The Waterboy

The Waterboy (1998)

Timing: 1:30 (90 min)

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Release date

1998-11-06

Country

United States

Production

Touchstone Pictures

Genre

Comedy

Budget

$23 000 000

Revenue

$185 991 646

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Director

Frank Coraci

Actors

Adam Sandler, Kathy Bates, Henry Winkler, Fairuza Balk, Jerry Reed, Lawrence Gilliard Jr., Blake Clark, Peter Dante, Jonathan Loughran, Al Whiting
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Scenario

Producer

Jack Giarraputo, Robert Simonds, Adam Sandler

Operator

Steven Bernstein

Composer

Artist

Audition

Roger Mussenden

Editing

Tom Lewis
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• Whenever Bobby is shown on TV, the song "The House of the Rising Sun" plays in the bar.
• Henry Winkler was offered the role of the coach after Adam Sandler mentioned him in his song "The Chanukah Song" (1994) alongside other actors of Jewish or half-Jewish descent. Sandler stated (and was correct) that the role of Arthur Fonzarelli in the series "Happy Days" (1974-1984) was played by a Jew, and Winkler called him to confirm that this was indeed the case. Sandler asked him to read the script for the upcoming film to see if he would agree to play the coach, Winkler read the script and immediately agreed.
• Filming of the football field took place on the school stadium in Deland, Florida. The school administration agreed to allow the field to be used for filming on the condition that director Frank Coraci would pay for an update of the entire stadium upon completion.
• According to LaVar Arrington of the New York Giants, Adam Sandler observed his training sessions while preparing for the role.
• Adam Sandler wanted to cast a well-known country singer as the main villain. For some time, director Frank Coraci considered offering the role to George Strait, however, Disney Studios immediately rejected this idea because Strait had already starred with Christopher Cain in the melodrama "Pure Country," which was a box office flop. As it happened, Sandler – a long-time fan of Burt Reynolds (1936-2018) – re-watched Hal Needham’s (1931-2013) action-comedy "Smokey and the Bandit" with Reynolds during pre-production and suggested casting Jerry Reed (1937-2008), who played Reynolds’ partner in the film. The studio did not object.
• When Bobby is shown on television, the song "The House of the Rising Sun" is playing in the bar.