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Happy Madison Productions is an American film and television production company founded in 1999 by Adam Sandler which is best known for its comedy films. Happy Madison takes its name from the films ''Happy Gilmore'' and ''Billy Madison'', two box office successes starring Sandler himself, both produced by Robert Simonds. The elderly man depicted in the logo is Sandler's late father, Stanley. In addition to various Sandler-produced films, the company has also released films produced by others, such as Steven Brill (''Little Nicky'', ''Mr. Deeds''), Dennis Dugan (''The Benchwarmers'', ''I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry'', ''You Don't Mess with the Zohan'', ''Grown Ups'', ''Grown Ups 2''), Frank Coraci (''Click'', ''Zookeeper'', ''Blended''), Fred Wolf (''Strange Wilderness'', ''The House Bunny''), Tom Brady (''The Animal'', ''The Hot Chick'', ''Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star''), Peter Segal (''Anger Management'', ''50 First Dates'', ''The Longest Yard''), and Nicholaus Goossen (''A Day with the Meatball'', ''Grandma's Boy'', ''The Shortcut''). The 1998 films ''The Waterboy'' and ''The Wedding Singer'' helped jump start Sandler's movie career and production company. He produced ''The Waterboy'' and co-wrote the script with Tim Herlihy. The film was extremely profitable, earning over $160 million in the United States alone and made Sandler a successful actor with ''The Waterboy'' becoming his second $100 million film in a year, along with ''The Wedding Singer''. The company's production office is located in the Judy Garland building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California while its corporate and parent company offices (Happy Madison, Inc.) are located in Manchester, New Hampshire〔(New Hampshire Secretary of State Corporate Information for Happy Madison, Inc. )〕 run by Adam's brother Scott. The company used to have a subsidiary, Madison 23 Productions, which was aimed towards the drama genre. The only production under Madison 23 was ''Reign Over Me'', starring Adam Sandler and Don Cheadle. This studio company on the trailer of ''Funny People'' and the poster and trailer for ''Reign Over Me'' is also known as "Mr. Madison Productions". However, after the financial failure of ''Reign Over Me'', the "Madison 23" label was shut down. Happy Madison's most recent release is ''Pixels''. Upcoming films include ''The Ridiculous Six'', a satire of westerns, and ''The Do Over''. ==Filmography== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Happy Madison Productions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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