To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. When shes not driving, shes harassing coach bailey dennis farina for losing so many games. Edwina eddie franklin whoopi goldberg is a new york city limousine driver and a fanatical follower of the new york knicks professional basketball team. Its a comedy about basketball, and whoopi is good in it. Theres a plot, of course, but like any sports movie, its pretty obvious. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in midseason, wild bill burgess frank langella, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an honorary coach contest. For the basketball fans, there are some reallife players that make cameos, my favorite of which is mugsy.
It ends with whoopi as the coach of the new york knicks, who are headed for the nba playoffs. She received a nomination for the academy award for best actress and won her first golden globe award for her role in the film. In 1990, she starred as oda mae brown, a psychic helping a. Furlough trailer 2018 comedy movie by new trailer buzz. Jun 18, 2018 nobodys fool official trailer 2018 tiffany haddish, whoopi goldberg movie hd subscribe to rapid trailer for all the latest movie trailers. With whoopi goldberg, frank langella, dennis farina, richard jenkins. Edwina eddie franklin whoopi goldberg is a huge fan of the knicks, new yorks basketball team. Fatal beauty is a 1987 american action comedy thriller film directed by tom holland and starring whoopi goldberg as detective rita rizzoli and sam elliott. If youve come for laughs, whoopi goldberg delivers as eddie, a dedicated and wonderfully obnoxious new york knicks fan who is discovered by the teams new owner, wild bill frank langella, after. This is a great movie for anyone even if you dont like basketball.
Shes one of a dozen people whove gone egot meaning she has won an emmy. Goldberg made her film debut in the color purple 1985 playing celie, a mistreated black woman in the deep south. Whoopi goldbergs greatgranddaughter better call her whoopi by the tonight show starring jimmy fallon. However, director steve rash wisely allows whoopi to be whoopi, and her contagious good spirit rises above the mire and is enjoyable. This sounds like a sensational scenario, but, alas, almost everything in between is recycled out of lightweight sports movie cliches, and the movie never.
Caryn elaine johnson born november, 1955, known professionally as whoopi goldberg. Corrina, corrina is a 1994 american feature film set in 1959 about a widower who hires a housekeepernanny whoopi goldberg to care for his daughter tina majorino. November, 1955 is an american actress, comedienne, author and talk show host. By sheer coincidence, one of her jobs involves picking up wild bill burgess frank langella, the new owner of the team. An american comedian, actress, singersongwriter, political activist, and talk show host. Cookiecutter movie with a script cobbled together from work by seven different writers. She won the academy award for the best supporting actress for the film ghost 1990. The film was marketed with the tagline an earthquake is about to hit l. We think of her now as a talking head on the view, but whoopi goldberg, 58, is in rarefied company as an actress. Oct 27, 2016 whoopi goldbergs best comedy roles goldberg is also a comedienne, an actress, a writer and an activist. She was born in november 1955 with birth name caryn elaine johnson but is known in the entertainment world by her stage name whoopi goldberg. Nobodys fool official trailer 2018 tiffany haddish, whoopi. Eddie by steve rash steve rash, whoopi goldberg, frank.
The original music score was composed by harold faltermeyer, of top gun fame. Nov 27, 2011 beautiful orrerysolar system model avaiable in. Eddie 1996 whoopi goldberg, frank langella, dennis farina. The telephone is a 1988 comedydrama film written by terry southern and harry nilsson and directed by rip torn, in what was to be the only film he directed the film stars whoopi goldberg as an outofwork actress who starts doing some prank phone calls which creates a chain of events. Whoopi goldberg was born caryn elaine johnson in the chelsea section of manhattan on november, 1955. While eddie is a typical whoopi movie, with all of the sarcasm and attitude we have. It also features maggie smith, kathy najimy, wendy makkena, mary wickes, and harvey keitel. Whoopi goldberg is an american actress, comedian, and singer.
Everyone has sat in the stands and thought that they could do better than the coaching staff. Sister act is a 1992 american musical comedy film directed by emile ardolino and written by joseph howard, with musical arrangements by marc shaiman. Eddies popularity piques the interest of the new knicks owner, wild bill burgess. Whoopis recent ancestors were from georgia, florida, and virginia. Eddie is a 1996 sports comedy movie that was produced by mark burg and david permut and was directed by steve rash plot. Eddie whoopi goldberg film1996 comedy full movie hd. After he forces bailey to quit, burgess names eddie the new head coach. Nobodys fool official trailer 2018 tiffany haddish, whoopi goldberg movie hd subscribe to rapid trailer for all the latest movie trailers.
