A video store clerk agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a television show.A video store clerk agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a television show.A video store clerk agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a television show.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Larry Flash Jenkins
- Husband
- (as Larry Jenkins)
Storyline
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- TriviaThis film and The Truman Show (1998) were aware of each other during pre-production. Edtv was not that concerned because their film would be a comedy, and they didn't think audiences would turn out in large numbers to see Jim Carrey doing a drama. When The Truman Show (1998) turned into a big hit, Universal insisted that the promotions for this film make it look like more of a broad slapstick comedy than it actually was, contributing to its failure at the box-office. Coincidentally, Dennis Hopper was originally cast in the role Ed Harris portrayed in The Truman Show.
- GoofsWhen Ed follows Shari into the theatre's female bathroom the sign reads 'Female" but the sign below it shows it is a unisex bathroom with a man, woman and disabled images.
- SoundtracksHave You Ever
Written by Joe Tex and Buddy Killen
Performed by Joe Tex
Courtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC dba Tree Productions
Featured review
I laughed, I cried - what more could I ask?
I wasn't expecting much of this when I went to see it, but I totally loved it.
Its misleading to try to compare it with the Truman Show. There's a superficial similarity in their basic concept, but otherwise they are completely different (and I loved Truman - still can't understand what the Academy thought it was doing).
There was not one dull moment, and at times I though I would pee myself laughing (and it takes a lot for me to say that to a world wide audience!) I don't remember laughing so much at the cinema since Speed 2 - but this time for the right reasons.
So it was funny, but there were also genuinely moving sad bits.
Martin Landau absolutely stole the film with some killer one-liners, but all the performances were fantastic (even Liz Hurley didn't make me cringe, as she poked fun at her own reputation) Ellen is great, as is Woody Harrelson (who looks uncannily like his on-screen brother) and I always love Adam Goldberg. Matt McConaughey is perfect, whether he's being a jerk or doing the right thing (oh OK, and damn cute with it.)
The whole thing is probably enhanced by being so utterly believable, and ends with a great anti-corporate finger (literally, in fact, now I think about it)
Its misleading to try to compare it with the Truman Show. There's a superficial similarity in their basic concept, but otherwise they are completely different (and I loved Truman - still can't understand what the Academy thought it was doing).
There was not one dull moment, and at times I though I would pee myself laughing (and it takes a lot for me to say that to a world wide audience!) I don't remember laughing so much at the cinema since Speed 2 - but this time for the right reasons.
So it was funny, but there were also genuinely moving sad bits.
Martin Landau absolutely stole the film with some killer one-liners, but all the performances were fantastic (even Liz Hurley didn't make me cringe, as she poked fun at her own reputation) Ellen is great, as is Woody Harrelson (who looks uncannily like his on-screen brother) and I always love Adam Goldberg. Matt McConaughey is perfect, whether he's being a jerk or doing the right thing (oh OK, and damn cute with it.)
The whole thing is probably enhanced by being so utterly believable, and ends with a great anti-corporate finger (literally, in fact, now I think about it)
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- Dec 1, 1999
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Box office
- Budget
- $80,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $22,431,897
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,311,290
- Mar 28, 1999
- Gross worldwide
- $35,242,897
- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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