50 first dates diner location?

Question

what's the name for the dinner in the movie 50 first dates! and location if posible. i know is somewhere in oahu!

Answer 1

50 FIRST DATES FILMING SITE LOCATION

Hukilau Café

55-662 Wahinepe'e St.

La'ie

7 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays

293-8616

When Drew Barrymore’s production company, Flower Films, heard about the script for 50 First Dates, they were immediately interested in it. “Drew and I had stumbled upon the script several years ago,” recalls producer Nancy Juvonen. “When we found out that Adam Sandler’s company, Happy Madison, was going to make it we began a campaign to become involved. We had a wonderful time working with them during The Wedding Singer, and over the years we had grown to know each other as friends, so we practically stalked them until they invited us to come and play with them.”

All the elements for a great romantic comedy were there, Juvonen continues. “This was too good a story to not be involved in. The role of Lucy calls for someone to fall in love all over again every single day, and Drew, who falls in love more passionately than anyone I know on the planet, was a perfect fit. And who better to fall in love with than Adam Sandler? He’s got such an easy charm. He’s funny, easy-going, laid back. He knows how to use his wit to make you laugh and there is something charming and s**y about that. When Drew responds to somebody, you can see it. She has passion in her eyes.”

The decision to reteam with Sandler was an easy one for Barrymore, who says she had the “best time of my life doing The Wedding Singer. When I’m having a hard day or need to escape outside of my brain,” says the actress, “there are certain types of films that make me feel happy. They are like medicine. To me, Adam’s films are like a beautiful medicine. I believed with all my heart that we were supposed to make this film. I believe in fate and destiny, but I also feel that you have to gently push things through the channels of the universe. So when I ran into Jack Giarraputo at a party, I mentioned to him how much Nan and I loved this story and then I sat down and wrote Adam a letter.”

What enticed Barrymore about the script was the underlying theme behind its premise, she says. “I thought that a story about a man who has to make his girl fall in love with him every day as if each day is new ­ because in her world it is ­ was the best thing I’d ever heard of. I just love the idea of someone trying to make somebody fall in love with you every day. I think that should always be a goal. It’s a beautiful practice and a beautiful message.”

“Sometimes Henry misses and sometimes he hits but I think a person’s determination is one of his most underrated qualities. It’s what enables Henry to grow.”

Adds Giarraputo, "Adam liked the fact that Henry is a character who becomes a good guy rather than just being a good guy all the time. You start out with someone who is like a revolving door with women. Then he meets this wonderful girl that he likes very much only to discover that there's a fatal flaw."

It was Happy Madison that brought Peter Segal into the mix. Says Segal, “I had just spent a year and a half with Adam on Anger Management, and we had a blast. We were deep into post-production when he asked me if I would do this movie and I jumped at the chance. Making a film is a little like going to war. You become closer because movies are physically tough and it takes incredible endurance to live through months of 14 to 16 hour days. In the end you become comrades. So it’s nice to keep the family together."

Continues Segal, “Adam and Drew were fantastic in The Wedding Singer and they had been looking for the right project to hook up on again. This seemed like an ideal kind of film for that. They are both very smart business people as well as being talented actors. And their companies are incredibly prolific, with a number of projects in various stages of pre-production. It’s very helpful to have actors that know and understand the business. Drew has made more than 30 films. Nothing can faze someone who’s been around the camera for that long. She's also one of the nicest people in the world. It’s very rare that someone comes in every day with a smile on her face, shouting out ‘good morning everyone’ and telling a joke of the day. No matter how difficult things got, especially when we were in Hawaii with the sun going behind clouds, then sun again, then clouds, lots of delays, she kept a wonderful atmosphere on the set.”

Barrymore, who had never worked with Segal before, warmed to him right away. “When Nan and I met with Pete, he said every single thing we were hoping to hear about how we wanted the tone of the film to feel. He understood the great balance between the comedy and the drama of the story. And this film needed that because it goes from being very funny to touching on some serious and interesting issues.”

