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| Directed by | Dexter Fletcher |
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| Story by | Simon Kelton |
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| Cinematography | George Richmond |
| Edited by | Martin Walsh |
| Music by | Matthew Margeson |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $23 million [1] |
| Box office | $46.2 million [2] |
Eddie the Eagle is a 2015 biographical sports comedy-drama film directed by Dexter Fletcher. The film stars Taron Egerton as Michael Edwards, a British skier who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping since 1928. Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken, Iris Berben and Jim Broadbent co-star. The film had its first public screening at the Butt-Numb-A-Thon in Austin, Texas on December 12, 2015[3] and its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2016.[4]
The film was released in the United States on February 26, 2016 by 20th Century Fox and in the United Kingdom on March 28, 2016 by Lionsgate.
The film received generally positive reviews from critics and in 2017 it was nominated for the Empire Award for Best British Film.
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