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Edtv (1999)

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PG-13 | 2 hr 2 mins | Comedy, Romance, Remake | Released: 3/26/1999 |Box Office Total: $22.4M

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Synopsis:

An avid tv watcher wins a contest and the following months in his life are chronicled by a camera crew, minute by minute. To begin with, video store clerk Ed welcomes the attention, and the show is saving the cable station that gambled on its success. But gradually, as his family and friends become celebrities too, Ed finds a downside to his fame. He becomes estranged from his brother, encounters the father who left his family years before, and rifts emerge between his mother and her husband.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
3/26/1999

Studio	Credit
Universal Pictures Distribution	Studio
Director	Credit
Ron Howard	Director
Todd Hallowell	Director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Matthew McConaughey	Ed
Ellen DeGeneres	Cynthia
Jenna Elfman	Shari
Woody Harrelson	Ray
Sally Kirkland	Jeanette
Martin Landau	Al
Rob Reiner	Whitaker
Dennis Hopper	Hank
Elizabeth Hurley	Jill
Geoffrey Blake	Keith
Gail Boggs	Wife
Jenna Byrne	Felicia
Merrin Dungey	Ms Seaver
Ian Gomez	McIlvaine
Gavin Grager	Cliff
Chris Hogan	Paul
Arianna Huffington	Panel Member
Larry 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 Charles	Himself
Rusty Schwimmer	Alice
Steven Shenbaum	Jack
Gedde Watanabe	Greg
Viveka Davis	Marcia
Adam Golberg	John
Steve Kehela	Reporter
Googy Gress	Reporter
Jo McGinley	Tracy
John Pirruccello	Kevin
Charles 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 Saqr	College Girl
Jennifer Elise Cox	College Girl
Alexandra Holden	College Girl
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 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	Production Assistant
Gina Hecht	Party Girl
Cheryl Howard	Party Girl
Louisa Marie	Party Girl
Mike Grief	Repairman
Jason Kim	Frat Guys
King Alexander	Frat Guys
Dublin James	Frat Guys
T J Tyne	Frat Guys
Laurel Moglen	Underwater Woman
Wade J Robson	Teenage Boy
Sy Hearn	Teenage Boy
Nathan Paul	Teenage Boy
Bill Maher	- Host
Anita Morales	Nurse
Lowell Ganz	Lawyer
Bob Sarlatte	Motorcyle Cop
Ashley Clark	Girl
William M Connor	Toilet Man
Roberta Callahan	Cat Advocate
William Bagnell	Presidential Aide
Jay Leno	Himself
Julie Rose Stevens	Ken Groupie
Brigitte Jacoby-Baker	Ken Groupie
Joe Mazza	Vet
Mel Berger	Confused Man
Diane Amos	Autograph Mom
James Brooks	Delivery Man
Luke Esterkyn	Band Member
Mark Marking	Ed's Fan
Tom Turpel	Ed's Fan
Sun St Pierre	Female Well-Wisher
Roger L Jackson	Mama's Boy
Julie Rowen	Reporter
Thomas Barg	Boom Box Boy
Glenn E Schuldt	Paramedic
Curtis Davis	Whoop Boy
William Dance	Beauty Salon Owner
Sonia Bhalla	Ticket Taker
Todd P McCormick	P I Guest
Jordan Harrelson	Audition Guy
Tony Harras	Warehouse Worker
Vince Lozano	Warehouse Worker
Rolando Molina	Warehouse Worker
Alberto Vazquez	Grave Digger
Lydee Walsh	College Girl
Veronica Moody	College Dorm Girl
Mark Wheeler	Bartender
Production Credits	Credit
Aldric Porter	Associate Producer
Todd Hallowell	Executive Producer
Brian Grazer	Producer
Ron Howard	Producer
Michel Roy	Executive Producer
Louisa Velis	Associate Producer
Richard Sadler	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Imagine Entertainment	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
UIP The Film Consortium	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
San Jose, California, USA
New York City, New York, USA
Writer	Credit
Émile Gaudreault	From Story - from original screenplay
Lowell Ganz	Screenplay
Babaloo Mandel	Screenplay
