Eddie
Directed by	Steve Rash
Produced by	Mark Burg David Permut
Written by	Steve Zacharias Jeff Buhai Jon Connolly David Loucka (story & screenplay) Eric Champnella Keith Mitchell (screenplay)
Starring	Whoopi Goldberg Frank Langella Dennis Farina
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s)	31 May 1996
Running time	100 min.
Country	USA
IMDb profile

Eddie is a 1996 movie about a woman, played by Whoopi Goldberg, coaching the last place New York Knicks. After driving the new owner of the New York Knicks, 'Wild' Bill Burgess, Edwina 'Eddie' Franklin is selected to be in a halftime contest to decide who will be the honorary coach; she wins. Back on the sidelines, she gets kicked out of the game by John Baily, the real coach. This aggravates the New York media and the Knicks fans. During the next game, Burgess calls Eddie onto the court from the stands to be the fill-in coach. When John Baily quits, Eddie is hired as a replacement. Eddie takes the team on the road for her first road trip; they lose miserably and she asks to quit and is denied by Burgess. Three kids from a basketball league that she coached come into the locker room and ask the players for autographs. The players say no and Eddie gets angry and lectures the players in the locker room. While trying to teach Ivan the Russian player how to play defense, she asks Stacy Patton to drive the lane which knocks out Eddie and earns the respect of the players. After benching Ivan and Stacy Patton, the Knicks finally work as a team and break their losing streak and create a winning streak. Image File history File links Eddie_movie. ... Keith Claudiass Mitchell (born November 12, 1946) is the Prime Minister of Grenada. ... Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson, November 13, 1955[1]), is an Academy Award, Daytime Emmy Award, Golden Globe, Tony, BAFTA and Grammy Award-winning American comedian, film actress and radio DJ. Although her father was a Protestant preacher, Goldberg says that her family is of mixed religious heritage - including... Frank Langella (born January 1, 1940 in Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American stage and film actor. ... Dennis Farina as Detective Joe Fontana in Law & Order Donaldo Guglielmo Dennis Farina (born February 29, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Italian-American film and television actor, starring since 2004 as Detective Joe Fontana on NBCs Law & Order. ... The Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group is a collection of affiliated motion picture studios, all subsidaries of The Walt Disney Company. ... May 31 is the 151st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (152nd in leap years), with 214 days remaining. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1996. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as... Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson, November 13, 1955[1]), is an Academy Award, Daytime Emmy Award, Golden Globe, Tony, BAFTA and Grammy Award-winning American comedian, film actress and radio DJ. Although her father was a Protestant preacher, Goldberg says that her family is of mixed religious heritage - including... The New York Knicks, short for Knickerbockers, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. ... The New York Knicks, short for Knickerbockers, are a professional basketball team based in New York City. ...

The film was directed by Steve Rash.

Taglines:

• "The Newest Coach In The NBA Has Got The Knicks Right Where She Wants Them."

Cast list

Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson, November 13, 1955[1]), is an Academy Award, Daytime Emmy Award, Golden Globe, Tony, BAFTA and Grammy Award-winning American comedian, film actress and radio DJ. Although her father was a Protestant preacher, Goldberg says that her family is of mixed religious heritage - including... Frank Langella (born January 1, 1940 in Bayonne, New Jersey) is an American stage and film actor. ... Dennis Farina as Detective Joe Fontana in Law & Order Donaldo Guglielmo Dennis Farina (born February 29, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Italian-American film and television actor, starring since 2004 as Detective Joe Fontana on NBCs Law & Order. ... Richard Jenkins (born 2 December 1953 in DeKalb, Illinois, USA) is an American actor. ... Lisa Ann Walter (b. ...

External links

• Eddie at the Internet Movie Database