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Ed
Ed
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bill Couturié
Screenplay by	David Mickey Evans
Story by	Ken Richards; Janus Cercone
Produced by	Rosalie Swedlin; Bill Finnegan
Starring	Matt LeBlanc; Jayne Brook; Bill Cobbs; Jack Warden;
Cinematography	Alan Caso
Edited by	Robert K. Lambert; Todd E. Miller
Music by	Stephen Endelman
Production; company	Longview Entertainment
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	March 15, 1996;
Running time	94 minutes
Budget	$24 million[citation needed]
Box office	$4,422,330

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Ed is a 1996 American sports comedy film about a talented baseball pitcher and his friendly ball-playing chimpanzee as his team's mascot.

The film received negative reviews from critics, with a 0% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Plot

In Santa Rosa, California, Jack "Deuce" Cooper (Matt LeBlanc) is a farm boy who arrives at an open tryout for the Santa Rosa Rockets minor league baseball team. He makes the team after blowing away the scouts with his 'rocket' arm as well as having a strong training camp. Deuce also befriends a chimpanzee, 'Ed,' after being told the chimp is his new roommate/teammate. After they move into their apartment, Deuce develops a relationship with his neighbor, Lydia. Also, Ed becomes very close with her daughter, Elizabeth. Deuce's game really begins to take off as well as Ed's and the team becomes a league contender. Deuce's coach, Chubb, thinks Deuce can be an MLB starter if he keeps his head on straight. But after the owners sell Ed to make a buck, Deuce takes matters into his own hands and goes to find Ed only to see him being tortured by a pair of goons. Deuce saves Ed but Ed escapes and finds a truck of Frosted Bananas and doesn't realize he is stuck inside the trailer, which is ice cold. Ed ends up in the hospital from almost freezing to death before the final game of the season and Deuce questions his own ability to continue playing without his best friend. Deuce ends up playing and struggles right off the bat. But when Ed, Elizabeth and Lydia arrive at the game together, Deuce turns up the heat and the Rockets take the championship. Deuce eventually gets called up to the Dodgers. In the end, Ed, Deuce, Lydia and Elizabeth then become a family and live happily ever after.

Cast

Matt LeBlanc as Jack "Deuce" Cooper
Jay Caputo and Denise Cheshire as Ed
Jayne Brook as Lydia
Doren Fein as Liz
Jack Warden as Chubb
Bill Cobbs as Tipton
Jim Caviezel as Dizzy
Jim O'Heir as Art
Steve Eastin as Shark's Manager
Brad Hunt as Carnie
Sage Allen as Cooper's Mother
Stan Ivar as Cooper's Father

Reception

The film was a box office disappointment.^{[citation needed]} On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 0% of 17 critics' reviews are positive.^[4] It received four Razzie Award nominations for Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay (David M. Evans), and Worst Screen Couple (for LeBlanc and Ed the chimpanzee), losing all of those categories to Striptease starring Demi Moore. LeBlanc was also nominated for Worst New Star for his role, but "lost" to Pamela Anderson in Barb Wire.^{[citation needed]} Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade of "B+" on a scale of A+ to F.^[5]

References

^ "TV and film producer William Finnegan dies at 80". Los Angeles Times. 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
^ "Ed (1996)". BFI. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
^ "Ed". Box Office Mojo.
^ "Ed". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media.
^ "Cinemascore". Archived from the original on 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2020-07-21.

External links

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[lat-1] "TV and film producer William Finnegan dies at 80". Los Angeles Times. 2008-12-02. Retrieved 2022-02-28.

[2] "Ed (1996)". BFI. Retrieved December 13, 2020.

[mojo-3] "Ed". Box Office Mojo.

[Rotten_Tomatoes-4] "Ed". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media.

[5] "Cinemascore". Archived from the original on 2018-12-20. Retrieved 2020-07-21.

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 It received four [[Golden Raspberry Award|Razzie Award]] nominations for [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture|Worst Picture]], [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay|Worst Screenplay]] ([[David M. Evans]]), and [[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screen Couple|Worst Screen Couple]] (for LeBlanc and Ed the chimpanzee), losing all of those categories to ''[[Striptease (film)|Striptease]]'' starring [[Demi Moore]]. LeBlanc was also nominated for Worst New Star for his role, but "lost" to [[Pamela Anderson]] in ''[[Barb Wire (1996 film)|Barb Wire]]''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2022}}
 Audiences surveyed by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film a grade of "B+" on a scale of A+ to F.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |title= Cinemascore |url-status = dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181220122629/https://www.cinemascore.com/publicsearch/index/title/ |archive-date= 2018-12-20|access-date=2020-07-21 }}</ref>