Caddyshack II
Short description
Jack Hartounian is a self-made millionaire who has never tried to fit in with polite society. When he applies for membership at an exclusive country club so that his daughter can move among its wealthy members, the club's established families reject him. Hartounian responds by buying the club outright and remaking it in his own loud, garish style, which puts him on a collision course with the old guard, represented by Chandler Young and his family.
The film is a comedy directed by Allan Arkush, the third of the four features he directed, following Deathsport and Heartbeeps. The screenplay is credited to Harold Ramis, PJ Torokvei and Jeffrey Price, and the cast includes Jackie Mason as Jack Hartounian, Robert Stack as Chandler Young, Dyan Cannon, Dina Merrill, Jonathan Silverman and Brian McNamara, among 43 credited performers. It was produced by Neil Canton, Peter Guber and Jon Peters for Warner Bros. and The Guber-Peters Company.
Released in July 1988, the film runs 98 minutes. On IMDb it holds a rating of 3.8 from around 17,000 votes, and on TMDB 4.2 from 222 votes. A critics' rating of 2.9 from 25 reviews places it below even the modest audience scores, indicating broad agreement that the film fell short of its predecessor.
What's left behind the scenes
- Rodney Dangerfield was going to return in the second film as Al Czervik, but he declined the offer after screenwriters Harold Ramis and Peter Torok refused his request to make his own changes to the script. In fact, his role was played by Jackie Mason, albeit under the name Jack Hartunian.
- Sam Kinison was considered for one of the roles in the film, but left the project when his close friend Rodney Dangerfield refused to participate due to creative differences with the screenwriters. It is believed that Kinison was supposed to play Peter Blunt's lawyer, a role ultimately played by Randy Quaid.
- Some trailers for the original "Caddyshack" later included the words of Chevy Chase: "Much better than 'Caddyshack 2!'"
- Chevy Chase was the only member of the original "Caddyshack" cast to agree to appear in the sequel, a decision he later regretted. Producers tried to persuade Rodney Dangerfield to return, but he reportedly threw the script in the trash after reading it.
- The characters in the script for Robert Stack and Dan Aykroyd were named Mrs. Esterhaus and Mr. Sanderson, respectively – code names used by these characters in the film.
- During the shooting spree staged by Aykroyd’s character in a prairie dog hole, one can notice, among other junk, plastic C-4 explosives shaped like various animals. Bill Murray’s character used it in the first film while also hunting a prairie dog.
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