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| | Ed Pekurney agrees to appear in a new reality-based TV show even though he's just a regular guy but when the show becomes a hit he suddenly becomes a national celebrity. He then falls in love with his brother's girlfriend and their most private moments soon become public entertainment and the ratings go through the roof...
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EdTv follows a cinematic path of video store clerk Ed Pekurny (Matthew
McConaughey) who is plucked from obscurity by down-on-her-luck TV Exec Cynthia
Topping, (Ellen DeGeneres). She signs him up for the ultimate fly-on-the-wall
docu-drama to see what would happen if you broadcast somebody's life all day
every day.
The tv ratings soon begin to pick up as Ed begins a
relationship with Shari, (Jenna Elfman), who was Ray's, Ed's brother, (Woody
Harrelson), latest girlfriend.
Ed enjoys his celebrity attention and new found hype but his friends and family
soon begin to crack under the camera's harsh glare as their own problems are
broadcast to the ever growing gossip hungry audience.
EdTv goes for realism rather than a fairy tale
angle and has a great cast and script with plenty of humorous moments. Ed's
life becomes the property of the masses: chat shows criticise his decisions,
fans begin to pick and choose which "characters" they love and loathe
and Ed lives out his every day life in this slick docu-soap.
This excellent movie was made for $60million and blurs
the lines between reality and televisual fantasy to give "A sharp, smart
tirade against American trash TV" as Total Film says.
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Released 30th May 2000 2000 Universal Studio
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