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Happy Madison Productions, Inc.
TypePrivate
IndustryProduction company
FoundedDecember 10, 1999; 23 years ago (1999-12-10)
FounderAdam Sandler
Headquarters
Key people
OwnersAdam Sandler
Jack Giarraputo
ParentHappy Madison, Inc.
DivisionsMadison 23 Productions (2007-2009)
Scary Madison Productions (2009)

Happy Madison Productions is an American film and television production company founded in 1999 by Adam Sandler,[1][2][3] which is best known for its comedy films. Happy Madison takes its name from the films Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison, two box office successes starring Sandler himself, both produced by Robert Simonds, written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy, and distributed by Universal Pictures.

In addition to various Sandler-produced films, the company has also released films produced by others, such as Steven Brill (Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds), Dennis Dugan (The Benchwarmers, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Grown Ups, Grown Ups 2), Frank Coraci (Click, Zookeeper, Blended), Fred Wolf (Strange Wilderness, The House Bunny), Tom Brady (The Animal, The Hot Chick, Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star), Peter Segal (Anger Management, 50 First Dates, The Longest Yard), and Nicholaus Goossen (A Day with the Meatball, Grandma's Boy, The Shortcut).

The 1998 films The Waterboy and The Wedding Singer helped jump start Sandler's movie career and production company. He produced The Waterboy and co-wrote the script with Tim Herlihy. The film was extremely profitable, earning over $160 million in the United States alone and made Sandler a successful actor with The Waterboy becoming his second $100 million film in a year, along with The Wedding Singer.

The company's production offices were formerly located in the Judy Garland Building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City but the company left after completion of Sandler's final contracted film for the studio, Pixels. Happy Madison, Inc. the parent company of Happy Madison Productions is run by Adam Sandler's brother Scott and is located in Manchester, New Hampshire.[4]

Its subsidiary Madison 23 Productions, was aimed towards the drama genre. It only produced two films Reign Over Me and Funny People, which both starred Sandler. Another subsidiary was Scary Madison Productions, which was aimed towards the horror genre and only produced the film The Shortcut.

Happy Madison Productions's title card (2005–present) with Adam Sandler's father Stanley holding a golf club and the glass broken causing a fourth wall break. Usually, his father also says "terrific."
Happy Madison Productions's title card (2005–present) with Adam Sandler's father Stanley holding a golf club and the glass broken causing a fourth wall break. Usually, his father also says "terrific."

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Film

Film

A film – also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick – is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it.

Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler

Adam Richard Sandler is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, producer, singer, and musician. Primarily a comedic leading actor in film and television, his accolades, include nominations for three Grammy Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.

Billy Madison

Billy Madison

Billy Madison is a 1995 American comedy film directed by Tamra Davis. It stars Adam Sandler in the title role, Bradley Whitford, Bridgette Wilson, Norm Macdonald, Darren McGavin, Mark Beltzman, and Larry Hankin. The film was written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy and produced by Robert Simonds, and was Macdonald's feature film debut. It made over $26.4 million worldwide and debuted at number one at the box office.

Dennis Dugan

Dennis Dugan

Dennis Barton Dugan is an American director, actor, writer, artist and comedian. He is known for his partnership with comedic actor Adam Sandler, for whom he directed the films Happy Gilmore, Big Daddy, The Benchwarmers, I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, You Don't Mess with the Zohan, Grown Ups, Just Go with It, Jack and Jill and Grown Ups 2. Dugan is a four-time Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director nominee, winning once.

Frank Coraci

Frank Coraci

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Click (2006 film)

Click (2006 film)

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Blended (film)

Blended (film)

Blended is a 2014 American romantic comedy film directed by Frank Coraci and distributed by Warner Bros. Written by Ivan Menchell and Clare Sera, the film stars Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore as two single parents who went on a blind date together and never wanted to see each other again afterwards. To their surprise, they both end up at the same African safari resort with their children and are forced to stay together. The film's ensemble cast also features Bella Thorne, Emma Fuhrmann, Terry Crews, Joel McHale, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Kevin Nealon, and Shaquille O'Neal. South African cricketer Dale Steyn makes a cameo appearance as himself.

