50 First Dates is a 2004 American romantic comedy film directed by Peter Segal and written by George Wing. The film stars Adam Sandler as a woman-chasing veterinarian and Drew Barrymore as an amnesiac, along with Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lusia Strus, Blake Clark, and Dan Aykroyd.
Most of the film was shot on location in Oahu, Hawaii on the Windward side and the North Shore. Sandler and Barrymore won an MTV award. This is the second of their two films to date as costars, the first being The Wedding Singer.
The fictitious memory impairment suffered by Barrymore's character, Goldfield's Syndrome, is similar to short term memory loss and Anterograde amnesia.
Henry Roth (Sandler), a womanizing marine-life veterinarian, spends his life in Hawaii between numerous short-term sexual conquests and caring for animals in an aquatic amusement park with his assistants Ula (Schneider) and Alexa (Strus).
One morning in a café, Henry meets Lucy Whitmore (Barrymore), a local art teacher; they hit it off and agree to meet again. However the next day when Henry returns, Lucy has no memory of him or their previous meeting, and Henry learns the explanation from the café owner: as a result of a car
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