Ed (film)
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Ed is a 1996 comedy film starring Matt LeBlanc
. LeBlanc plays Jack "Deuce" Cooper, a talented baseball pitcher. Deuce also finds a friend in a talented ball-playing chimpanzee, who was originally his team's mascot.
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It received three Razzie Awards nominations for Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay (David M. Evans
), and Worst Screen Couple (for LeBlanc and Ed the mechanical chimp), losing all of those categories to Striptease
starring Demi Moore
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At one point in the film Ed, the talented pitching chimp, is told to pitch at a baseball game. He then proceeds to give the opposing character the finger. This was taken negatively among critics considering the movie is under the PG rating.
Matt LeBlanc
Matthew Steven "Matt" LeBlanc is an American actor, best known for his role as Joey Tribbiani on the NBC sitcoms Friends and its spin-off Joey....
. LeBlanc plays Jack "Deuce" Cooper, a talented baseball pitcher. Deuce also finds a friend in a talented ball-playing chimpanzee, who was originally his team's mascot.
Reception
The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews and was a box office disappointment. Based on 11 reviews, Ed was given a 0% "rotten" rating according to Rotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes
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It received three Razzie Awards nominations for Worst Picture, Worst Screenplay (David M. Evans
David M. Evans
David Mickey Evans is a screenwriter and film director. His films tend to be based around children and focus on the challenges of childhood. Evans is also a huge baseball fan and co-wrote The Sandlot.-Life and career:...
), and Worst Screen Couple (for LeBlanc and Ed the mechanical chimp), losing all of those categories to Striptease
Striptease (film)
-Release:Striptease was distributed by Sony and was finally released in the United States on June 28, 1996, after a June 23 premiere in New York City. It opened in Australia, France and Germany in August, and Argentina, Italy, Bolivia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Brazil and Japan in...
starring Demi Moore
Demi Moore
Demi Guynes Kutcher , known professionally as Demi Moore, is an American actress. After minor roles in film and a role in the soap opera General Hospital, Moore established her career in films such as St...
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At one point in the film Ed, the talented pitching chimp, is told to pitch at a baseball game. He then proceeds to give the opposing character the finger. This was taken negatively among critics considering the movie is under the PG rating.