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star is a 2011 American dark comedy film directed by Tom Brady, produced by Happy Madison Productions, distributed by Columbia Pictures, written by Adam Sandler, Allen Covert, and Nick Swardson, and starring Swardson, Christina Ricci, Edward Herrmann, Kevin Nealon, Don Johnson, and Stephen Dorff. It tells the story of a man-child whose reserved parents were famous porn stars and plans to follow in their footsteps.

Anger Management (film)

Anger Management (film)

Anger Management is a 2003 American buddy comedy film directed by Peter Segal and written by David S. Dorfman. Starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson with Marisa Tomei, Luis Guzmán, Woody Harrelson and John Turturro in supporting roles, the film tells the story of a businessman who is sentenced to an anger management program under a renowned therapist with unconventional methods. Anger Management was released in theaters in the United States on April 11, 2003, by Columbia Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $195 million against a $75 million budget.

50 First Dates

50 First Dates

50 First Dates is a 2004 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Peter Segal and starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore with Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lusia Strus, Blake Clark, and Dan Aykroyd in supporting roles. It follows the story of Henry, a womanizing marine veterinarian who falls for an art teacher named Lucy. When he discovers she has amnesia, and forgets him when she falls asleep, he resolves to win her over again each new day.

Culver City, California

Culver City, California

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Funny People

Funny People

Funny People is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Judd Apatow, co-produced by Apatow Productions and Madison 23 Productions, and starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann with Eric Bana, Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman in supporting roles. The film follows a famous comedian who is diagnosed with a terminal disease and tries to fix the relationships in his life while befriending an aspiring comedian.

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Budget Gross
(worldwide)
Notes Ref.
1999 Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo Mike Mitchell $17 million $92.9 million with Out of the Blue... Entertainment and Touchstone Pictures; distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
2000 Little Nicky Steven Brill $85 million $58.3 million with The Robert Simonds Company; distributed by New Line Cinema
2001 Joe Dirt Dennie Gordon $17.7 million $31 million with Robert Simonds Productions and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
The Animal Luke Greenfield $47 million $84.8 million with Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
2002 Mr. Deeds Steven Brill $50 million $171.3 million with Out of the Blue... Entertainment, New Line Cinema, and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
The Master of Disguise Perry Andelin Blake $16 million $43.4 million with Revolution Studios, Out of the Blue Entertainment and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Eight Crazy Nights Seth Kearsley $34 million $23.8 million with Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
The Hot Chick Tom Brady $34 million $54.6 million with Touchstone Pictures; distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
2003 Anger Management Peter Segal $75 million $195.7 million with Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star Sam Weisman $17 million $23.8 million distributed by Paramount Pictures
2004 50 First Dates Peter Segal $75 million $198.5 million with Flower Films, Anonymous Content, and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
2005 The Longest Yard $90 million $191.5 million with Callahan Filmworks, MTV Films, Paramount Pictures, and Columbia Pictures; distributed in USA & Canada by Paramount Pictures Distribution and internationally by Sony Pictures Releasing (via Sony Pictures Releasing International)
Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo Mike Bigelow $22 million $45.1 million with Out of the Blue... Entertainment and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
2006 Grandma's Boy Nicholaus Goossen $5 million $6.6 million with Level 1 Entertainment; distributed in USA/Canada by 20th Century Fox and internationally by Summit Entertainment
The Benchwarmers Dennis Dugan $33 million $65 million with Revolution Studios and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Click Frank Coraci $82.5 million $240.7 million with Original Film, Revolution Studios, and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
2007 Reign Over Me Mike Binder $20 million $22.2 million with Sunlight Productions, Relativity Media, and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Dennis Dugan $85 million $187.1 million with Shady Acres Entertainment and Relativity Media; distributed by Universal Pictures Distribution
2008 Strange Wilderness Fred Wolf $20 million $6.9 million with Level 1 Entertainment; distributed by Paramount Pictures Distribution
You Don't Mess with the Zohan Dennis Dugan $90 million $204.3 million with Smigel/Dugan Productions, Relativity Media, and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
The House Bunny Fred Wolf $25 million $70.4 million with Alta Loma Entertainment, Relativity Media, and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Bedtime Stories Adam Shankman $80 million $212.9 million with Gunn Films, Conman & Izzy Productions, Offspring Entertainment, and Walt Disney Pictures; distributed by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop Steve Carr $26 million $183.3 million with Relativity Media and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Funny People Judd Apatow $75 million $71.6 million with Apatow Productions, Relativity Media, Universal Pictures, and Columbia Pictures; distributed in USA/Canada by Sony Pictures Releasing and internationally by Universal Pictures
The Shortcut Nicholaus Goossen $1 million as Scary Madison Productions; with Leomax; distributed by Leomax and Mind's Eye Entertainment
2010 Grown Ups Dennis Dugan $80 million $271.4 million with Relativity Media and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
2011 Just Go with It $80 million $215 million with Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Zookeeper Frank Coraci $80 million $169.8 million with Broken Road Productions, Hey Eddie Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star Tom Brady $10 million $2.5 million with Miles Deep Productions and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Jack and Jill Dennis Dugan $79 million $149 million with Broken Road Productions and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
2012 That's My Boy Sean Anders $70 million $57.7 million with Relativity Media and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
Here Comes the Boom Frank Coraci $42 million $73.1 million with Broken Road Productions, Hey Eddie Productions, and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing
2013 Grown Ups 2 Dennis Dugan $80 million $247 million with Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing [5]
2014 Blended Frank Coraci $40 million $128 million with Gulfstream Pictures and RatPac-Dune Entertainment; distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures [6]
2015 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 Andy Fickman $30 million $107.6 million with Broken Road Productions, Hey Eddie Productions, LStar Capital, and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing [7]
Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser Fred Wolf $3.7 million distributed by Crackle [8]
Pixels Chris Columbus $88 million $244.9 million with 1492 Pictures, LStar Capital, China Film Group Corporation, Film Croppers Entertainment, and Columbia Pictures; distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing [9]
The Ridiculous 6 Frank Coraci $60 million distributed by Netflix
2016 The Do-Over Steven Brill $40 million
2017 Sandy Wexler $24.3 million
2018 The Week Of Robert Smigel
Father of the Year Tyler Spindel [10]
100% Fresh Steven Brill
2019 Murder Mystery Kyle Newacheck with Vinson Films, Endgame Entertainment, Mythology Entertainment, Denver and Delilah Productions, and Tower Hill Entertainment; distributed by Netflix
2020 The Wrong Missy Tyler Spindel distributed by Netflix [11]
Hubie Halloween Steven Brill
2022 Home Team Charles Kinnane
Daniel Kinnane
Hustle Jeremiah Zagar $21 million with Roth/Kirschenbaum Films and SpringHill Company; distributed by Netflix [12]
2023 Murder Mystery 2 Jeremy Garelick TBA with Echo Films, Mythology Entertainment, Vinson Films, and Endgame Entertainment; distributed by Netflix [13]
The Out-Laws Tyler Spindel TBA distributed by Netflix [14]
You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah Sammi Cohen TBA [15]
Leo Robert Smigel
Robert Marianetti
David Wachtenheim
TBA [16]

