Eight Crazy Nights

Eight Crazy Nights
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Seth Kearsley
Produced by	Adam Sandler Allen Covert Jack Giarraputo Brooks Arthur
Written by	Adam Sandler Allen Covert Brooks Arthur Brad Isaacs
Starring	Adam Sandler Jackie Titone Austin Stout Rob Schneider
Music by	Teddy Castellucci Marc Ellis Ray Ellis
Edited by	Amy Budden
Production company	Happy Madison Productions
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	November 27, 2002 (2002-11-27)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$34 million
Box office	$23.8 million

Eight Crazy Nights is a 2002 American adult animated holiday musical comedy film directed by Seth Kearsley and produced, co-written by and starring Adam Sandler, in his first voice-acting role. Unlike most mainstream holiday films, it centers on Jewish characters during the Hanukkah season, as opposed to religious or secular celebration of Christmas. Despite being animated in the style of television holiday specials, the film is adult oriented, featuring significant scatological humor, and focusing on such topics as alcoholism, bereavement, and depression.

This is Happy Madison Productions' first animated film. The film's title is taken from a line in Sandler's series of songs called The Chanukah Song that compares the gift-giving traditions of Christmas and Chanukah: "Instead of one day of presents, we get eight crazy nights!". Additionally, a new version of The Chanukah Song was played over the film's closing credits.

In the small town of Dukesberry, New Hampshire, Davey Stone is a 33-year-old alcoholic troublemaker with a long criminal record, whose antics have long earned him the animosity of the town. Davey is arrested for refusing to pay his bill at Mr. Chang's Chinese restaurant and, while attempting to evade arrest ("Davey's Song"), destroying festive ice sculptures in the process. At Davey's trial, Whitey Duvall, a 70-year-old volunteer referee from Davey's former basketball league, intervenes and comes forward at his trial. The judge, at Whitey's suggestion, sentences Davey to community service as a referee-in-training for Whitey's Youth Basketball League. Under the terms of the community service, if Davey commits a crime before his sentence is completed, he will be sentenced to no less than ten years in prison.