Eddie
“The newest coach in the NBA has got the Knicks right where she wants them.”
Eddie is a New York limo driver and a fanatical follower of the New York Knicks professional basketball team. The team is struggling with a mediocre record when, in mid-season, "Wild Bill" Burgess, the new owner, as a public relations gimmick, stages an 'honorary coach' contest, which Eddie wins. The fans love it, so "Wild Bill" fires the coach and hires her. She takes the bunch of overpaid prima
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Cast
41 people
Whoopi Goldberg
Eddie Franklin
Known for
Sister Act
Ghost
Frank Langella
Wild Bill Burgess
Known for
The Ninth Gate
The Americans
Dennis Farina
John Bailey
Known for
Snatch
Saving Private Ryan
Richard Jenkins
Carl Zimmer
Known for
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
The Shape of Water
Lisa Ann Walter
Claudine
Known for
Bruce Almighty
The Parent Trap
John Benjamin Hickey
Joe Nader
Known for
Daredevil: Born Again
Flags of Our Fathers
Troy Byer
Beth Hastings
Known for
Weekend at Bernie's II
John Q
John Salley
Nate Wilson
Known for
L.A.'s Finest
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Rick Fox
Terry Hastings
Known for
Greenleaf
Holes
Malik Sealy
Stacy Patton
John Starks
Pickup Player
Also in
In Living Color
Winner Takes All
Mark Jackson
Darren "Preacher" Taylor
Also in
That Peter Kay Thing
The Celebrity Apprentice
Steve Rash Director · Eric Champnella Screenplay Steve Zacharias Screenplay
Worldwide gross $31M · Budget $30M · United States release May 31, 1996
Box office
Budget
$30,000,000
Worldwide gross
$31,387,164
Gross vs. budget
1.0×
Production
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Production
Island Pictures
Production
Hollywood Pictures
Production
Universal Pictures
Production
Buena Vista Pictures
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 31, 1996
Theatrical
Australia
October 31, 1996 · Theatrical · 35mm
Czechia
August 29, 1996 · Theatrical
Germany
December 16, 1996 · Theatrical
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