Product Details

• Actors: Adam Sandler, Darren McGavin, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Bradley Whitford, Josh Mostel
• Directors: Dennis Dugan, Tamra Davis
• Writers: Adam Sandler, Tim Herlihy
• Producers: Bernie Brillstein, Brad Grey, Fitch Cady, Jack Giarraputo
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Special Edition, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English, French, Spanish
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 2
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Universal Studios
• DVD Release Date: October 31, 2006
• Run Time: 182 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00029RT30
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,793 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Happy Gilmore / Billy Madison Collection" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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HAPPY GILMORE/BILLY MADISON COLLECTIO - DVD Movie

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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great movies, but screwed-up transfers, November 30, 2004

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D. Goodwin "Are you not entertained?" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Billy Madison/Happy Gilmore Collection (Widescreen Special Edition) (DVD)

I was so excited when I heard about the Billy Madison/Happy Gilmore box set several months ago. I was hoping Universal would FINALLY be giving us the definitive versions of both flicks. The results are a mixed bag.

The colors look great and the sound mixes are much improved, but both transfers are wrongly framed. They appear to have been zoomed in and cropped. If you've seen the original Billy Madison DVD and compare the two, you'll see lots of visual information cropped off the top and bottom of the picture. It looks awful and is really distracting. We're talking cutting off the heads of characters and scenery.

The discs have some really grainy deleted scenes, most of which are second takes and jokes that didn't work. Why did Universal screw with these flicks??

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where's My Snack Pack?, February 1, 2006

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Matt (NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Billy Madison/Happy Gilmore Collection (Widescreen Special Edition) (DVD)

In my teens, when Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore came out, these two movies were very heavily quoted by my friends and I. This was where Adam Sandler broke out of his SNL persona and came into his own - and where his fans were born. Both movies are hilarious and you have to appreciate the bonus material included on the special edition DVDs in this collection. The characters of Billy Madison and Happy Gilmore are both essentially the character of the on-screen Adam Sandler, which is what fans want to see. His comedy is inventive and unique - and these movies were our first real glimpse at the depth of his comedic abilities outside of SNL sketches.

Regardless of the negative reviews this DVD collection has received due to supposed problems with the visual formatting and such, I love it. I knew these movies well and I see nothing different in these DVD versions. They look and sound great.

Highly Recommended.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Where It All Began, January 2, 2005

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Philip R. Heath "Gadgets, Music, & Books" (DFW) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Billy Madison/Happy Gilmore Collection (Widescreen Special Edition) (DVD)

It is hard to believe that after Memorial Day that Sandler will have made 12 movies since these. Both of these movies are worth repeated watches; however, don't be fooled by the "new bonus features". The deleted scenes are far less produced that the final film, and the dialogue is almost impossible to hear in some scenes. The bloopers are not that funny either. That being said, these are still two fine movies. The main draw to me for the combo set was that I could get the widescreen version which I had previously been unable to find. If this is not important to you, you will probably be better off trying to find them separately. Finally, each movie on its own is worth 4 stars, but I knocked down my rating because of what I have mentioned above.