EDtv is a 1999 American comedy film directed by Ron Howard. An adaptation of the Quebec film Louis 19, le roi des ondes , it stars Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman, Woody Harrelson, Ellen DeGeneres, Martin Landau, Rob Reiner, Sally Kirkland, Elizabeth Hurley, Clint Howard, and Dennis Hopper. The film was screened out of competition at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival. EDtv starts off with the television channel True TV commencing interviews for a TV show that shows a normal person's life 24/7. This idea was thought up by a TV producer named Cynthia . They interview Ed Pekurny and his brother,... Ray . When the producers see the interview Cynthia decides to use Ed and interviews only Ed. So now they start airing the show, which they call Ed TV. The show is a total failure at first, as only boring things happen and the main producers want to pull the plug, except for Cynthia. However, Ed TV suddenly gets interesting on Day 3 when Ed visits Ray. Ed discovers that Ray is cheating on his girlfriend Shari . Ed then visits Shari to apologize to her for Ray's actions.
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| Release date: | March 26, 1999 |
| Directed by: | Ron Howard |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 122 Minutes |
| Producer: | Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Jeffrey T. Barabe |
| Editor: | Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill |
| Music by: | Randy Edelman |
| Cinematography: | John Schwartzman |
| Screenplay by: | Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel |
| Estimated budget: | $80,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |