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
Genres
Action, Comedy
Studio
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Language
en
Status
Released
How Eddie performed
Budget
$30.0M
Worldwide Gross
$31.4M
Gross Profit
$1.4M
Return
1.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$4M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~35/65, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (38% of the domestic run, typical for Action) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Cast
Eddie Franklin
Whoopi Goldberg
Eddie Franklin
Wild Bill Burgess
Frank Langella
Wild Bill Burgess
John Bailey
Dennis Farina
John Bailey
Carl Zimmer
Richard Jenkins
Carl Zimmer
Claudine
Lisa Ann Walter
Claudine
Joe Nader
John Benjamin Hickey
Joe Nader
Beth Hastings
Troy Byer
Beth Hastings
Nate Wilson
John Salley
Nate Wilson
Terry Hastings
Rick Fox
Terry Hastings
Stacy Patton
Malik Sealy
Stacy Patton
Pickup Player
John Starks
Pickup Player
Darren "Preacher" Taylor
Mark Jackson
Darren "Preacher" Taylor
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