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Eddie the Eagle (2016)

PG-1302/25/2016Comedy, Drama, History, Adventure1h 46m
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Win or lose, always aim high.

Overview

The feel-good story of Michael 'Eddie' Edwards, an unlikely but courageous British ski-jumper who never stopped believing in himself—even as an entire nation was counting him out. With the help of a rebellious and charismatic coach, Eddie takes on the establishment and wins the hearts of sports fans around the world by making an improbable and historic showing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Taron Egerton

    Eddie Edwards

  2. Cast 1

    Hugh Jackman

    Bronson Peary

  3. Cast 1

    Christopher Walken

    Warren Sharp

  4. Cast 1

    Ania Sowinski

    Carrie

  5. Cast 1

    Mads Sjøgård Pettersen

    Erik Moberg

  6. Cast 1

    Iris Berben

    Petra

  7. Tom Costello

    Eddie (10 years old)

  8. Cast 1

    Jo Hartley

    Janette

  9. Cast 1

    Keith Allen

    Terry

Rarely can the Olympic mantra of Baron Pierre de Coubertin have been better exemplified than by this ski jumper. Now us Brits have a tough enough time at the Winter Olympic Games at the best of times, so the fact that this slightly geeky, bespectacled, young man alighted on ski jumping is even more bizarre. You'd have had to side with his somewhat sceptical dad (Keith Allen). He's not to be deterred, though, and so he heads somewhere snowy (Garmisch) and luckily befriends a local hotel owner who lets him work his passage, so to speak. By his own admission, he's pretty hopeless - barely managin...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$23,000,000.00

Revenue $46,152,411.00

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