Post by Logan on Jan 8, 2017 13:30:50 GMT -6
"Big Dog," the 60-foot Striker yacht from the movie "Caddyshack." The boat is currently on sale in Pasadena. - Original Credit: Capital Gazette (Courtesy / HANDOUT)
Leonard Digiulian said his brother John never set out to grab a small piece of cinema history when he bought the 60-foot Striker yacht used in the 1980 movie "Caddyshack."
John Digiulian, who died in 2014, was an avid boater and had owned another Striker yacht prior to purchasing "Big Dog." The fact that it was piloted by Rodney Dangerfield's character, Al Czervik, was somewhat of an afterthought for the two when they bought it in Florida more than a decade ago.
"It didn't make or break the deal when we bought it," he said.
But the vessel is an integral part of the movie and of Dangerfield's character. It illustrates his character's vulgar behavior in one scene when, after plowing through a crowded marina, he drops his anchor through the hull of another boat and proclaims "You scratched my anchor!"
And now that he's put the yacht up for sale, with a list price of $129,000, he's garnered a lot more attention for it as he attempts to sell it on behalf of his sister, Diane.
Read more: www.capitalgazette.com/news/ph-ac-cn-caddyshack-boat-0108-20170107-story.html