Eddie (1996)
The newest coach in the NBA has got the Knicks right where she wants them.
100 min
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
- Release date
- May 31, 1996
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $30,000,000
- Box office
- $31,387,164
Trailer
Cast
- Whoopi Goldberg as Eddie
- Frank Langella as Wild Bill Burgess
- Dennis Farina as Coach Bailey
- Richard Jenkins as Assistant Coach Zimmer
- Lisa Ann Walter as Claudine
- John Benjamin Hickey as Joe Nader
- Troy Byer as Beth Hastings
- John Salley as Nate Wilson
- Rick Fox as Terry Hastings
- Malik Sealy as Stacy Patton
Crew
- Steve Rash · Director
- Steve Zacharias · Writer
- Jeff Buhai · Writer
- Jon Connolly · Writer
- David Loucka · Writer
- Mark Burg · Producer
- David Permut · Producer
- Stanley Clarke · Composer
- Victor J. Kemper · Cinematographer
- Richard Halsey · Editor
- Reuben Cannon · Casting director
- Dan Davis · Production designer