Eddie (1996)

Director:

Steve Rash

Writers:

Steve Zacharias (story) &
Jeff Buhai (story) ...

Release Date:

31 May 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sport

Tagline:

The Newest Coach In The NBA Has Got The Knicks Right Where She Wants Them.

Plot:

Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team...

Plot Keywords:

New York Knicks | Basketball | Sports Team | One Word Title | Title Spoken By Character

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Whoopi Goldberg	...	Edwina 'Eddie' Franklin
Frank Langella	...	Wild Bill Burgess
Dennis Farina	...	Coach John Bailey
Richard Jenkins	...	Carl Zimmer
Lisa Ann Walter	...	Claudine
John Benjamin Hickey	...	Joe Nader
Troy Beyer	...	Beth Hastings
John Salley	...	Nate Wilson
Rick Fox	...	Terry Hastings
Malik Sealy	...	Stacy Patton
Mark Jackson	...	Darren 'Preacher' Taylor
Dwayne Schintzius	...	Ivan Radovadovitch
Greg Ostertag	...	Joe Sparks
Vernel Singleton	...	Jamal Duncan
Marv Albert	...	Himself

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some language and brief sexuality.

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #34498) | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | UK:12 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Charlotte Coliseum - 100 Paul Buck Boulevard, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Hollywood Pictures

Trivia:

Home games for the New York Knicks were actually filmed at the Charlotte Coliseum, home of the Charlotte Hornets. The Hornets fans who filled the stadium for filming were told to cheer against the Hornets for the filming of the final game in the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Nate enters the game to replace Stacey Patton, he removes his jacket and throws it on the bench and starts to remove his pants. When he gets to the huddle his pants are off, his jacket is back on and he takes the jacket off again.

Quotes:

Edwina "Eddie" Franklin: Hey, Patton, pass the ball! What are you, the black hole of basketball? Come on!
Joe Sparks: (to Stacy) You going to let her call you a black ho?
Darren Taylor: Man, a HOLE.
Stacy Patton: What's a black hole?
Polynice, Olden: A black hole is a theoretical object in space. It is so dense that matter collapses... and light itself cannot escape. (shoots his free throw)
Terry Hastings: I knew that.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock (1999) (TV)

Soundtrack:

ROCK 'N ROLL PART II

Funny but not so deep

I think that you should watch movies like EDDIE only when you don't want to work you brains on. I'm not saying that it's not a funny movie but if you look deep inside you find that it does not contain the real life of the N.B.A. 5/10 is what this movie deserves