The comedy starring Rodney Dangerfield, Chevy Chase and Bill Murray was released 40 years ago Saturday, and locals may remember that much of the movie was filmed here in South Florida. The golf scenes were shot at what is now Grande Oaks Golf Club in Davie, which had been called Rolling Hills, during the fall of 1979.Jul 24, 2020
Golf scenes were filmed at the Rolling Hills Golf Club (now the Grande Oaks Golf Club) in Davie, Florida. According to Ramis, Rolling Hills was chosen because the course did not have any palm trees.
Naturally, other scenes in the movie were filmed nearby as well. The pool scene was filmed at Plantation Country Club in Plantation, while the dinner and dancing scene was shot at Boca Raton Hotel and Club.Jul 26, 2010
July 25, 1980 (USA)Caddyshack / Release date
Most scenes taking place at golf courses were filmed at Pitt Meadows at the Swan-e-set Bay Resort & Country Club, while interior shots, such as those in the broadcast booth, took place in an abandoned Vancouver hospital.
Caddyshack | 1980 The 'Bushwood Country Club', supposedly in 'Nebraska' was Rolling Hills Golf and Tennis Club, which is now Grande Oaks Golf Club, 3501 West Rolling Hills Circle at South West 36th Street, Davie, about ten miles from downtown Fort Lauderdale, in sunny Florida.
Cast (in credits order) verified as completeChevy Chase...Ty WebbLois Kibbee...Mrs. SmailsBrian McConnachie...Drew ScottScott Powell...GatsbyAnn Crilley...Suki57 more rows•Oct 13, 2019
24. Synchronized Caddies. The caddies' 15 minutes of club pool time is totally screwy. But it also features the film's most graceful moment as the boorish caddies stop acting like animals and give an inexplicable performance.Jul 24, 2020
Through the years, Rolling Hills Country Club played host to a number of notable people, including Jackie Gleason, George C. Scott, Johnny Unitas, and Joe "Willie" Namath. Between 1979 and 1980, the film Caddyshack was filmed here, bringing its own cast of notables.
Grande Oaks began its long and storied history in 1959 as Rolling Hills Country Club, one of South Florida’s first, and best, golf courses. Although it was not yet a private golf club, for many of South Florida's social elite, it was the place to be seen.
On June 7, 2001, Bill Murray, Brian Doyle-Murray and their brothers opened a themed restaurant inspired by the film at the World Golf Village, near St. Augustine, Florida. The restaurant is meant to resemble the fictional Bushwood Country Club, and serves primarily American cuisine. The brothers are all active partners and make occasional appearances at the restaurant. Three more Caddyshack restaurants were opened, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Orlando; and Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida; these are now closed, leaving the original St. Augustine, Florida their flagship location, open to fans and diners.
Caddyshack. 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. Doyle-Murray also has a supporting role.
Caddyshack was released on July 25, 1980, in 656 theaters, and grossed $3.1 million during its opening weekend; it went on to make $39,846,344 in North America, and $60 million worldwide.
Plot. Danny Noonan ( Michael O'Keefe) works as a caddie at the exclusive Bushwood Country Club to earn enough money to go to college. Danny caddies for Ty Webb ( Chevy Chase ), a mischievous but avid golfer and the son of one of Bushwood's co-founders. Danny tries to gain favor with Judge Elihu Smails ( Ted Knight ), ...
A sequel, Caddyshack II (1988), followed, although only Chase reprised his role and the film was poorly received. The film has a cult following and was described by ESPN as "perhaps the funniest sports movie ever made.".
Caddyshack opened on July 25, 1980, and would go on to gross roughly $40 million against a $6 million budget. As the film enjoys its 40th anniversary, here are ten behind-the-scenes facts about the making of Caddyshack.
Harold Ramis's Caddyshack is widely considered to be one of the all-time funniest comedies ever assembled. Starring such comedic titans as Bill Murray, Chevy Chase, and Rodney Dangerfield, the film about a young golf caddy ...
While the screenplay for Caddyshack was written by Harold Ramis, Brian Doyle-Murray, and Douglas Kenny, the story was directly inspired by Doyle-Murray's time as a caddy at a golf club when he was younger. Several scenes in the film were lifted directly from his experience.
As a result of the lack of narrative structure in the truncated edit, producers added the entire Gopher storyline only after the movie was nearly completed. Against writer Doug Kenny's wishes, the Gopher was added to give the plot a more consistent throughline.
Bill Murray's role as Carl Spackler was filmed in just six days. When Ramis realized the two biggest stars in the film (Murray and Chase) did not share a scene together, he, Kenny, Murray, and Chase met for lunch to write the now-infamous showdown between Carl Spackler and Ty Webb.
Caddyshack was initially conceived as a basic coming-of-age tale about teenage caddies Danny (Michael O'Keefe) and Tony (Scott Colomby). But due to the wild, improvisational nature of bit players Murray, Chase, and Dangerfield, their planned cameos were expanded into the protagonists.
Prior to Rodney Dangerfield being cast in the film, the legendary comedian Don Rickles was heavily considered for the role. In the end, producers hired Dangerfield on the strength of his multiple appearances on The Johnny Carson Show.