Television

Year Title Network Notes Ref.
2007–2013 Rules of Engagement CBS with Game Six Productions, CBS Television Studios, and Sony Pictures Television
2008 The Gong Show with Dave Attell Comedy Central with Sony Pictures Television
2010–2011 Nick Swardson's Pretend Time Comedy Central with Culver Entertainment
2011–2012 Breaking In Fox with Adam F. Goldberg Productions and Sony Pictures Television
2013–present The Goldbergs ABC with Adam F. Goldberg Productions, Doug Robinson Productions (season 5–present), Swinging Cricket Productions (season 9), Script L. Shannon, Inc. (season 9), This Episode is Entirely a Work of Fiction, LLC (season 10–present), and Sony Pictures Television
2017 Imaginary Mary ABC with Adam F. Goldberg Productions, ABC Studios, and Sony Pictures Television [17]
2019–2020 Schooled ABC with Adam F. Goldberg Productions, Marc Firek Productions, Doug Robinson Productions, ABC Studios, and Sony Pictures Television

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Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo is a 1999 American sex comedy film directed by Mike Mitchell in his feature-length directorial debut, written by Harris Goldberg and Rob Schneider, and starring Schneider in the title role, William Forsythe, Eddie Griffin, and Arija Bareikis. The film tells the story of a hapless fishtank cleaner who goes into business as a male sex worker in an attempt to earn enough money to repair damage he caused while house-sitting. The film is notable for being the first film produced by Happy Madison Productions.

