Main Cast: Matt LeBlanc, Jayne Brook, Jack Warden, Bill Cobbs, Jay Caputo, Doren Fein
Release Year: 1996
Country: US
Run Time: 94 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
If, in the world of the movies, a dog can play basketball and a donkey can play football, why can't a chimp play baseball? That question is answered in the family comedy Ed. Jack "Deuce" Cooper (Matt LeBlanc) is a struggling baseball pitcher who has great natural talent but keeps choking under pressure. Traded to a class A minor league team, Deuce is appalled to discover his third baseman -- and roommate on the road -- is a chimpanzee named Ed Sullivan. While Ed can actually hold his own on the diamond, Deuce feels there's something a bit undignified about having to look after a monkey, and it doesn't help that Ed has poor hygiene and a chronic case of flatulence. Ed was Matt LeBlanc's first starring vehicle following his success on the TV series Friends. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Patrick Kerr - Kirby Woods; Denise Cheshire - Ed Sulliva; Philip Bruns - Clarence; James Caviezel - Dizzy Anderson; Mike McGlone - Oliver Barnett; Valente Rodriguez - Jesus Rodriguez; Charlie Schlatter - Buddy Halsten
Credit
Michael L. Fox - Art Director, Kathryn Couturie - Associate Producer, Ned Gusick - Associate Producer, Shari Rhodes - Casting, Joseph Middleton - Casting, Robin Lewis - Costume Designer, Margaret E. Fannin - First Assistant Director, Bill Couturie - Director, Robert Grasmere - Second Unit Director, Robert Lambert - Editor, Bill Couturie - Executive Producer, William Finnegan - Executive Producer, Brad Epstein - Executive Producer, Stephen Endelman - Composer (Music Score), Dave Nelson - Makeup, Curtis Schnell - Production Designer, Alan Caso - Cinematographer, Rosalie Swedlin - Producer, Crista Schneider - Set Designer, Jacob Goldstein - Sound/Sound Designer, Robert Grasmere - Special Effects Supervisor, David Mickey Evans - Screenwriter, Janus Cercone - Screenwriter, Ken Richards - Screenwriter
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.
Reception
The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews and was a box office disappointment.
