Eddie (1996)

Director
Steve Rash

Main cast
Whoopi Goldberg; Frank Langella; Dennis Farina; Richard Jenkins; Lisa Ann Walter

Genres
Action, Comedy

Description
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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