Mike Mitchell (director)

Mike Mitchell (director)

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Sid Ganis

Sid Ganis

Sidney (Sid) Ganis is an American motion picture executive and producer who has produced such films as Big Daddy, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Mr. Deeds, The Master of Disguise and Akeelah and the Bee, Bang: The Bert Berns Story and Olympia.

Little Nicky

Little Nicky

Little Nicky is a 2000 American fantasy comedy film directed by Steven Brill, written by Brill, Adam Sandler, and Tim Herlihy, and starring Sandler in the title role, Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Rhys Ifans, Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., and Rodney Dangerfield. The film depicts the son of Satan and an angel who is tasked with returning his two brothers to Hell and preventing them from destroying the boundary between good and evil on Earth.

Robert Simonds

Robert Simonds

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New Line Cinema

New Line Cinema

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Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt is a 2001 American adventure comedy film, directed by Dennie Gordon, starring David Spade, Dennis Miller, Christopher Walken, Adam Beach, Brian Thompson, Brittany Daniel, Jaime Pressly, Erik Per Sullivan, and Kid Rock. The film was written by Spade and Fred Wolf, and produced by Robert Simonds. The plot revolves around a "white trash" young man, Joe Dirt, who at first seems to be a "loser", a failure, an antihero. As he travels in search of his parents, his finer qualities are increasingly revealed. He ends up with a new "family" of close friends, people he has helped and who respect him. While critical reception was mostly negative, the film was a modest financial success. A sequel, Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser, premiered on Crackle on July 16, 2015.

Dennie Gordon

Dennie Gordon

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Columbia Pictures

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Revolution Studios

Revolution Studios

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Mr. Deeds

Mr. Deeds

Mr. Deeds is a 2002 American comedy film directed by Steven Brill, written by Tim Herlihy, and starring Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder with Peter Gallagher, Jared Harris, Allen Covert, Erick Avari, and John Turturro in supporting roles. It was a remake of the 1936 Frank Capra film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, which itself was based on the 1935 short story Opera Hat by Clarence Budington Kelland.

Critical reception

Happy Madison's films have, for the most part, received overwhelmingly negative reviews, with most criticism targeted towards the crude humor, excessive product placement, celebrity cameos, and a sentimental ending that contradicted the film's mostly mean-spirited tone. Some drama films (Reign Over Me, Funny People and Hustle) received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, with Sandler's performance garnering critical praise. The production company has put out four films considered to be some of the worst ever made, including two that have received a 0% score from Rotten Tomatoes.[18][19][20][21]

Year Film Rotten
Tomatoes
Metacritic
1999 Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo 22% 30
2000 Little Nicky 22% 38
2001 Joe Dirt 11% 20
2001 The Animal 30% 43
2002 Mr. Deeds 22% 24
2002 The Master of Disguise 1% 12
2002 Eight Crazy Nights 12% 23
2002 The Hot Chick 22% 29
2003 Anger Management 42% 52
2003 Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star 22% 36
2004 50 First Dates 45% 48
2005 The Longest Yard 31% 48
2005 Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo 9% 23
2006 Grandma's Boy 16% 33
2006 The Benchwarmers 11% 25
2006 Click 33% 45
2007 Reign Over Me 64% 61
2007 I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry 14% 37
2008 Strange Wilderness 2% 12
2008 You Don't Mess with the Zohan 37% 54
2008 The House Bunny 43% 55
2008 Bedtime Stories 26% 33
2009 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 33% 39
2009 Funny People 69% 60
2009 The Shortcut N/A N/A
2010 Grown Ups 10% 30
2011 Just Go with It 19% 33
2011 Zookeeper 14% 30
2011 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star 3% 9
2011 Jack and Jill 3% 23
2012 That's My Boy 20% 31
2012 Here Comes the Boom 40% 40
2013 Grown Ups 2 7% 19
2014 Blended 14% 31
2015 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 5% 14
2015 Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser 10% N/A
2015 Pixels 17% 27
2015 The Ridiculous 6 0% 18
2016 The Do-Over 10% 22
2017 Sandy Wexler 27% 39
2018 The Week Of 27% 41
2018 Father of the Year 0% N/A
2018 100% Fresh 90% N/A
2019 Murder Mystery 45% 38
2020 The Wrong Missy 31% 35
2020 Hubie Halloween 52% 53
2022 Home Team 22% 23
2022 Hustle 92% 68
2023 Spaceman TBA TBA
TBA The Out-Laws TBA TBA
TBA Murder Mystery 2 TBA TBA
TBA You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah TBA TBA

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Reign Over Me

Reign Over Me

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Funny People

Funny People

Funny People is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Judd Apatow, co-produced by Apatow Productions and Madison 23 Productions, and starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann with Eric Bana, Jonah Hill and Jason Schwartzman in supporting roles. The film follows a famous comedian who is diagnosed with a terminal disease and tries to fix the relationships in his life while befriending an aspiring comedian.

