Edtv (1999)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Ron Howard

Writers (WGA):

Émile Gaudreault (screenplay) &
Sylvie Bouchard (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

26 March 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

Fame. Be careful. It's out there.

Plot:

Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.

Plot Keywords:

Video Store | Producer | Television | Soda Machine | Invasion Of Privacy

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Matthew McConaughey	...	Ed 'Eddie' Pekurny
Jenna Elfman	...	Shari
Woody Harrelson	...	Ray Pekurny
Sally Kirkland	...	Jeanette
Martin Landau	...	Al
Ellen DeGeneres	...	Cynthia Topping
Rob Reiner	...	Mr. Whitaker
Dennis Hopper	...	Henry 'Hank' Pekurny
Elizabeth Hurley	...	Jill
Adam Goldberg	...	John
Viveka Davis	...	Marcia
Clint Howard	...	Ken
Geoffrey Blake	...	Keith
Gail Boggs	...	Wife
Jenna Byrne	...	Felicia

Also Known As:

Ed TV (USA) (poster title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sex-related situations, partial nudity and crude language.

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #36388) | Iceland:L | Denmark:A (DVD rating) | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:13 (original rating) | Argentina:M (DVD rating) | Australia:PG | Belgium:KT | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:6 (bw) | Netherlands:AL | New Zealand:PG | Norway:7 | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:18 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument - One S. Castillo Drive, St. Augustine, Florida, USA

Company:

Imagine Entertainment

Trivia:

The Pepsi machine in Ray's home is empty (all the red lights are on).

Goofs:

Continuity: In the theater bathroom, where Ed finds Shari, (after pursuing her from the video store) they show a reaction shot of Shari's roommate watching at home. Then Ed goes out to the production van and, again, they cut to a reaction of Shari's roommate. She is wearing a completely different outfit.

Quotes:

Cynthia: We don't even have money in our budget for coffee filters. We're using a yarmulke!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008)

Soundtrack:

Flagpole Sitta

Good morning! You're live on EDtv!

EdTv is a comedy, but also a very serious movie: if you notice our reality in the present days, full of cameras watching us everywhere we go, and even the reality show programs, you will notice that the main thing in the movie is not only to entertain, but maybe also to alert people about the dangerous problems of all this stuff. Ed Pekurny is a regular guy who suddenly gets invited to be part of a reality show. He accepts,specially because he wants the money that the TV executives are going to pay him. Gradually, what starts being funny and even a nice way of popularity becomes a nightmare,with Ed not having any privacy at all,specially with his girlfriend Shari.

I found the end of this movie very cool. Go watch it :)