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Edtv (1999) 6.0
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Metascore: 48/100
Reviews: 193 user | 109 critic | 26 from Metacritic.com Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network. Director:Ron Howard |
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Keith
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Felicia
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A comedy about a video store clerk Ed whose life is thrown into chaos when he agrees to let an executive of a television studio film him for 24 hours. Written by Jordan Chamerski
Plot Keywords:
television | video store | producer | broadcast | father son relationship |Taglines:
Good morning! You're live on EDtv See more »Genres:
ComedyMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for sex-related situations, partial nudity and crude language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
26 March 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Ed TV See more »Filming Locations:
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument - One S. Castillo Drive, St. Augustine, Florida, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$80,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£290,984 (UK) (19 November 1999)Gross:
ESP 104,113,741 (Spain) (29 June 2001)Company Credits
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Cynthia: Oh, and which word would that be? Asshole? Shithead?
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Written by Al Green and Mabon Hodges
Performed by Al Green
Courtesy of Hi Records
Under license from EMI Music Special Markets
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Trivia
The first sponsor shown on Edtv is the video store Ed works in. See more »Goofs
When Ed is yelling up to Shari's window asking to come up, the light behind Shari is off. In the next shot the light is on. In the next the light is off again. See more »Quotes
Whitaker: One more word out of you, Cynthia, and you're fired.Cynthia: Oh, and which word would that be? Asshole? Shithead?
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Soundtracks
"Here I Am (Come And Take Me)"Written by Al Green and Mabon Hodges
Performed by Al Green
Courtesy of Hi Records
Under license from EMI Music Special Markets
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Another doughty Ron Howard picture. Just like Peter Cattaneo (of The Full Monty/The Rocker) he takes an idea, a good script and a top-notch cast and makes an exhaustive, quick-fire comedy without pretension or fuss.
It's a clever film. Ahead of the MTV-type show it's satirising it essays all the attractions and pitfalls of such a dead-end genre. Inbetween are any number of clever appropriations of current TV shows and celebrities, and all the practical quirks of getting such coverage on the TV - the crowds, crazies and camera moves.
Matthew McConaughey gives a stand-out performance as the eponymous Ed. Jenna Elfman is a terrific Renée Zellweger-type for people who find Zellweger trying. Martin Landau isn't just there to bolster his pension either. Slick, knowing, but above all big hearted fun. 7.5/10