50 First Dates 2004 PG-13, 96 min. Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Peter Segal Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lusia Strus, Dan Aykroyd, Amy Hill, Allen Covert, Blake Clark, Maya Rudolph, Pomaika'i Brown, Joe Nakashima, Jonathan Loughran, Peter Dante, Lynn Collins
Hawaiian wildlife veterinarian Henry (Adam Sandler) is a ladies' man who dates tourists knowing that they will not expect a commitment. Harry meets Lucy (Drew Barrymore) and, for the first time, falls in love. But there is a problem: Lucy suffers from short-term memory loss and, after a night's sleep, can't remember what happened the day before. So, day after day, Henry must begin at square one to win Lucy's love.
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Anger Management 2003 PG-13, 102 min. Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Peter Segal Cast: Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson, Marisa Tomei, John Turturro, Woody Harrelson, John C. Reilly, Luis Guzman, Lynne Thigpen, Heather Graham, Nancy Carell, Harry Dean Stanton, Kevin Nealon, January Jones, Allen Covert, Adrian Ricard
When mild-mannered Dave (Adam Sandler) is ordered into an anger-management program, he finds that his aggressive shrink, Dr. Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson), takes over his private life. Rydell stops at nothing; he even moves into Dave's apartment and engineers one disastrous situation after another.
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Get Smart 2008 PG-13, 110 min. Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Segal Cast: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp, Terry Crews, David Koechner, James Caan, Bill Murray, Patrick Warburton, Masi Oka, Nate Torrence, Ken Davitian, David S. Lee, Dalip Singh
Russia's KAOS boss Siegfried (Terence Stamp) attacks CONTROL's headquarters and creates a huge security leak revealing the cover of CONTROL's agents. CONTROL's Chief (Alan Arkin) teams the agency's star analyst Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) with superspy Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway) and sends them to Russia to investigate. Supporting them at home is Agent 23 (Dwayne Johnson) who is now known by KAOS and would not be able to work undercover there. Smart bumbles his way through the investigation, but he and Agent 99 uncover a plot to smuggle nuclear material and then return to the United States to save the world.
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The Longest Yard 2005 PG-13, 113 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Peter Segal Cast: Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Burt Reynolds, Nelly, Michael Irvin, James Cromwell, Walter Williamson, Bill Goldberg, Terry Crews, Bob Sapp, Lobo Sebastian, David Patrick Kelly, Nicholas Turturro, Dalip Singh, Steve Reevis
In this remake of the 1974 film about prisoners who square off against their guards in a game of football, Burt Reynolds is cast in the role of Coach Nate Scarborough, while Adam Sandler takes on the Burt Reynolds' old role of the former NFL pro, now prisoner, Paul "Wrecking" Crewe. Warden Hazen (James Cromwell) makes a deal with Crewe to help his prison guard team win the league championship. Crewe suggests that he train a team of convicts to play against the guards in a game that Hazen assumes will be an easy win for his team of guards. But, as Crewe and fellow prisoner Caretaker (Chris Rock) begin working with their team of convicts, Crewe decides to go for the win.
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My Fellow Americans 1996 PG-13, 102 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Segal Cast: Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard, Wilford Brimley, Lauren Bacall, Sela Ward, Everett McGill, Bradley Whitford, James Rebhorn
President William Haney (Dan Aykroyd) evades charges of his own involvement in a kickback scandal and finds his escape–he lays the blame on two former chief executives who directly preceded him as President. Ex-Presidents Russell P. Kramer (Jack Lemmon) and Matt Douglas (James Garner) are political enemies who become objects of Haney's assassination plot and join forces to survive. This film has a silly script but provides amusing political satire.
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Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult 1994 PG-13, 82 min. Genre: Comedy / Action / Drama
Director: Peter Segal Cast: Leslie Nielsen, George Kennedy, Priscilla Presley, O.J. Simpson, Fred Ward, Kathleen Freeman, Anna Nicole Smith, Ellen Greene, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Joe Grifasi, Pia Zadora, Julie Strain, Bill Zuckert, Raquel Welch, Olympia Dukakis
Imperturbable Lieutenant Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) is back. Never mind that he is now retired from the police force and married to Jane (Priscilla Presley), he is needed to fight off terrorists and is happy to comply. Drebin goes undercover in a state prison in order to obtain information from the terrorists, led by Rocco (Fred Ward), who are planning to set off a bomb at the Oscars. Nielsen fans will enjoy this one. Several cameo appearances.
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Nutty Professor II: The Klumps 2000 PG-13, 105 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Segal Cast: Eddie Murphy, Janet Jackson, Larry Miller, John Ales, Richard Gant, Anna Maria Horsford, Melinda McGraw, Jamal Mixon, Gabriel Williams, Chris Elliott, Earl Boen, Freda Payne, Sylvester Jenkins, Duffy Taylor, Nikki Cox
This sequel revolves around the lovable Professor Sherman Klump (Eddie Murphy) and his attempts to rid himself of his obnoxious alter ego, Buddy (also Eddie Murphy–as are all seven Klump family members). Buddy's actions threaten to doom Sherman's budding romance with the brainy and beautiful Denise (Janet Jackson).
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Tommy Boy 1995 PG-13, 103 min. Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Segal Cast: Chris Farley, David Spade, Bo Derek, Brian Dennehy, Rob Lowe, Julie Warner, Sean McCann, Dan Aykroyd, Zach Grenier, James Blendick
Tommy Callahan (Chris Farley) strives to save the family auto parts manufacturing business while his stepmother (Bo Derek) is trying to ruin it. Along with an accountant (David Spade), Tommy heads off on a very funny road trip to sell parts in order to save the business.
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| 1. 50 First Dates (2004)
2. Anger Management (2003)
3. Get Smart (2008)
4. The Longest Yard (2005)
5. My Fellow Americans (1996)
6. Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
7. Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
8. Tommy Boy (1995)
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