Sylvie Bouchard	From Story - from original screenplay
Michel Poulette	From Story - from original screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Yvonne Ramond	Accountant - construction accountant
Kelly Richards Ralston	Assistant Accountant
Stevie Lazo	Production Accountant
Jennifer Freed	Post-Production Accountant
Tammy Apana-Dianda	Assistant Accountant
Liz Probst	Accountant - payroll accountant
Ricky Cuevas	Assistant Accountant
Josh Cogswell	Assistant Accountant - accounting assistant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
James R Dew	Animal Trainer - animal handler
Megan Valinote	Animal Trainer - animal handler
Art Department	Credit
Tommy Samona	Lead Person - leadman
Katherine Roth	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Daniel R Webster	Art Director
James R Barrows	Set Dresser
Kevin Cross	Set Designer
Carol Kiefer	Art Department Coordinator
Alice Baker	Assistant Set Decorator (2nd Unit)
Merideth Boswell	Set Decorator
Michael Corenblith	Production Designer
Al Hobbs	Set Designer
Charles T Gray	Set Dresser
G Roger Abell	Lead Person - leadman (2nd Unit)
Ryan T Mennealy	Set Dresser
Lauren Polizzi	Set Designer
Mark B Palmer	Set Dresser - on-set dresser
Larry Boyd	Set Dresser (2nd Unit)
Billy Kelly	Set Dresser (2nd Unit)
Rob Lowy	Set Dresser (2nd Unit)
James Marchwick	Set Dresser (2nd Unit)
Quint Schirenberg	Set Dresser (2nd Unit)
Lisa Ozanne	Set Dresser - on-set dresser (2nd Unit)
Casting	Credit
Darren Shepherd	Extras Casting Assistant
Ashley Stover	Casting Associate
Terence Harris	Extras Casting - extras casting associate
Jane Jenkins	Casting
Janet Hirshenson	Casting
Jennifer Fishman Pate	Casting Associate
Craft Services	Credit
Richard Cody	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Brian Callier	Video Playback
Colin Anderson	Steadicam Operator (2nd Unit)
Dave Arnold	Camera Equipment - Westcam technician (2nd Unit)
Ron Batzdorff	Photography - still photographer
Richard Mosier	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Dennis McNeill	Color Timer
Robert Pastoriza	Camera - on-camera video operator
Richard Scarpone	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Buddy Totten	Camera Assistant - camera intern
Mitchell Amundsen	Camera Operator
Dave Christensen	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician
Matthew Morrissey	Video - video effects supervisor
John Schwartzman	Director of Photography
Matt Cohen	Video Playback
Josh Levy	Video Assist/Playback - video assist (2nd Unit)
Celia Starr	Video - video effects manager
Robert Presley	Camera Operator
Thomas Lairson	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Jeff Ferrero	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician (2nd Unit)
Michael Esposito	Camera - on-camera video operator
David Dunlop	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Brent Eckstrand	Video Playback
David Emmerichs	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Frank Helbig	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician (2nd Unit)
Doug Hunt	Video Assist/Playback - video assist (2nd Unit)
Trey Clinesmith	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Louie Mejia	Camera - on-camera video operator
Alan Porter	Video - video effects engineer
Mitchell Amundsen	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Ted Schelling	Video - video effects engineer
Michael Shugrue	Video Playback
Connie Campbell-Gott	Camera - on-camera video operator
Parker Bartlett	Camera Operator
Alan Disler	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Tim Bellen	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Gary Dunham	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Monte Swann	Video Playback (2nd Unit)
Edward Yoon	Video - video tape coordinator
