Eight Crazy Nights (2002)

Davey Stone, an alcoholic with a criminal record, is sentenced to community service under the supervision of an elderly referee. Davey is then faced with trying to reform and abandon his bad habits.

Director:

Seth Kearsley

Writers:

Brooks Arthur, Allen Covert,

Stars:

Adam Sandler, Jackie Sandler, Austin Stout

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Adam Sandler	...	Davey / Whitey / Eleanore / Deer (voice)
Jackie Sandler	...	Jennifer (voice) (as Jackie Titone)
Austin Stout	...	Benjamin (voice)
Kevin Nealon	...	Mayor (voice)
Rob Schneider	...	Chinese Waiter / Narrator (voice)
Norm Crosby	...	Judge (voice)
Jon Lovitz	...	Tom Baltezor (voice)
Tyra Banks	...	Victoria's Secret Gown (voice)
Blake Clark	...	Radio Shack Walkie-Talkie (voice)
Peter Dante	...	Foot Locker Guy (voice)
Ellen Albertini Dow	...	See's Candies Box (voice)
Kevin P. Farley	...	Panda Express Panda (voice) (as Kevin Farley)
Lari Friedman	...	Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf Cup (voice)
Tom Kenny	...	Sharper Image Chair (voice)
Cole Sprouse	...	K-B Toys Soldier (voice)

Storyline

Adam Sandler invites you to share some holiday cheer in the new, no-holds-barred musical comedy Adam Sandler's 8 Crazy Nights. Davey Stone, a 33-year old party animal, finds himself in trouble with the law after his wild ways go too far. In keeping with the holiday spirit, the judge gives Davey one last chance at redemption-spend the holiday performing community service as the assistant referee for the youth basketball league or go to jail. Davey thinks he's gotten off easy until he meets Whitey Duvall, the eccentric, elf-like head referee. The mismatch between Whitey's good heart and never-ending optimism and Davey's constant troublemaking soon have them both wondering if going to jail wouldn't have been easier! In this new, full-length animated feature about basketball, old girlfriends, holiday spirits, and the mall, Adam Sandler voices the three lead characters of Whitey, Davey, and Whitey's fraternal twin sister Eleanore!

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Plot Keywords:

basketball | mall | twin | shopping mall | male nudity | 

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Taglines:

It's naughty. It's nice. It's animated.

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Drama | Musical

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for frequent crude and sexual humor, drinking and brief drug references

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 November 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$21,815 (South Africa) (13 December 2002)

Gross:

$23,443,124 (USA) (3 January 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Happy Madison Productions, Meatball Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

76 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Cole Sprouse and Dylan Sprouse from Disney's The Suite Life of Zack and Cody play the KB Toys soldiers in the mall scene. The twins are quite fond of Adam Sandler, Sandler being their favorite actor, and they even starred alongside him in their breakthrough film, Big Daddy. They also are featured on a remix to The Chanukah Song. Cole Sprouse appeared in The Chanukah Song Part 2 and Dylan Sprouse appeared in Part 3 with Rob Schneider and Adam Sandler.

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Goofs

When Davey goes inside Whiteys home and opens a beer Eleanore take it away and sets in on a table but later on during the song it disappears and is never shown again.

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Quotes

Victoria's Secret Salesperson: Aren't you a boy?

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Crazy Credits

At the start when the Columbia Pictures logo appears it is Eleanore, then it magically changes to the usual statue.

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Connections

Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #30.16 (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Technical Foul"
Written by Adam Sandler, Allen Covert, Brooks Arthur, Brad Isaacs and Steven Brill
Produced by Adam Sandler, Allen Covert and Brooks Arthur
Performed by Adan Sandler

User Reviews

Surprisingly spirited, if a bit predictable.

Adam Sandler's first (and to date, only) animated feature, "Eight Crazy Nights," takes a cue from his infamous "Chanukah Song" in celebrating the Jewish holiday -- as well as good old commercial Christmas -- musical style. With all the typical Sandler comedic hallmarks, it's certainly not a children's feature, but is admittedly a lot softer and more toned down than, say, "Happy Gilmore" or "Billy Madison."

The story revolves around the self-loathing loser, Davey, who is essentially a by-the-books "Happy Madison" character. Since his better days have passed him by, he spends most of his time being drunk and unhappy while simultaneously making everyone around him miserable. Because justice apparently takes a holiday, he is let off the hook for a drunken misdemeanor in turn for some community service. Davey must coach a youth league basketball team with the help of a bizarre little old man by the name of Whitey who has a disturbingly hairy body and who still lives with his sister. Slowly, Davey starts to redeem himself and even takes a stab at winning back the girl who got away from him.

Aside from being typical Adam Sandler fare, "Eight Crazy Nights" is rather vibrant in both its animation style and its musical numbers. It's simply a predictable, yet feel-good story that no doubt has worked its way into becoming somewhat of a holiday classic. Adam Sandler provides the voices of all three main characters, while the usual gaggle of co-horts in Jon Lovitz, Kevin Nealon, Rob Schneider and Allen Covert show up, too.