50 First Dates [Blu-ray]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Re-teaming Adam Sandler with Drew Barrymore, his co-star from The Wedding Singer, as well as Peter Segal, his director on Anger Management, Fifty First Dates finds the funnyman playing veterinarian Henry Roth. More than content with a life of one-night-stands, Henry decides to give up his noncommittal lifestyle when he meets and falls for Lucy (Barrymore). However, when he discovers that Lucy has no short term memory, Henry finds himself having to win her heart again with every new day. Sean Astin and Rob Schneider also star. ~ Matthew Tobey, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: A
• Number of Discs: 1
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
• Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
• Screen: Color
• Subtitle: Eng,Fre, Por,Spa,Chi,Kor,Tha
• Features:
  • Seamless menu navigation
  • Actor & director's commentary
  • Gag reel
  • "Talkin' Pidgin" featurette

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Adam Sandler - Henry Roth
       Drew Barrymore - Lucy Whitmore
       Rob Schneider - Ula
       Sean Astin - Doug Whitmore
       Lusia Strus - Alexa
       Dan Aykroyd - Dr. Keats
       Amy Hill - Sue
       Allen Covert - 10 Second Tom
       Blake Clark - Marlin Whitmore
       Maya Rudolph - Stacy
       Adam Del Rio

• Director:

  Peter Segal

• Producer:

  Steve Golin, Jack Giarraputo, Nancy Juvonen

• Screenwriter:

  George Wing

• Cinematographer:

  Jack N. Green

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  Michael Dilbeck

• Composer (Music Score):

  Teddy Castellucci

• Editor:

  Jeff Gourson

• Production Designer:

  Alan Au

• Art Director:

  Domenic Silvestri

• Co-producer:

  Scott Bankston, Larry Kennar

• Associate Producer:

  Kevin Grady

• Executive Producer:

  Michael Ewing, M. Jay Roach, Scott Bankston, Daniel Lupi, Jay Roach

• Set Designer:

  James Bayliss, Martha Johnston, Robert Greenfield

• Costume Designer:

  Ellen Lutter, Leslie Brown, Michael A. Russell

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  David Kelson

• Makeup:

  Robin Fredriksz, Ann Pala

• Special Effects:

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

• First Assistant Director:

  John Hockridge, Adam Druxman

• Animator:

  Sony Pictures Imageworks

• Camera Operator:

  Joseph Urbancszyk, Stephen Campanelli

• Stunts:

  Michael Adams, Michael Brady, Gary Guercio, Brycen Counts, Paul Eliopolus, Tara Fuller

• Casting:

  Roger Mussenden

• Production Manager:

  Lila Yacoub, Tim Wiles, Max Brehme, William W. Weiske III

• Pilot:

  Cliff Fleming

• Special Effects Coordinator:

  John Hartigan

• Makeup Special Effects:

  K.N.B. EFX Group

• Department Head Makeup:

  Rose Librizzi

• Stunts Coordinator:

  Webster Whinery

• Assistant Art Director:

  Don Woodruff

• Unit Production Manager:

  Daniel Lupi

• Key Hairstylist:

  Pauletta Lewis-Irwin

• Negative Cutter:

  Mo Henry

• Key Grip:

  Charles Saldana

• ADR Supervisor:

  David Bach

• Second Assistant Director:

  Michael L. Phillips

• Supervising Sound Editor:

  Elmo Weber

• Production Assistant:

  Anthony Hoffman

• Visual Effects Producer:

  Victoria Alonso

• Head Animal Trainer:

  Steve Berens

• Conductor:

  Pete Anthony

• ADR Recordist:

  Howard London

• Unit Publicist:

  Spooky Stevens

• Extra Casting:

  Central Casting

• Location Manager:

  Timothy Hillman

• Production Coordinator:

  Susan M. Ehrhart

• Foley Artist:

  Vincent Guisetti, Pamela Nedd Kahn

• Assistant Chief Lighting Technic:

  Michael K. O'Melia

• Chief Lighting Technician:

  Mark Vuille

• Assistant Location Manager:

  Martin L. Hudson

• Costumes Supervisor:

  Robert Q. Mathews

• Hair Styles:

  Lona Vigi

• Assistant Properties:

  Chuck Askerneese

• Storyboard Artist:

  Alexander Hill

• Sound Effects Director:

  Derek Vanderhorst

• Casting Associate:

  Elizabeth Torres

• Set Dresser:

  John Hammer Maxwell

• Best Boy Grip:

  John Powers

• Casting Assistant:

  Kendra Carter

• Second Assistant Director:

  Joe Kontra

• Second Second Assistant Director:

  Timothy Grant Engle

• First Assistant Camera:

  Bill Coe

• Script Supervisor:

  Nancy Karlin

• Storyboard Artist:

