EDtv
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German title | EDtv |
Original title | Edtv |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1999 |
length | 118 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 6/12 |
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Director | Ron Howard |
script | Lowell Whole , Babaloo Almond |
production | Jeffrey T. Barabe , Brian Grazer , Ron Howard |
music | Randy Edelman |
camera | John Schwartzman |
cut | Daniel P. Hanley , Mike Hill |
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EDtv (alternative title EDtv - Always on Air ) is a comedy film directed by Ron Howard , which was produced in 1999. The comedy, which was filmed in California , was estimated to cost an estimated $ 60 million to produce .
action
Ed Pekurny is cast by TV producer Cynthia Topping for a reality TV show and is therefore accompanied by cameras around the clock. After the show went rather badly at first, interest increased when Ed caught his brother Ray on an affair. When Ed tries to apologize to Shari, Ray's ex-girlfriend, Ed confesses to Shari that he loves her and the two become a couple. However, the television viewers are not enthusiastic about Shari and insult her. When Ed tries to make Shari look good, Shari is outraged and leaves him with the statement that she would not audition for the role of friend. After further events, Ed's desire to end the show grows more and more, but the TV station does not want to release him from his contract. Ed even finds out that his entire family has now signed contracts and is also being followed by cameras. After being reconciled with Shari, Ed announced on the show that he would pay a reward of $ 10,000 for the most embarrassing background information about the station's management. The previous editor of the show quits after a dispute with the boss of the station. She calls Ed anonymously and tells him that the station boss has a penile prosthesis . Ed explains how the implant works in front of the camera; when he wants to give the name of the station manager, the program is canceled on his instructions.
Reviews
- Mick LaSalle wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle that the script was bitingly sarcastic. He praised the performances, especially those by Woody Harrelson and Ellen DeGeneres. ( Full review )
- Roger Ebert compared the comedy in the Chicago Sun-Times to the comedy The Truman Show . Most interesting he found the character of Ray Pekurny. ( Full review )
Short appearances by well-known personalities
There are several appearances by Michael Moore as a talk show guest and Jay Leno as a talk show host.
Awards
- Elizabeth Hurley and Matthew McConaughey were nominated for the 1999 Teen Choice Award .
- The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.
music
The band Bon Jovi contributed the song Real Life .
Others
EDtv is based on the French film "Louis 19, le roi des ondes" by Michel Poulette from 1994
Web links
- EDtv in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- EDtv at Metacritic (English)
- EDtv at Rotten Tomatoes (English)