Caddyshack (1980) - SOLD OUT

For me, Caddyshack is firmly in the very top echelon of 80's comedies*, a terrific ensemble piece with a superb cast (Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Rodney Dangerfield), a brilliant array of characters and some of cinema's funniest lines. Apparently, the stars were only meant to be a small part of the movie, but the improvised dialogue was so good they ended up building the entire film around it. It also avoids a lot of the misogyny that makes early 80's comedies a bit touch and go these days. Not all, but a lot.

Anyway, the plot. Young Danny Noonan is a caddie at the prestigious Bushwood country club but he dreams of a college education that is financially out of reach. His clients include charming, carefree golfing ace Ty Webb (Chase), crass, nouveau riche property developer Al Czervik (Dangerfield) and the snooty, permanently angry Judge Smails (a splendid Ted Knight). Dim-witted groundskeeper Karl Spackler (Murray) is meanwhile fighting a one-man war against a cunning gopher, who likes dancing to Kenny Loggins.

Not a classic trailer but it does feature actual clips from the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9Nl39uWEYk

Tickets are now sold out but if you got one, I'm in C15. We can meet out the front afterwards and digest the film over a drink somewhere nearby.

*Along with Airplane, Withnail and Spinal Tap. Maybe Naked Gun too