A woman suffered severe head injuries in a road accident, wakes up in every morning and then forgets everything the next day found her happiness. An American romantic comedy film, 50 First Dates directed by Peter Segal released in 2004.
Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) is a womanizing marine-life veterinarian at Sea Life Park on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. One morning, Henry meets Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore) who is an art teacher in a cafe and they hit if off instantly and agree to meet in the cafe the next morning. The following day, when Henry goes back to the cafe, Lucy fails to recognize him and shows no recollection of ever meeting him. The cafe owner, Sue (Amy Hill) explains to Henry that Lucy suffers from Goldfield Syndrome (a type of anterograde amnesia) after a serious car accident a year ago on her father's birthday. Her condition has left her with short term memories loss between the day of the accident and the present. Every morning, she loses all memory of the past day and wakes up thinking it is Sunday October 13, 2002, on her father's birthday. To save her from the heartbreak of reliving the accident, her father Marlin (Blake Clarke) and brother Doug (Sean Astin) attempt to re-enact the activities of October 13 everyday including putting out October 13th's newspaper, watching the same Vikings game, singing the birthday song, eating the same pineapple cake and refilling Lucy's shampoo bottles.
Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) is a womanizing marine-life veterinarian at Sea Life Park on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. One morning, Henry meets Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore) who is an art teacher in a cafe and they hit if off instantly and agree to meet in the cafe the next morning. The following day, when Henry goes back to the cafe, Lucy fails to recognize him and shows no recollection of ever meeting him. The cafe owner, Sue (Amy Hill) explains to Henry that Lucy suffers from Goldfield Syndrome (a type of anterograde amnesia) after a serious car accident a year ago on her father's birthday. Her condition has left her with short term memories loss between the day of the accident and the present. Every morning, she loses all memory of the past day and wakes up thinking it is Sunday October 13, 2002, on her father's birthday. To save her from the heartbreak of reliving the accident, her father Marlin (Blake Clarke) and brother Doug (Sean Astin) attempt to re-enact the activities of October 13 everyday including putting out October 13th's newspaper, watching the same Vikings game, singing the birthday song, eating the same pineapple cake and refilling Lucy's shampoo bottles.
Realizing that he is beginning to fall in love with Lucy, Henry sheds his philandering ways and begins devising new ways to meet her again every day, hoping that one day she will retain her memories and feelings for him. Henry comes up with an idea to make a video explaining to Lucy her accident and their relationship and play it every morning for her. They go on many dates and overtime, Lucy begins to reciprocate Henry's feelings even going so far as to accept his marriage proposal.
The film ends when Lucy wakes up in a strange bed and plays the video tape marked "Good Morning Lucy". She watches it and cries as she relives her accident while the tape explains everything that has happened and ends with her and Henry's wedding. She then looks out the window and is shocked to find herself on a boat. She goes up on deck and sees Henry as well as her father and her young daughter sailing on Henry's boat where their dreams fulfilled.
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| MICHELLE & LAN PHILPOTS |
The case of Michelle Philpots echoes the film 50 First Dates who lost her day-to-day memory in 1994 after two separate road accidents and wakes up thinking its 1994. She married to Lan Philpots in 1997 and since then, Lan has to convince her they are married everyday. Some days he has to get out the wedding photos to prove to her that they are husband and wife and is not just loved ones that Michelle is struggling with, she uses hundreds of Post-It notes and reminders on her mobile phone's calendar to keep her informed of appointments and every day activities. Anything she has done or anyone she has met must be logged for future reference and on the rare occasions she ventures out of her home in Spalding, Lincolnshire, she goes armed with SatNav system that marked the location of her address.
If we commit ourselves to one person for life,
this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom;
rather, it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom,
and the risk of love which is permanent;
into that love which is not possession but participation
this is not, as many people think, a rejection of freedom;
rather, it demands the courage to move into all the risks of freedom,
and the risk of love which is permanent;
into that love which is not possession but participation
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