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Tamra Davis on Billy Madison, Half Baked, Watching Fellini and Coppola on Set, Bonding with Britney Spears, and The Best Summer

Summary by The Film Stage
The opening titles of The Best Summer give us the only context we need: following the shoot of Billy Madison in 1995, director Tamra Davis took a camcorder and joined then-husband (and Beastie Boy) Mike D as the band toured Australia alongside South Youth, Pavement, Bikini Kill, Beck, Foo Fighters, and others as part of the fondly remembered (and recently musealized) Summersault festival, followed by a handful of MTV-affiliated shows in Southeas…
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The Film Stage broke the news on Wednesday, July 1, 2026.
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