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EDtv

Plot:
In a Hail Mary move for corporate preservation, the San Francisco based
Northwest Broadcasting Corporation launches True TV, a new network which will
broadcast the life of an Average Joe or Jane, 24/7 live and thus unedited, the
subject chosen signed initially for one month. The project is conceived and led
by one of the producers, Cynthia, but her boss, NWBC president Whitaker, will
take the credit if it succeeds, and let her sink as the captain of the ship if
it fails. The network is rebranded EdTV when Cynthia believes she's found her
subject, Ed Pekurny, a native Texas hayseed, who fits the two main criteria that
she is looking for in the person: he is easy on the eyes, and he has what seems
to be a potential trainwreck of a life in that he he is thirty-one years old,
spends most of his time hanging out at the bar, and has no ambition beyond his
longtime dead end job as a clerk in a video store. Ed did not actively campaign
for the job - his blowhard of a brother Ray was the one who played to the
cameras when Cynthia's team was looking for subjects - but ultimately decided to
do it after discussing it with those close to him, namely his immediately family
of his mother, stepfather, and two siblings. After a slow start and despite some
people associated with Ed hamming it up to the cameras in wanting their fifteen
minutes of fame or more, Ed becomes enough of a toast to the TV watching public
for the network to become a success. However, having the cameras rolling during
certain times may not be the most advantageous for those directly involved,
especially as someone from Ed's distant past reenters his life, and an issue
with regard to Ray's relationship with his current girlfriend, a UPS delivery
person named Shari who if Ed was being honest would admit that he is attracted
to himself. Other issues that eventually do emerge is Ed and those around him
using the cameras as a convenient excuse for things that happen, and as
Whitaker, against Cynthia's wants as the moves being totally self-serving,
begins to manipulate Ed to make EdTV more salacious TV viewing.

Actors:
Geoffrey Blake, Gail Boggs, Jenna Byrne, Merrin Dungey

Director:
Ron Howard

Original Title............. Edtv
Release Date............... 22.07.2020
Store Date................. 20.07.2018
Cinedate / STV............. 26 Mar 1999
Production................. Universal Studios
Genre ..................... Comedy, Drama
Runtime ................... 122 min
Source .................... BD50
Audio DTS-HD MA ........... 5.1: German English
Audio DTS-HD MA ........... 2.0: German English
Subtitles ................. German English
Videoformat................ 1920 x 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / Main Profile 4.1
Size ...................... 99 X 500 MB
iMDB Rating ............... 6.1
iMDB Link ................. http://imdb.com/title/tt0131369