| Eight Crazy Nights | |
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| Directed by | Seth Kearsley |
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| Narrated by | Rob Schneider |
| Edited by | Amy Budden |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing[1] |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $34 million |
| Box office | $23.8 million |
Eight Crazy Nights, also known as Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights, is a 2002 American adult animated Hanukkah musical comedy-drama film directed by Seth Kearsley (in his feature directorial debut), written by Adam Sandler, Allen Covert, Brooks Arthur, and Brad Issacs, and produced by Sandler, Covert, and Jack Giarraputo. It stars Sandler in his first voice-acting role, alongside future wife Jackie Titone, Austin Stout, Rob Schneider, Kevin Nealon, Norm Crosby, and Jon Lovitz. The film is animated in the style of television holiday specials and, unlike most mainstream holiday films, centers on Jewish characters during the Hanukkah season, as opposed to the Christian celebration of Christmas.[3]
The title is taken from a line in Sandler's series of songs called "The Chanukah Song" that compares the gift-giving traditions of Christmas and Chanukah: "Instead of one day of presents, we get eight crazy nights!" A new version of "The Chanukah Song" also plays over the film's closing credits.
Produced by Sandler's production company Happy Madison Productions (as its first animated film), Eight Crazy Nights was released in the United States on November 27, 2002, by Columbia Pictures. The film grossed $23.8 million and received negative reviews from critics.
- ^ a b "Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Archived from the original on November 12, 2017. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
- ^ "Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights". AllMovie. Archived from the original on July 24, 2017. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
- ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 96. ISBN 9781476672939.