50 First Dates is a 2004 Hollywood comedy film directed by Peter Segal and featuring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in supporting roles alongside Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Blake Clark, and Dan Aykroyd. It tells the narrative of Henry, a womanizing marine veterinarian who develops feelings for Lucy, an art teacher. When he realizes she has amnesia and forgets about him the next day, he vows to win her back every day.
The majority of the film was shot on location on the Windward and North Shores of Oahu, Hawaii. The MTV award for Best On-Screen Team went to Sandler and Barrymore. ‘Goldfield’s Syndrome,’ the hypothetical memory impairment suffered by Barrymore’s character, is analogous to short-term memory loss and anterograde amnesia.
Variety announced on October 29, 2002, that Columbia Pictures had purchased a spec script titled Fifty First Kisses from screenwriter George Wing, with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in talks to play the lead roles.
Barrymore was so taken with the script that she wrote Sandler a letter recommending it as their follow-up to The Wedding Singer. Sandler joined the ensemble in December 2002, and his film firm, Happy Madison Productions, was revealed as a co-producer alongside Steve Golin’s Anonymous Content.
Cover versions of songs originally recorded in the 1980s appear on the soundtrack. This largely consists of reggae-style covers. It was a moderate commercial success in the United States, peaking at number 30 on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Top Soundtracks and Top Reggae Albums charts.
The film was remade as Sathyabhama (2007) in Telugu, Ormayundo Ee Mukham (2014) in Malayalam, 50 First Kisses (2018) in Japan, and Como si fuera la Primera Vez in Mexico in 2019.