Michael Santi	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Vance Piper	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Alfred Ainsworth	Video Playback (2nd Unit)
Mark Marcum	Video - video microwave technician
Pedro Martinez	Video Playback (2nd Unit)
Steve Bellen	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Phil Pastuhov	Camera Operator - aerial camera operator (2nd Unit)
Patrick Riley	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Eric Amundsen	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Eugene D Clinesmith	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Tchell DePaepe	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Phil Bowen	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera (2nd Unit)
Music	Credit
John LaSalandra	Music Editor
Bonnie Greenberg	Music Supervisor
Ralph Ferraro	Music Arranger - orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	Music Contractor - orchestra contractor
Joe Tex	Song
Joe Tex	Song Performer
Lisa Brown	Music Coordinator
Randy Edelman	Music Conductor - orchestra conductor
Randy Edelman	Music
Al Green	Song Performer
E Gedney Webb	Music Editor
Jill Meyers	Music - music clearances
Buddy Killen	Song
Julian Bratolyubov	Music - music preparation
Dave Anderson	Song Performer
Al Green	Song
Edvard Greig	Music
Mabon Hodge	Song
Ted Nugent	Song Performer
Dave Anderson	Song
Three Dog Night	Song Performer
Ted Nugent	Song
Peter Wolf	Song Performer
The Staple Singers	Song Performer
Randy Newman	Song
Taylor Rhodes	Song
Otis Redding	Song Performer
Peter Wolf	Song
The Inmates	Song Performer
Dan Stein	Song Performer
Herb Schapiro	Song
Gary William Friedman	Song
Gavin Grazer	Song Performer
Stroke 9	Song Performer
Otis Redding	Song
Muzzle	Song Performer
Edward C Cobb	Song
Sly & The Family Stone	Song Performer
Dan Stein	Song
Charles Strouse	Song
Fun Factory	Song Performer
Lee Adams	Song
Cornershop	Song Performer
Eddie Arkin	Song - song producer
James Brown	Song Performer
Barenaked Ladies	Song Performer
Luke Esterkyn	Song
Stroke 9	Song
Harvey Danger	Song Performer
UB40	Song Performer
Ryan Maxwell	Song
Sylvester Stewart	Song
Ozomatli	Song Performer
Morcheeba	Song Performer
Jeff Barry	Song
Plastilina Mosh	Song Performer
Ellie Greenwich	Song
The Spencer Davis Group	Song Performer
Tejinder Singh	Song
Dean Kay	Song
Jon Bon Jovi	Song Performer
Jim Lang	Song Performer
Kelly Gordon	Song
Ruben Ayala	Song
Bobbi Page	Song Performer
Jeff Wade	Song
Steven Page	Song
Stephen Duffy	Song
Sean Nelson	Song
Evan Sult	Song
Aaron Huffman	Song
Jeff Lin	Song
Neil Diamond	Song
Jesus Perez ('Chuy')	Song
Meredith Brooks	Song
Meredith Brooks	Song - song producer & performer
Shelly Peiken	Song
Adam Gorgoni	Song
David Darling	Song - song producer
Paul Godfrey	Song
Ross Godfrey	Song
Skye Edwards	Song
Alejandro Rosso Gonzales	Song
Juan Jose Gonzales Reyes	Song
Steve Winwood	Song
Muff Winwood	Song
Spencer Davis	Song
Jon Bon Jovi	Song
Desmond Child	Song
Bruce Fairbairn	Song - song producer
Barry White	Song - song producer & performer
Jack Perry	Song - song producer
John X	Song - song remixer
Caruso ('Bonzai')	Song - song remixer
Jim Lang	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Rocky Capella	Stunt Coordinator
Robin Bonaccorsi	Stunts
Tom Cottrel	Stunts
Charles Croughwell	Stunts
Lisa Dempsey	Stunts
Thomas DeWier	Stunts
Danny Downey	Stunts
Tom Ficke	Stunts
Anita Hart	Stunts
Dana Hee	Stunts
Kevin Larson	Stunts
Mike Martinez	Stunts
Tim Meridith	Stunts
Jeff Mosley	Stunts
Mark Norby	Stunts
Mike Owen	Stunts
Rex Reddick	Stunts
David Renaud	Stunts
Nate Siebring	Stunts
Merritt Yohnka	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Nancy Honeycutt	Assistant Production Coordinator
