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Billy Madison 4K Blu-ray
Posted September 29, 2024 08:38 PM by
Kino Lorber are preparing a 4K Blu-ray release of Tamra Davis' Billy Madison (1995), starring Adam Sandler, Darren McGavin, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Bradley Whitford, and Josh Mostel. The release is expected to arrive on the market early next year.
Description: Man-child Billy Madison has been a spoiled rich kid all his life, and spends his days drinking and partying. When his father, hotel magnate Brian, becomes fed up with his son's irresponsible ways, he issues an ultimatum. Since Billy passed all his schooling thanks to his father's influence and bribes, he must retake and pass every grade in 24 weeks. Otherwise, the business will be turned over to Brian's conniving associate, Eric.
Bridgette Wilson-Sampras..... the only reason to watch this. Billy Madison is a collection of funny, iconic scenes that amount to one terrible movie. Doesn't hold up as well as Happy Gilmore.
Batman90, I agree with you. Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, Wedding Singer and Waterboy have always been Sandler's best. Everything after that is forgettable.
This is great news. The announcement for Happy Gilmore AND Billy Madison? I'm happy to own both.
@ nerdysomething: I totally understand if someone does not like Adam Sandler or does not think that he is funny. The latter half of his career is ridiculously unfunny -- garbage like Jack and Jill and Grown Ups (and Grown Ups 2). I argue that Happy Gilmore and Billy Madison are his funniest movies. The Wedding Singer is pretty funny too.
Forget comedy, though, for a minute: He is great in Punch-Drunk Love and Uncut Gems. Uncut Gems is incredible. I doubt that he will ever do anything better.
Airheads (please), The Wedding Singer, Waterboy, Big Daddy, and 50 First Dates should round this run out nicely. Maybe throw Mr. Deeds, Anger Management, Spanglish and The Longest Yard in there as well. Sandler has some fun movies. Even if they just get remastered blu-rays it's good to see them updated to look as good as they can.
Would love a 4k of Airheads. That movie is one of his genuinely underrated and forgotten by many gems. It's also apparently out of print on blu ray and wildly expensive to buy on ebay.
I'm in. Considering I've been holding onto my tape for years, no better time than now to upgrade, and no better way to upgrade than this.
I hope someone does Big Daddy for 4K next. That's been one of my favorites since childhood. Every time I'm in a McDonald's (or any fast food place really), I always imagine Adam Sandler going postal on the poor cashiers.
"Mr. Madison...what you've just said...is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point...in your rambling, incoherent response...were you even close to anything...that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room...is now dumber...for having listened to it. I award you no points...and may God have mercy on your soul."
"Okay, a simple 'wrong' would've done just fine..."
@ varmintx: "Also, I would never refer to Punch Drunk Love as an "Adam Sandler movie.' That is a P.T. Anderson movie that happens to have Adam Sandler in it."
I agree one-hundred percent.
As for Uncut Gems...? THAT, too, is not an "Adam Sandler movie." It's a Safdie Bros. movie!
While Billy Madison needs the 4k treatment about as much as The Simpsons needs a 37th season, I'm glad to see this amazingly dumb and equally fun movie still getting love. Sure this movie might get played 50 times a month on Comedy Central alone, but maybe this will get even more eyes on the film
I wonder if Kino is doing a sort of Sandler collection and plan on doing more. Considering they also just announced Happy Gilmore 4K is being done by them it makes me kind of wonder if they plan on doing a massive uptaking on the Adam Sandler backlog
Ryswag The Simpsons may not need a 37th season, but it definitely needs for the last 36 seasons to get a Blu-ray. Hell the last several don't even have DVDs!
KilljoyEX and tylerdurden10 While The Wedding Singer is definite and Little Nicky is possible, The Waterboy is unfortunately held hostage by Disney, which means a 4K likely won't happen for a while if at all. The Blu-ray is doable, but it's certainly an odd duck of a release.
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