Nancy McClure Movies
- 1997
A film produced in 1945 reveals that a Professor Langford (Duncan Fraser) and his team had managed to activate a Stargate long before the technology was officially discovered--and that Langford's young associate Ernest Littlefield (Keene Curtis) had disappeared through a wormhole, never to return. In the present, Jackson (Michael Shanks) relates this information to Langford's daughter Catherine (Elizabeth Hoffman), the onetime fiancee of Littlefeild. Catherine and the SG-1 team embarks upon a search for Littlefield, only to find themselves entrapped in a room that may contain all the secrets of the universe--and which they may never be able to leave. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Adam Sandler's second popular starring vehicle after Billy Madison is a goofy lowbrow paean to golf, hockey, and the comic hysterics of its childlike star. In Happy Gilmore, Sandler plays the title character, a raw, determined, but ultimately untalented hockey player who keeps trying out for the pros. When Happy discovers his grandmother (Frances Bay) will lose her home if she doesn't fork over 270,000 dollars to the IRS, he tries to figure out how he can possibly scrounge up the cash. An idea strikes during a game of one-upmanship with a couple furniture movers stripping his grandmother's home: On his first-ever swing, he drives a golf ball farther than the movers have ever seen. Before long, he has transplanted the foul-mouthed, aggressive persona of the hockey rink to the links, winning an amateur tourney that earns him a spot on the pro tour. Throttling everyone from a helpless caddy to game show host Bob Barker during the course of his 90-day quest to amass prize money, Happy also wins the sport a legion of new fans with his in-your-face style. Guiding him on his quest is a whimsical retired pro who lost his hand to an alligator (Carl Weathers) and an attractive public relations woman charmed by Happy's antics (Julie Bowen). Opposing him, however, is sneering hotshot Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald), who will do anything to win his championship jacket and see Happy fail. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Adam Sandler, Christopher McDonald, (more)
