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Eddie
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Overview

User Rating:
4.7/10   3,017 votes
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Director:
Steve Rash
Writers:
Steve Zacharias (story) &
Jeff Buhai (story) ...
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Release Date:
31 May 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Sport more
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... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
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(21 articles)
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User Comments:
Enjoyable from start to finish more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some language and brief sexuality.
Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Russian
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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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. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: The home games for the New York Knicks were actually filmed in the Charlotte Coliseum, home of the Charlotte Hornets. See also the trivia entry. more
Quotes:
Edwina "Eddie" Franklin: Excuse me! Lawyers, agents, models, pseudo-models, rappers, people with bad rugs -- if you're not wearing a jersey that says New York Knicks, get up and get out right now. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Rock (1999) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
SKILLS more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful:-
Enjoyable from start to finish, 22 June 2005
9/10
Author: herbertatara from New Haven, CT

This is a comedy-fantasy, people -- not a documentary. The pacing is bouncy and rollicking. The performances are precisely what they should be -- neither "villain" is one-dimensional or over-the-top, but just menacing enough in the right amounts, and the ways in which Eddie triumphs over each of them are quite clever.

Mayor Koch's cameo is hysterical, as is the bit with Stacey's Mom. Ostertag shows good comic timing. The background of Eddie is just touching enough without being maudlin. The transition of the Knicks from selfish losers to re-motivated winners is handled just right for a comedy-fantasy. This is at least in a class with Angels In The Outfield as an enjoyable comedy-fantasy.

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