Editing Caddyshack (section)

==Production==
The film was inspired by writer and co-star Brian Doyle-Murray's memories of working as a [[caddie]] at Indian Hill Club in [[Winnetka, Illinois]]. His brothers Bill and John Murray (production assistant and a caddy extra) and director Harold Ramis also had worked as caddies when they were teenagers. Many of the characters in the film were based on characters they had encountered through their various experiences at the club, including a young woman upon whom the character of Maggie is based and the Haverkamps, a doddering old couple, John and Ilma, longtime members of the club, who can barely hit the ball out of their shadows. The scene in which Al Czervik hits Judge Smails in the genitals with a struck golf ball happened to Ramis on what he said was the second of his two rounds of golf, on a nine-hole public course.<ref name="biohd">[https://www.biography.com/listings/episode_details.do?episodeid=510360&airingid=511286 ''Caddyshack: The Inside Story''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610130346/http://www.biography.com/listings/episode_details.do?episodeid=510360&airingid=511286 |date=June 10, 2011 }}, Bio.HD December 13, 2009.</ref>

The film was shot over eleven weeks during the autumn of 1979; [[Hurricane David]] in early September delayed production. Golf scenes were filmed at the Rolling Hills Golf Club (now the Grande Oaks Golf Club) in [[Davie, Florida]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grande Oaks Golf Club – Fort Lauderdale, FL |url=https://www.grandeoaks.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112222409/https://www.grandeoaks.com/ |archive-date=January 12, 2021 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=www.grandeoaks.com}}</ref> According to Ramis, Rolling Hills was chosen because the course did not have any palm trees. He wanted the film to feel that it was in the [[Midwestern United States|Midwest]], not Florida. The explosions that take place during the climax of the film were reported at the nearby [[Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport]] by an incoming pilot, who suspected that a plane had crashed.<ref name="reel life">{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/page2/s/closer/020726.html |title=''Caddyshack: Reel Life'' from "ESPN.com Page 2" |publisher=Espn.go.com |access-date=March 14, 2012 |archive-date=August 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814101145/http://www.espn.com/page2/s/closer/020726.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Fourth of July dinner-and-dancing scene was filmed at the [[Boca Raton Resort|Boca Raton Hotel and Club]] in [[Boca Raton, Florida]].

The scene that begins when Ty Webb's golf ball crashes into Carl Spackler's shack was not in the original script. It was added by director Harold Ramis after realizing that two of his biggest stars, Chevy Chase and Bill Murray, did not appear in a scene together. The three met for lunch and wrote the scene. While there were some worries about how Chase and Murray would act around one another, due to their rivalry while working together on ''Saturday Night Live'', the two remained friendly and professional with one another throughout the whole writing and filming of the scene. This is the only film in which Chase and Murray have appeared together.<ref name="19th Hole">{{cite video | people = [[Mark Canton]], [[Chevy Chase]], Scott Colomby, Hamilton Mitchell, [[Cindy Morgan]], [[Jon Peters]], [[Harold Ramis]], Ann Ryerson | title = Caddyshack: The 19th Hole, Special Feature | medium = DVD | publisher = [[Warner Bros.]] |year=1999}}</ref>

Murray improvised much of the "[[Cinderella (sports)|Cinderella]] story" scene based on two lines of stage direction. Ramis gave him direction to act as a child. Murray hit flowers with a grass whip while fantasizing aloud about winning the [[Masters Tournament]], a major golf tournament.<ref name="19th Hole"/> Murray was with the production only six days, and his lines were largely unscripted.<ref name="biohd"/> Murray was working on ''Saturday Night Live'' at the time, and was not intended to have a large role but his part "mushroomed" and he was repeatedly recalled from New York to film additional scenes as production continued.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1172571/index.htm |title=Caddyshack |author=Chris Nashawaty |date=August 2, 2010 |magazine=[[Sports Illustrated]] |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100731171918/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1172571/index.htm |archive-date=2010-07-31 |page=3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Cindy Morgan said that a massage scene with Chevy Chase was improvised, and her reaction to Chase dousing her back with the massage oil, where she exclaimed "You're crazy!" was genuine.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 7, 2015 |author=KIMBERLY REBMAN |title=Actress Cindy Morgan: Dancing Gophers, Computer Graphics, and Everything in Between |url=http://theamemagazine.com/magazine/2015/05/07/actress-cindy-morgan-dancing-gophers-computer-graphics-and-everything-in-between/ |website=The AME Magazine |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150620083742/http://theamemagazine.com/magazine/2015/05/07/actress-cindy-morgan-dancing-gophers-computer-graphics-and-everything-in-between/ |archive-date=2015-06-20 |url-status=live }}</ref> A scene in which her character dove into the pool was acted by a professional diver. Before the diver took over, she was led to the diving board by the crew and carefully directed up the ladder since she could not wear her contact lenses near the pool and was legally blind without them.<ref>{{cite news |date=August 7, 2009 |first=Mark |last=Hinson |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/article/20090807/ENT/908070301/ |title='Caddyshack' siren joins the fun for film school's 20th |work=[[Tallahassee Democrat]] |page=14D |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218153934/http://www.tallahassee.com/article/20090807/ENT/908070301/ |archive-date= 2014-12-18 |access-date=November 8, 2013}}</ref>

A deal was made with [[John Dykstra]]'s<ref name="19th Hole"/> effects company for visual effects, including lightning, stormy sky effects, flying golf balls and disappearing greens' flags. The gopher was part of the effects package. Dykstra's technicians added hydraulic animation to the [[puppet]], including ear movement, and built the tunnels through which it moved.

The production became infamous for the amount of drug usage which occurred on set, with supporting actor [[Peter Berkrot]] describing [[cocaine]] as "the fuel that kept the film running."<ref>{{cite web |date=April 18, 2018 |last=Sorokach |first=Josh |title='Caddyshack' Was Fueled By Rampant Cocaine Use, New Book Reveals |url=https://decider.com/2018/04/18/caddyshack-fueled-by-cocaine-use/ |website=Decider |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418202413/https://decider.com/2018/04/18/caddyshack-fueled-by-cocaine-use/ | archive-date=2018-04-18 }}</ref>

=== Locations ===

* Noonan house – 232 North Avenue 54, Los Angeles
* Bushwood gates – West Gate, [[Bel Air, Los Angeles|Bel Air]]
* Bushwood Country Club – Rolling Hills Golf Club, [[Davie, Florida]] (now Grande Oaks Golf Club)
* Bushwood pool – Plantation Preserve Golf Course, [[Plantation, Florida]]
* Czervik Condominiums – Century Hill Condominiums, Los Angeles (from Galaxy Way)
* Rolling Lake Yacht Club – Rusty Pelican restaurant, Miami
* Smails house – 4531 NE 25th Street, Fort Lauderdale<ref>[https://www.fast-rewind.com/locations_caddyshack.htm On Location: Caddyshack filming locations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111161959/https://www.fast-rewind.com/locations_caddyshack.htm|date=January 11, 2020}}.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Filming Locations for Caddyshack (1980), in Florida and Los Angeles. |url=http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/c/Caddyshack.php |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations}}</ref>