Hustle (2022 film)

Hustle (2022 film)

Hustle is a 2022 American sports comedy-drama film directed by Jeremiah Zagar from a screenplay by Taylor Materne and Will Fetters and co-produced by and starring Adam Sandler as a down-on-his-luck NBA scout who discovers a raw but talented basketball player in Spain and tries to prepare him for the NBA draft. The film also stars Queen Latifah, Ben Foster, Robert Duvall, Heidi Gardner, and current NBA player Anthony Edwards. NBA legend LeBron James acts as producer through his SpringHill Company banner.

Metacritic

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Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo

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Little Nicky

Little Nicky

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Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt

Joe Dirt is a 2001 American adventure comedy film, directed by Dennie Gordon, starring David Spade, Dennis Miller, Christopher Walken, Adam Beach, Brian Thompson, Brittany Daniel, Jaime Pressly, Erik Per Sullivan, and Kid Rock. The film was written by Spade and Fred Wolf, and produced by Robert Simonds. The plot revolves around a "white trash" young man, Joe Dirt, who at first seems to be a "loser", a failure, an antihero. As he travels in search of his parents, his finer qualities are increasingly revealed. He ends up with a new "family" of close friends, people he has helped and who respect him. While critical reception was mostly negative, the film was a modest financial success. A sequel, Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser, premiered on Crackle on July 16, 2015.

Mr. Deeds

Mr. Deeds

Mr. Deeds is a 2002 American comedy film directed by Steven Brill, written by Tim Herlihy, and starring Adam Sandler and Winona Ryder with Peter Gallagher, Jared Harris, Allen Covert, Erick Avari, and John Turturro in supporting roles. It was a remake of the 1936 Frank Capra film Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, which itself was based on the 1935 short story Opera Hat by Clarence Budington Kelland.

Eight Crazy Nights

Eight Crazy Nights

Eight Crazy Nights is a 2002 adult animated Hanukkah musical comedy film directed by Seth Kearsley and produced, co-written by and starring Adam Sandler in his first voice-acting role alongside Jackie Titone, Austin Stout and Rob Schneider. The film is animated in the style of television holiday specials and, unlike most mainstream holiday films, centers on Jewish characters during the Hanukkah season, as opposed to the Christian celebration of Christmas.

Anger Management (film)

Anger Management (film)

Anger Management is a 2003 American buddy comedy film directed by Peter Segal and written by David S. Dorfman. Starring Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson with Marisa Tomei, Luis Guzmán, Woody Harrelson and John Turturro in supporting roles, the film tells the story of a businessman who is sentenced to an anger management program under a renowned therapist with unconventional methods. Anger Management was released in theaters in the United States on April 11, 2003, by Columbia Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $195 million against a $75 million budget.

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star

Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star is a 2003 American comedy film directed by Sam Weisman and starring David Spade, Mary McCormack, Jon Lovitz, Craig Bierko, Alyssa Milano, and Rob Reiner. Spade portrays a child actor who fell into obscurity as an adult and who attempts to revive his career by getting a part in Rob Reiner's next film. In addition, the movie shows Dickie interacting with numerous former child stars, played by over two dozen actual former stars lampooning their careers, such as Leif Garrett, Barry Williams, Corey Feldman, Emmanuel Lewis, Dustin Diamond, and Danny Bonaduce.

50 First Dates

50 First Dates

50 First Dates is a 2004 American romantic comedy drama film directed by Peter Segal and starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore with Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lusia Strus, Blake Clark, and Dan Aykroyd in supporting roles. It follows the story of Henry, a womanizing marine veterinarian who falls for an art teacher named Lucy. When he discovers she has amnesia, and forgets him when she falls asleep, he resolves to win her over again each new day.

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