Billy Madison (1995)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Tamra Davis

Writers (WGA):

Tim Herlihy (written by) &
Adam Sandler (written by)

Release Date:

10 February 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

To inherit his family's fortune, Billy is going back to school... Way back.

Plot:

In order to inherit his fed up father's hotel empire, an immature and lazy man must repeat grades 1-12 all over again.

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | Family Business | High School | Education | School Teacher

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Adam Sandler	...	Billy Madison
Darren McGavin	...	Brian Madison
Bridgette Wilson	...	Veronica Vaughn
Bradley Whitford	...	Eric Gordon
Josh Mostel	...	Principal Max Anderson
Norm MacDonald	...	Frank
Mark Beltzman	...	Jack
Larry Hankin	...	Carl Alphonse
Theresa Merritt	...	Juanita
Dina Platias	...	Miss Lippy
Hrant Alianak	...	Pete
Vincent Marino	...	Cook
Jack Mather	...	Ted 'Old Man' Clemens
Christopher Kelk	...	Rollo the Janitor
Marc Donato	...	Nodding 1st Grader

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for language and crude humor.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

South Korea:12 (DVD rating) | South Korea:All | Philippines:PG-13 | UK:12 (DVD rating: 2008) (uncut) | Australia:M | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG | Singapore:PG | UK:PG (cut) | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:L

Filming Locations:

Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Charles Bronson turned down the role of Billy Madison's father.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Erik is confronting Principal Anderson and says this is an issue from 1983, as he flips through the pages throughout the scene, you can clearly see a picture of Bret 'The Hitman' Heart in the bottom right hand corner in the magazine. Bret Hart came into mainstream wrestling much later than 1983.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Billy Madison: [sings] # Suntan lotion is good for me. / You protect me, hee-hee-hee. #

Movie Connections:

Referenced in I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry (2007)

Soundtrack:

News Bites

I Laughed my balls off!!

Billy Madison in a landslide is Adam Sandler's best film. I never laughed so hard. Maybe the humor is a little stupid, but that is because before seeing this movie, you have to make sure your brain is not in Fellini mode and in Sandler mode.

Story revolves around Billy Madison, who must go back to school (he is 27) and graduate High School so he can take over his father's hotel ring. His whole odyssey is utterly hilarious from start to finish. Especially because he has cameos and stars like Norm MacDonald, Steve Buscemi, and Chris Farley as a Penguin lover (that penguin hadn't made me laugh that hard since the pee scene in Naked Gun). Great fun (one of the best of 1995). A++