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EdTV (1999)

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Reviews Counted:40

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Average Rating:6.4/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 15 mins

Genre: Television

Synopsis: A normal video store clerk, Ed (McConaughey), doesn't realize what he's getting himself into when he allows a television executive (DeGeneres) to begin filming his life 24 hours a day. The... A normal video store clerk, Ed (McConaughey), doesn't realize what he's getting himself into when he allows a television executive (DeGeneres) to begin filming his life 24 hours a day. The resulting media circus makes for an entertaining social commentary about how important (and, perhaps, detrimental) an issue television has become in our lives. [More]

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Elizabeth Hurley, Ellen DeGeneres

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Elizabeth Hurley, Ellen DeGeneres, Woody Harrelson, Sally Kirkland, Martin Landau, Rob Reiner, Dennis Hopper, Adam Goldberg, Viveka Davis, Clint Howard, Michael Moore, George Plimpton

Director: Ron Howard

Director: Ron Howard
Screenwriter: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel
Producer: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard
Composer: Randy Edelman

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Mark Halverson

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Rob Gonsalves

EdTV isn't bad enough to get angry about, but it's a mundane and toothless satire.

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Joe Lozito

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