Ted (2012)

John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear, Ted or his girlfriend, Lori.

Director:

Seth MacFarlane

Writers:

Seth MacFarlane (screenplay by), Alec Sulkin (screenplay by)

Stars:

Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 13 wins & 27 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Wahlberg	...	John Bennett
Mila Kunis	...	Lori Collins
Seth MacFarlane	...	Ted (voice)
Joel McHale	...	Rex
Giovanni Ribisi	...	Donny
Patrick Warburton	...	Guy
Matt Walsh	...	Thomas
Jessica Barth	...	Tami-Lynn
Aedin Mincks	...	Robert
Bill Smitrovich	...	Frank
Patrick Stewart	...	Narrator (voice)
Norah Jones	...	Norah Jones
Sam J. Jones	...	Sam Jones (as Sam Jones)
Tom Skerritt	...	Tom Skerritt
Bretton Manley	...	Young John (as Brett Manley)

Storyline

John makes a Christmas miracle happen by bringing his one and only friend to life, his teddy bear. The two grow up together and John must then choose to stay with his girlfriend or keep his friendship with his crude and extremely inappropriate teddy bear, Ted.

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Plot Keywords:

teddy bear | animated character | gross out comedy | absurd comedy | buddy comedy | 

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Taglines:

Ted is coming.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, and some drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ted was given as a Christmas gift in 1985, the first year Teddy Ruxpin was sold.

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Goofs

When Ted is taking a picture with the three girls in the park, the phone used to take the picture isn't on.

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Quotes

Narrator: Now if there's one thing you can be sure of, it's that nothing is more powerful than a young boy's wish. Except an Apache helicopter. An Apache helicopter has machine guns AND missiles. It is an unbelievably impressive complement of weaponry, an absolute death machine.

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Crazy Credits

The opening credits were supposed to start with "Universal Pictures and Media Rights Capital Presents" as shown in the trailers/commercials and the back of the DVD/Blu-Ray covers. But, for unknown reasons, it starts with "Media Rights Capital Presents" and "Universal Pictures Presents" in the actual movie.

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Alternate Versions

When the film proved to be a huge success in Germany, it was re-released in several cities with two different dubbings. One features Ted speaking with a Bavarian accent, the other has him speaking in Berlinerisch.

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Connections

Referenced in Sean Bradley Reviews: Logan Lucky (2017)

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Soundtracks

All Time High
Music by John Barry
Lyrics by Tim Rice

User Reviews

Ted

Really funny at at times really stupid, Ted is not only extremely well performed by its all-star cast and an extremely satirical and stupidly funny film, its script and direction is also impressive, the music and touch is perfect which all makes for a very watchable and humorous comedy, the movie does still repeat itself and does feel tiring and slow-moving at times.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

29 June 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Teddy Bear

Filming Locations:

Fenway Park - 4 Jersey Street, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$54,415,205, 1 July 2012

Gross USA:

$218,815,487

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$549,368,315

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Media Rights Capital (MRC), Fuzzy Door Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min 112 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1