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EDTV (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
124 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1999 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Ron Howard

Written By:
Émile Gaudreault
Sylvie Bouchard

Lowell Ganz
Babaloo Mandel

Actors:
Geoffrey Blake ..... Keith
Gail Boggs ..... Wife
Jenna Byrne ..... Felicia
Merrin Dungey ..... Ms. Seaver
Ian Gomez ..... McIlvaine
Gavin Grazer ..... Clint
Chris Hogan ..... Paul
Arianna Huffington ..... Panel Member
Larry Flash Jenkins ..... Husband
Wendle Josepher ..... Rita
Scott LaRose ..... Desipio
John Livingston ..... Terry
Mitzi McCall ..... Fig Lady
Jim Meskimen ..... Dr. Geller
Don Most ..... Benson
Rick Overton ..... Barry
James Ritz ..... Tad
RuPaul ..... RuPaul
Rusty Schwimmer ..... Alice
Steven Shenbaum ..... Jack
Gedde Watanabe ..... Greg
Matthew McConaughey ..... Ed
Jenna Elfman ..... Shari
Woody Harrelson ..... Ray
Sally Kirkland ..... Jeanette
Martin Landau ..... Al
Viveka Davis ..... Marcia
Adam Goldberg ..... John
Ellen DeGeneres ..... Cynthia
Rob Reiner ..... Whitaker
Dennis Hopper ..... Hank
Elizabeth Hurley ..... Jill
Steve Kehela ..... Reporter
Googy Gress ..... Reporter
Jo McGinley ..... Tracy
John Pirruccello ..... Kevin
Charles Arthur Berg ..... Party Goer
Anthony Jensen ..... Party Goer
Joe Bellan ..... Lou
Brian Michael Erlich ..... Video Store Clerk
Marcus J. Oliver ..... Video Store Clerk
Sam Rubin ..... Entertainment Reporter
Mark Thompson ..... Anchor
Barry Wiggins ..... Sports Anchor
Michael Parsons ..... Kid
Zidu Chen ..... Dental Patient
Clint Howard ..... Ken
Eric Shinn ..... Camera Truck Tech Driver
Robert Pastoriza ..... Carlos
Jeffrey Schecter ..... Utility-1st Team
Michael Esposito ..... Camera Operator-1st Team
Connie Campbell-Gott ..... Camera Operator-2nd Team
Louie Mejia ..... Camera Operator-2nd Team
Crystall Carmen ..... Utility-2nd Team
Matthew Morrissey ..... Director-2nd Team
Marilyn Pittman ..... Woman in Window
Sommer Garcia ..... College Girl
Jennifer Elise Cox ..... College Girl
Alexandra Holden ..... College Girl
Mark Wheeler ..... Bartender
Kathleen Marshall ..... Hygienist
Harry Shearer ..... Moderator
Michael Moore ..... Panel Member
Merrill Markoe ..... Panel Member
George Plimpton ..... Panel Member
Geoff Bolt ..... Drunk Guy
Azalea Stanley ..... Teenager
Ezra J. Stanley ..... Teenager
Anna Karin ..... Snapple Girl
Todd Hallowell ..... Interviewer
Cyndi Pass ..... Cassie
Jen Moe ..... Girl
Velina Brown ..... Girl
Rod Tate ..... Moe
Todd Krainin ..... Younger Man
Zeidy Martinez ..... Interview Teenager
Azura Skye ..... Interview Teenager
Daisy Clarke ..... Interview Teenager
Lombardo Boyar ..... New York Guy
Rainbow Borden ..... New York Guy
David Quane ..... New York Guy
Christian Kane ..... P.A.

Synopsis:

In a Hail Mary move for corporate preservation, the San Francisco based Northwest Broadcasting Corporation launches True TV, a new network which will broadcast the life of an Average Joe or Jane, 24/7 live and thus unedited, the subject chosen signed initially for one month. The project is conceived and led by one of the producers, Cynthia, but her boss, NWBC president Whitaker, will take the credit if it succeeds, and let her sink as the captain of the ship if it fails. The network is rebranded EdTV when Cynthia believes she's found her subject, Ed Pekurny, a native Texas hayseed, who fits the two main criteria that she is looking for in the person: he is easy on the eyes, and he has what seems to be a potential trainwreck of a life in that he he is thirty-one years old, spends most of his time hanging out at the bar, and has no ambition beyond his longtime dead end job as a clerk in a video store. Ed did not actively campaign for the job - his blowhard of a brother Ray was the one who played to the cameras when Cynthia's team was looking for subjects - but ultimately decided to do it after discussing it with those close to him, namely his immediately family of his mother, stepfather, and two siblings. After a slow start and despite some people associated with Ed hamming it up to the cameras in wanting their fifteen minutes of fame or more, Ed becomes enough of a toast to the TV watching public for the network to become a success. However, having the cameras rolling during certain times may not be the most advantageous for those directly involved, especially as someone from Ed's distant past reenters his life, and an issue with regard to Ray's relationship with his current girlfriend, a UPS delivery person named Shari who if Ed was being honest would admit that he is attracted to himself. Other issues that eventually do emerge is Ed and those around him using the cameras as a convenient excuse for things that happen, and as Whitaker, against Cynthia's wants as the moves being totally self-serving, begins to manipulate Ed to make EdTV more salacious TV viewing.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 06 March, 2021.