that she change her last name from Hartounian to Hart. Bewildered at the thought of turning her back on her family name, Kate turns her back on Miffy and makes up with her father.

Reception

The movie made USD$11 million compared to the original’s $39 million gross at the box office.

Cast reception was negative. Chevy Chase, who reprises the role of Ty Webb, was rumored to have murmured to the film’s director Allan Arkush during post-production, “Call me when you’ve dubbed the laugh-track,” before walking away in disgust. Arkush, who also directed "Rock 'n' Roll High School" in 1979, begged Rodney Dangerfield to come in and save the script at the last minute. Upon reading it, Dangerfield asked, “What’s with the ferris wheel?” and dropped it in the wastebasket.

Rodney Dangerfield was replaced by Jackie Mason, Ted Knight (who died of cancer two years before) was replaced by Robert Stack, Michael O'Keefe was replaced by Jonathan Silverman and Bill Murray was replaced by Dan Aykroyd.

The film wound up receiving four Golden Raspberry Award nominations; it “won” two of them. It was nominated for Worst Picture and Worst Actor (Jackie Mason). And it “won” both the awards for Worst Supporting Actor (Dan Aykroyd) and Worst Original Song (for the song “Jack Fresh”).

The theme song for "Caddyshack II" is “Nobody’s Fool,” performed by Kenny Loggins. His hit song “I’m All Right” was featured in the first film.

The Gopher

Like the first movie, an animatronic gopher was used in "Caddyshack II". This time, instead of tittering, the gopher was able to speak. His voice was provided by legendary voice actor Frank Welker.

Humor

The old joke goes as follows: What is the best golf movie of all-time? Caddyshack. What is the worst golf movie of all-time? Caddyshack II.

External links

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