  Gary Thomas

• Assistant Location Manager:

  Justin Healy

• Foley Editor:

  Marc Glassman

• Set Dresser:

  Cameron Matheson, Chris Parker

• Production Secretary:

  Kerri Smeltzer

• Second Unit Director:

  Jim Bissell

• Visual Consultant:

  Jim Bissell

• Construction Coordinator:

  Karen D. Higgins

• Still Photographer:

  Darren Michaels

• Leadman:

  Mark C. Weissenfluh, Sean Ginevan

• Music Editor:

  J.J. George

• Sound Effects Director:

  Cameron Steenhagen

• Production Assistant:

  David Alexandre

• Script Supervisor:

  Summer Banner

• Matte Artist:

  Dave R. Bleich

• Model Effects:

  Francois Bordez

• Gaffer:

  Allan Brady

• Production Assistant:

  Anthony Buchanan

• First Assistant Editor:

  Tom Costain

• Assistant Production Coordinator:

  Demelza Cronin

• Extra Casting:

  Margaret J. Doversola

• Special Effects Supervisor:

  Sheena Duggal

• Assistant Location Manager:

  Leann Emmert

• Dialogue Editor:

  Russell Farmarco

• Matte Artist:

  Josh Geisler-Amhowitz

• Production Assistant:

  Katherine Gourley

• First Assistant Editor:

  Jason Gourson

• Key Costumer:

  Mari Grimaud

• Music Editor:

  Stuart Grusin

• Assistant Costume Designer:

  Clare Hallworth, Nina Hallworth

• Matte Artist:

  Ivo Horvat

• Assistant Sound Editor:

  Drake Jenevein

• Sound Effects Director:

  Orada Jusatayanond

• Production Assistant:

  Norman Kali

• Assistant Costume Designer:

  Jeannie H. Kelly

• Second Assistant Camera:

  Bill Marti

• Storyboard Artist:

  Kevin McCarthy

• Second Assistant Camera:

  Bobby McMahan

• Additional Music:

  Tom Mgrdichian

• Assistant Production Coordinator:

  Lisa Lee Mitchell

• Production Assistant:

  Nicole Nakamoto, Carrie L. Ringler

• Camera Loader:

  Shayna Ritenour

• Production Assistant:

  Brad Robinson

• Digital Effects:

  Allen Ruilova

• Additional Music:

  Carl Rydlund

• Production Assistant:

  Nancy Senaga, Rob Severin, Ryan Staniec

• Key Make-up:

  Carme Tenuta

• Production Assistant:

  J.J. Titone

• Location Manager:

  Jim Triplett

• Digital Effects:

  Vince Truitner, Carlo Volpati

• Foley Editor:

  Clay Weber

• Dolly Grip:

  James D. Wickman

• Voice Casting:

  The Reel Team

• Foley Mixer:

  Kyle Rochlin

• Art Department Coordinator:

  Dru Homer

• Special Effects Foreman:

  Chris Walkowiak

• Graphic Design:

  Martin T. Charles

• Negative Cutter:

  Boyd Steer

• Video Assist:

  Alfred Ainsworth

• Production Assistant:

  Scott Berri

• Pilot:

  Thomas Hauptman

• Negative Cutter:

  Phillip Janssens

• Production Assistant:

  Ed Kashiba

• Visual Effects Editor:

  Steve Rhee

• First Assistant Editor:

  Laura J. Weiss

• Department Head Hair:

  Nanxy Ton Heater

• First Assistant Camera:

  Peter Green

• Boom Operator:

  Robert C. Jackson

• Dialogue Editor:

  Robert C. Jackson

REVIEW:

• 50 First Dates pulls off a neat little trick. The opening 20 minutes are filled with familiar Adam Sandler movie bits (walrus puke, sexually ambiguous co-worker, a horny and ethnic Rob Schneider) that even he seems tired of but knows need to be there for his core audience. In a pleasant surprise, the movie manages to disengage from its autopilot setting once the film's high concept kicks in. The Memento-meets-Groundhog Day conceit is actually thought out by first-time screenwriter George Wing. The film actually takes the time to figure out how Drew Barrymore's inability to make new memories affects those who love her most, and manages to find complications and solutions that are logical and thematically resonant. Director Peter Segal and Sandler, recognizing that they have been given a charming love story, are confident enough to back away from the more pedestrian moments of outlandishness that open the film. Sandler and Barrymore made a winning duo in The Wedding Singer. That film marked the first time Sandler tried to take his film persona in a new direction -- something he attempted more boldly in Paul Thomas Anderson's underappreciated Punch-Drunk Love. Sandler obviously learned from his experience on Punch-Drunk Love how his infantile screen persona can be allowed to grow up. With 50 First Dates, he has taken the lessons from that film, and packaged them in a way that his audience can accept. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi