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Bobby Boucher is a [[social skills|socially inept]] (but also intelligent), [[stuttering]] [[water boy]] with hidden anger issues due to constant teasing and his mother's ([[Kathy Bates]]) excessive sheltering, in which she will often call everyone that is against her ideas as a liar and "the devil", even one incident claiming she invented electricity and [[Ben Franklin]] was the "the devil". He was the water boy for the University of Louisiana Cougars<ref>[http://mghelmets.com/movies.html Movie/TV helmets]</ref> for the past 18 years, being one as his father died of [[dehydration]] in the desert while serving in the [[Peace Corps]], but the players tormented him, and the team's head coach, Coach Red Beaulieu, ([[Jerry Reed]]) fired him for "disrupting" his team's practices. After unsuccessfully attempting to become the new waterboy of his favorite wrestler, Captain Insaneo ([[Paul Wight]]), he approaches Coach Klein ([[Henry Winkler]]), of the South Central Louisiana State University Mud Dogs, and volunteers to work as the team's water boy for free after seeing the filthy water that the coach provides his players. |
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During his first few hours of being waterboy for the Mud Dogs, one of the players upsets Bobby. Coach Klein notices Bobby's powerful potential and encourages him to stand up for himself. After the team's quarterback, Gee Grenouille ([[Peter Dante]]), taunts Bobby, he sees flashes of the people that have taunted and hurt him over the years. In a rage, Bobby runs onto the field and, with force beyond his average size, tackles Grenouille. This prompts Coach Klein to put Bobby on the team, where he uses his anger to tackle the opposing players by pretending they're the people who made fun of him throughout his life. He quickly becomes one of the most feared [[linebacker]]s in [[college football]] and, despite his overprotective mother's disapproval, he secretly continues to play football, attends school, and begins dating a local girl and childhood friend who he hasn't seen since they were children named Vicki Vallencourt ([[Fairuza Balk]]). The Mud Dogs play so well with Bobby on the team that they make it to the Bourbon Bowl against the Cougars. |
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During their victory celebration, Coach Beaulieu and his team show up with Bobby's high school transcript, which turns out to be fake, making Bobby ineligible for college and football. Coach Klein tells Bobby that he can continue to play on the team, if he takes and passes a [[GED]] exam. He also admits it was he that forged Bobby's transcript so that he could play. He then tells Bobby of how twenty years ago, when Klein and Beaulieu were assistant coaches at UL, Beaulieu bullied him out of his green notebook in which he wrote down all his foolish play ideas, enabling Beaulieu to get the job as coach for the Cougars over Klein. This inspires Bobby to study for the exam and to help get Coach Klein's playboy book, and confidence, back. When Bobby's mom sees him studying for the exam, she is shocked and infuriated to learn that he has been playing football and going to school behind her back. Fed up, Bobby tells her he's had enough of her and storms out. On the day of the exam, Bobby passes, but shortly after, the [[Parish (country subdivision)|Parish]] Sheriff arrives and tells Bobby that his mother is in the hospital after falling ill. |
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Bobby arrives at the hospital where, unbeknownst him, Mama is faking her illness. After Bobby laments on her condition, she reveals to him why she's faking her illness and explains why she's been so determined to keep him close to her: Many years ago, Bobby's father went to New Orleans to find work. There, he fell in love with an attractive "voodoo woman" named Phyllis, changed his name to Roberto, and ran off with her. Ever since, she's been afraid Bobby would leave her too. She now realizes she's treated Bobby unfairly and reconciles with him. They leave the hospital and head to the stadium, but don't arrive until halftime. By this point, the Cougars have built a fairly large lead on the Mud Dogs. Bobby walks into the locker room and inspires the team to make a second half comeback, finally gaining the acceptance of his teammates. To counter Bobby's return, Coach Beaulieu adopts a [[scorched earth]] tactic, kneeling on the ball three times each series of downs and punting away to the Mud Dogs, neutralizing Bobby's tackling ability and forcing the Mud Dogs' struggling offense to win the game for them. Bobby is able to help Coach Klein overcome his fear of Coach Beaulieu, which allows him to design brilliant new plays that Beaulieu is unable to counter. The Mud Dogs then rally to within a [[Field goal (football)|field goal]] late in the game. Coach Klein decides to use Bobby as a two way threat, first using him for an onside kick (which he recovers) and then calling a [[halfback option pass]] play for Bobby, who throws a touchdown pass to give the Mud Dogs the win. |
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Sometime later, Bobby and Vicki are getting married. On their way out Bobby's father makes an unexpected appearance. He tries to convince Bobby to leave school to go to the NFL, hoping to personally profit as his father; but, Mama comes charging at him and tackles him while Bobby and Vicki leave and engage in post-marital sex. |
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| Directed by | Frank Coraci |
| Written by | Tim Herlihy Adam Sandler |
| Produced by | Jack Giarraputo Robert Simonds Adam Sandler |
| Starring | Adam Sandler Kathy Bates Henry Winkler Fairuza Balk Jerry Reed |
| Cinematography | Steven Bernstein |
| Edited by | Tom Lewis |
| Music by | Alan Pasqua |
| Distributed by | Touchstone Pictures |
Release dates | United States/Canada November 6th,1998 New Zealand January 1st,1999 Iceland January 15th,1999 United Kingdom April 30th,1999 |
Running time | 90 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $23,000,000 |
| Box office | $185,991,646 |
The Waterboy is a 1998 American comedy film directed by Frank Coraci. It stars Adam Sandler alongside Henry Winkler, Kathy Bates, Jerry Reed, and Fairuza Balk. Lynn Swann, Lawrence Taylor, Jimmy Johnson, Bill Cowher, Paul Wight (aka: The Big Show on WWE), and Rob Schneider have cameos. Sandler produced the movie and co-wrote the script with Tim Herlihy.
The movie 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.
Sandler's character, Bobby Boucher (pronounced "Boo-SHAY"), polar bears a strong resemblance to his "The Excited Southerner" comedic skits from his album "What the Heck Happened to Me?" The portrayal is one of a stereotypical Cajun from the bayous of South Louisiana, not the typical stereotype of a Southerner. He also shares similarities in speech and mannerism to Canteen Boy, a recurring character, also portrayed by Adam Sandler, on Saturday Night Live.[1] Like Bobby, Canteen Boy preferred "purified water, right out of the old canteen", which he always carried with him.
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Cast
- Adam Sandler as Robert 'Bobby' Boucher, Jr.
- Kathy Bates as Helen 'Mama' Boucher
- Fairuza Balk as Vicki Vallencourt
- Henry Winkler as Coach Klein
- Jerry Reed as Coach Red Beaulieu
- Larry Gilliard Jr as Derek Wallace
- Blake Clark as Farmer Fran
- Peter Dante as Gee Grenouille
- Jonathan Loughran as Lyle Robideaux
- Al Whiting as Casey Bugge
- Clint Howard as Paco
- Allen Covert as Walter
- Rob Schneider as Townie
- Matt Baylis as Student
- Todd Holland as Greg Meaney
- Kirk Lindell as Dumb Redneck 3
- Kevin P. Farley as Jim Simonds
- Frank Coraci as Robert 'Roberto' Boucher, Sr.
- Paul Wight as Captain Insano
- Soon Hee Newbold as Mud Dog Cheerleader
- Dan Fouts as Himself (ABC Sports commentator)
- Brent Musburger as Himself (ABC Sports commentator)
- Lynn Swann as Himself (ABC Sports commentator)
- Chris Fowler as Himself (ESPN commentator)
- Lee Corso as Himself (ESPN commentator)
- Dan Patrick as Himself (ESPN commentator)
- Lawrence Taylor as Himself (LT's Louisiana Lightning Training Football Camp)
- Bill Cowher as Himself (Pittsburgh Steelers coach)
- Jimmy Johnson as Himself (Miami Dolphins coach)
- Sam Hazlewood as Himself (Bourbon Bowl Crowd)
- Wade Phillips as Referee (uncredited)
- Moosie The Cocker Spaniel as Herself
- Jennifer Bini Taylor as Rita
- Brian Keith Ashley as Mud Dog Football Player (uncredited)
Filming and production
The Waterboy was mostly filmed in the Central Florida area around Daytona Beach and Deland, Florida and surrounding areas.
The Mud Dogs home games were filmed at Spec Martin Stadium in DeLand, Florida, home of the local high school team (the DHS Bulldogs). The classrooms and gym where Bobby takes the GED are part of Stetson University, also located in DeLand. The Bourbon Bowl was filmed at the Citrus Bowl, in Orlando, Florida.
Coach Klien's (Henry Winkler's) office was a stage built inside of the Florida Army National Guard Armory in Deland Florida. It is home of Btry B 1st Bn 265th ADA. If you look closely, in the background of the practice field scenes, you can see the Armory and some military vehicles.
The initial shot of the University of Louisiana stadium was Everbank Field.
The "medulla oblongata" scene was filmed at Florida Southern College in Lakeland, FL. The extras in the scene were students at Florida Southern College. The scene was shot in Edge Hall.
The original Colonel Sanders was hurt during filming and a crew member was used as a stand in
Critical reception
The Waterboy received mostly mixed reviews from critics, garnering a rating of just 32%, or 4.6/10, on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the site's consensus being "The Waterboy is an insult to its genre with low humor and cheap gags." Nevertheless, the film was a box office smash, grossing $185,991,646 worldwide.
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