Michael J Malone	Location Manager
Michael J Malone	Production Manager (2nd Unit)
Kathryn Thouron	Location Scout
Lisa J Watters	Production Coordinator
Laurie Webb	DGA Trainee
Aldric Porter	Assistant Director
Leslie Park	Script Supervisor
Elaine Patarini	Assistant Location Manager
David Womark	Unit Production Manager
Melisa Sanchez	Script Supervisor (2nd Unit)
Mark Benton Johnson	Assistant Location Manager
Nancy Honeycutt	Production Coordinator (2nd Unit)
Dawn Clounch	Assistant Production Coordinator (2nd Unit)
Steve A. Dayan	Location Manager
William M Connor	Assistant Director
David Hyman	Assistant Director
Tim Falconer	Assistant Location Manager (2nd Unit)
Alice Thompkins	Script Supervisor (2nd Unit)
Doug Orenstein	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Jill Naumann	Assistant Location Manager (2nd Unit)
Paula Frankel	Script Supervisor (2nd Unit)
Andrew Bernstein	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
John M Morse	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Publicity	Credit
Ernie Malik	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Daniel Pagan	Sound Effects Editor
Bob Olari	Sound Recordist
Yvette Nabel	Foley Editor
Anne Pope	Assistant Sound Editor
John Werner	ADR - ADR assistant editor
Franco Morrone	Rerecording Mixer
Harrison Marsh ('Duke')	Boom Operator
David MacMillan	Sound Mixer
Lisa J Levine	ADR Editor
Chris Jenkins	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Nancy Cabrera	Foley Artist
Anthony J Ciccolini III	Sound Editor
Dean Drabin	ADR Mixer
Perry Dodgson	Sound - utility sound
Perry Dodgson	Boom Operator (2nd Unit)
Daniel Kent	Sound Mixer (2nd Unit)
Josh Landis	Foley Editor
Joe Lisanti	Assistant Sound Editor
Paul J. Zydel	ADR - ADR/foley mixer
Jeff Stern	ADR Editor
Scott Millan	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Doug Murray	ADR - ADR recordist
Patrick Moriarty	Sound Mixer (2nd Unit)
Don Lind	Boom Operator (2nd Unit)
Bob Chefalas	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Erik Nash	Visual Effects Supervisor
Eileen Moran	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Martin Charles	Graphic Designer
Lauren Ann Littleton	Effects Coordinator - visual effects coordinator
Robert L Knott	Special Effects Coordinator
Tom Knott	Special Effects Supervisor
Richard Friedlander	Main Title Design
Tonia Young	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Jimmy Zelinger	Main Title Design
Mark Forker	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Rick Dunn	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Christine Lo	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Donovan A Scott	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Marjorie McCown	Assistant Costume Designer
Frances Mathias	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Leslie Weir	Set Costumer (2nd Unit)
Kimberly Greene	Makeup - Woody Harrelson's makeup
Amy Killeen Foos	Wardrobe Assistant
Erwin H Kupitz	Wig Supplier - special wigs designer
Charlene Johnson	Hair - hair supervisor
Ken Chase	Makeup Artist - key makeup artist
Fred C Blau	Makeup Supervisor
Elena Del Rio	Costumes - key costumer
Rita Ryack	Costume Designer
Dan Bronson	Costume Supervisor
Karen Asano-Myers	Hair Stylist
Ann Lee Masterson	Makeup - Jenna Elfman's makeup
Edward T Hanley	Costumes - costumer
April Y Hunter	Costumes - costumer
Melissa A Yonkey	Hair Stylist - Woody Harrelson's hairstylist
Elaine Offers	Makeup - Ellen DeGeneres' makeup
Gwyne Redner	Hair Stylist - Ellen DeGeneres' hairstylist
Askia Won-Ling Jacob	Costumes - costumer
Linda Arnold	Hair Stylist (2nd Unit)
Maria Tortu	Costumes - costumer
Victoria White Stevens	Costumes - costumer (2nd Unit)

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