Even after 30 films, given the right project, Barrymore says there’s almost no place she’d rather be than on a movie set ­ either as an actor or producer, or both. “There are moments when I’m working,” she says “when I can’t believe how lucky I am. Not only am I in an occupation that I chose - which is already a gift - but I’m working on a particular endeavor with a person that I really love. There’s nothing better than waking up every morning looking forward to going to work. Each person involved on a film sets the tone and if they are consistent every day, it makes the whole thing very safe. Adam provides that consistency and safety and levity. He is always kind and nice to everyone, which is so important. Then, creatively he is wonderful to work with because he’s so collaborative. He is always trying to find ‘the funny.’ I’m always learning from him. “

“I think I feel happiest when I’m in an atmosphere with a lot of laughter, and Adam can always make me laugh,” Barrymore continues. “It’s exciting to make a romantic love story with someone you truly think is the greatest person in the world. I don’t think chemistry is something you can fake - and if you have to, it’s a bummer. I think the audience can smell it and sense it.”

According to the film’s executive producer Michael Ewing, who is partnered with Segal in Callahan Films, “there truly is nobody better to work with than Adam. He’s a wonderful actor, a brilliant comedian and a terrific producer and businessman. He’s so smart about story and comedy. When you’re working day-to-day with somebody like that, you never know what might happen.”

Rob Schneider, a long-time collaborator of Sandler’s, plays Henry’s best friend Ula, a role specifically written for him. Ula has tested his theory about sharks several times - that they’re like dogs and will bite only if you tease them. Unhappily for Ula, the theory doesn’t hold water.

Schneider jumped at the chance to play Ula because, “Adam is the absolute best to work with,” he relates. “He creates a real playground, but in a good and structured way. Because we’ve been working together for something like 16 years, we have a shorthand. I’ll think of something, then he’ll think of something else and we’ll bounce it back and forth.”

As for working with Peter Segal, Schneider says, “Pete’s a director who’s prepared and has a good eye for comedy and visuals. I’ve learned a lot working with him.”

Sean Astin has the role of Lucy’s steroid-popping, body builder brother Doug. It’s a performance he’s taken to a degree no one anticipated. Says Segal, “Sean is such a good sport. We’ve really given it to him in this movie. He’s playing a small man with an inferiority complex who compensates by lifting weights more than he should. And he’s always trying to pick fights with Henry, who occasionally has to put him in his place.”

“Doug is always working out and doing crunches,” says Barrymore. “He picks up anything that comes to hand whether it’s a barbell or a fish and starts doing reps with it. Sean has given him a crazy muscle-man fetish that’s a great source of comedy and says so much about the character. You get hints of a character in the writing, but the most exciting prospect is giving them the specific quirks and traits that define the individual. Sean has taken Doug above and beyond the written word. He’s awesome and incredibly funny, and at the same time, very touching.”

Astin remarks that finding the key to the character of Doug came through his discussions with Segal. “Pete explained very clearly how he wanted the character to be, very sweet and loving toward his sister. At the same time he’s kind of dopey. All that contributed to my preparation.”

Changing his body to meet the demands of a film role is not a new concept for Astin. “I put on 10 to 15 pounds for Rudy. I took that off when I got married. Then I had to put on 35 to 40 pounds for The Lord of the Rings and then just as I was done taking it off, I got this part and Adam and Peter asked if I could put on some weight. I said to my wife, ‘here we go again’ and headed back to the gym.”

Blake Clark plays Lucy’s father Marlin Whitmore, a fisherman who had to give up his charter fishing business to care for his daughter. In addition to making his fourth appearance in a Sandler movie, Clark had previously shot a television pilot with Segal.

Clark met Sandler when they both appeared in Shakes the Clown, a film about stand-up comedy in which Clark wore a dress, a far cry from his role as Lucy’s tough-with-a-heart-of-gold father.

“This role is a bit more dramatic than some of the things Blake has done in the past,” allows Segal, “but there’s almost always a comedic moment that he knocks out of the park.”

It is a testament to the connection to the character of Marlin that when Wing visited the set and ran into Clark, "I instantly recognized him as if he had sprung

Answer 2

the hookie love cafe or something like that