Eddie is a 1996 sports comedy movie that was produced by mark burg and david permut and was directed by steve rash. Goldberg was partners with frank langella from 1996 until they separated in 2001. This is a light movie that only barely touches on the heavy serious, but its not a laughaminute movie. Whoopi goldberg, dennis farina, aasif mandvi, chris. Eddie, a classic basketball movie, tells the story of a limo driver who wins a content and. Goldberg s super knicks fan thinks she can do better, and she gets the chance when the team runs out of options. Ringo, the mark of vengeance western movie, spaghetti western, english, full length free westerns duration. All the actorsactresses are wonderful in this movie. The new owner, wild bill burgess, rides into town ready to take control. A homicidal escaped mental patient with a brain tumor and only a month to live meets a childlike, mentally challenged man, who becomes her traveling companion for a crosscountry. In eddie, whoopi goldberg plays edwina franklin, whose life changes with one free throw shot at a new york knicks game.
Mentally backward man james belushi, in his best performance hits the road with an escaped female mental patient named eddie whoopi goldberg who has a brain tumor and keeps thinking she sees jesus going by. It was written and directed by jessie nelson, in her feature film directing debut. Whoopi goldberg stars in this story about the struggling new york knicks and one of their biggest fans. When that flops, he decides to fire the regular coach and replace him witheddie.
Steve rashs basketball comedy eddie comes to dvd with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1. The plot of the movie is about edwina eddie franklin whoopi goldberg who wins a chance to be an honorary head coach of the new york knicks and trys to turn around a struggling knicks team. Rated pg for some language and brief sexuality see all certifications. Whoopi goldbergs best comedy roles goldberg is also a comedienne, an actress, a writer and an activist. Knicks, getting its loudest fan, edwina eddie franklin whoopi goldberg, as coach. The screenplay was written by hilary henkin and dean riesner. Eddie is a 1996 american comedy film starring whoopi goldberg and frank langella. Eddie begins with whoopi goldberg playing a limousine dispatcher who does a. Nemcsak a kosarlabda szerelmesei szamara lehet szorakoztato whoopi goldberg dinamikus jateka ebben a pattogo komediaban. The entirety of the film is set in the main characters apartment, and features few actors other than goldberg. What saves the film from abomination is the basketball. Whoopi goldberg simple english wikipedia, the free. He never thought of himself as someone who was dying. Whoopi goldberg, frank langella, dennis farina, et al.
She is one of the few that gave us tremendous laughter with her comedic and dramatic balance as she portrayed characters in her movies. Dec 27, 2019 ringo, the mark of vengeance western movie, spaghetti western, english, full length free westerns duration. Her mother, emma harris, was a teacher and a nurse, and her father, robert james johnson, jr. Eddie movie simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A few real nba players populate this whoopi goldberg comedy about a knicks fan who becomes.
Homer and eddie is a 1989 american comedy film starring whoopi goldberg and jim belushi and directed by andrei konchalovsky. She has won academy, emmy, grammy, and tony awards. Golden globes 1991 whoopi goldberg wins the award for best supporting actress. Unusual film was wrongly advertised as a wacky comedy. Goldbergs super knicks fan thinks she can do better, and she gets the chance when the team runs out of options. Eddie knows every statistic imaginable about the team. Eddie begins with whoopi goldberg playing a limousine dispatcher who does a playbyplay of knicks games over the radio to her drivers. Donald petrie and steve rash eddie murphy 4film collection. If youve come for laughs, whoopi goldberg delivers as eddie, a dedicated and wonderfully obnoxious new york knicks fan. Goldberg plays a limodispatcher eddie who loves to keep her drivers informed of every play made by her beloved knicks, who havent won a game in a long time and have begun to lose fans at an. Chauffeur edwina eddie franklin whoopi goldberg is fanatical about the new york knicks basketball team. Hollywood movie actress whoopi goldberg biography, news. Eddie franklin whoopi goldberg is a limo driver and new york knicks fanatic. Whoopi goldbergs greatgranddaughter better call her whoopi.
She pulls off eddie with that style thats all her own. The following is her filmography throughout her entire acting career. Nobodys fool official trailer 2018 tiffany haddish. In honor of march madness im throwing back to eddie staring whoopi goldberg. Eddie whoopi goldberg film1996 comedy full movie hd youtube. Quotes on the death of patrick swayze this was a wellfought battle.
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