Adam Sandler’s breakout role as privileged man-child Billy Madison in Tamra Davis’ 1995 comedy is still considered by some to be his finest work.
In order to prove to his father that he’s fit enough to inherit his family’s Fortune 500 chain of hotels, 27 year-old Billy Madison goes back to school.
It’s half the namesake of his production company, Happy Madison Productions, which recently signed a new deal with Netflix to make four more films.
Sandler co-wrote the movie with collaborator Tim Herlihy, establishing a style that would later be emulated in movies like 1996’s Happy Gilmore and Big Daddy in 1999.