50 First Dates | |
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Directed by | Peter Segal |
Produced by |
Jack Giarraputo Steve Golin Nancy Juvonen |
Written by | George Wing |
Starring |
Adam Sandler Drew Barrymore Rob Schneider Sean Astin Dan Aykroyd |
Music by | Teddy Castellucci |
Cinematography | Jack N. Green |
Edited by | Jeff Gourson |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time
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99 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $75 million |
Box office | $196.5 million |
50 First Dates: Love songs from the Original Motion Picture | |
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Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
Released | February 3, 2004 |
Genre | Ska, reggae, new wave |
Length | 49:37 |
Label | Maverick |
Producer | Nick Hexum |
50 First Dates is a 2004 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Segal and written by George Wing. The film stars Adam Sandler as a veterinarian and Drew Barrymore as an amnesiac, along with Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lusia Strus, Blake Clark, and Dan Aykroyd.
Most of the film was shot on location in Oahu, Hawaii on the Windward side and the North Shore. Sandler and Barrymore won an MTV award. The fictitious memory impairment suffered by Barrymore's character, Goldfield's Syndrome, is similar to short term memory loss and anterograde amnesia.
The 2014 Malayalam film titled Ormayundo Ee Mukham is inspired by 50 First Dates.
Henry Roth is a veterinarian at Sea Life Park on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. He has a reputation of womanizing female tourists and shows no interest in committing to a serious relationship. Henry's closest friends are Ula, a marijuana-smoking Islander; his assistant Alexa, whose gender is unclear; Willy, his pet African penguin; and Jocko, a walrus.
One day Henry’s boat breaks down while he is sailing around Oahu. He goes to the Hukilau Café to wait for the Coast Guard. There he sees a young woman named Lucy Whitmore, who makes architectural art with her waffles. Henry assumes she is a local, which prevents him from introducing himself, but the next day he comes back. Lucy and he hit it off instantly and she asks him to meet her again tomorrow morning.