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EDtv

1999 · 123 min

A light, satirical look at fame and privacy that's easy to watch and often funny, though it lacks bite.

Directed by
Ron Howard
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Sally Kirkland
Tagline
The story of a nobody everybody is watching.
Overview
Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.

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Directed by
Ron Howard
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Sally Kirkland
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • celebrity
  • identity
  • family
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Ron Howard
Written by
Babaloo Mandel, Lowell Ganz, Sylvie-Katherine Bouchard, Émile Gaudreault
Starring
Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson, Sally Kirkland, Jenna Elfman, Martin Landau, Ellen DeGeneres, Rob Reiner, Dennis Hopper
Music
Randy Edelman
Cinematography
John Schwartzman
Runtime
123 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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