The Ringer

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The Ringer is a 2005 comedy film in which Johnny Knoxville pretends to be intellectually disabled in order to rig the Special Olympics, leading to unexpected friendships and moral lessons.

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The Ringer canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
character Gary Barker ⓘ
linked to: Steve Barker

Jimmy ⓘ
Lynn Sheridan ⓘ
Steve Barker ⓘ
cinematographyBy Mark Irwin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Barry W. Blaustein ⓘ
distributor Fox Searchlight Pictures ⓘ
editedBy George Folsey Jr. ⓘ
featuresOrganization Special Olympics ⓘ
filmingLocation Austin, Texas ⓘ
linked to: City of Austin

Texas ⓘ
genre comedy film ⓘ
sports comedy film ⓘ
hasSubject intellectual disability ⓘ
sports competition ⓘ
hasTheme disability representation ⓘ
ethics in sports ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
leadActor Johnny Knoxville ⓘ
mpaaRating PG-13 ⓘ
musicBy Mark Mothersbaugh ⓘ
narrativeFocus deception leading to personal growth ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A man pretends to be intellectually disabled to rig the Special Olympics but develops friendships and learns moral lessons. ⓘ
producer Bobby Farrelly ⓘ
James Melkonian ⓘ
Peter Farrelly ⓘ
productionCompany Broken Lizard Industries ⓘ
Conundrum Entertainment ⓘ
publicationDate 2005-12-23 ⓘ
releaseYear 2005 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 94 ⓘ
screenwriter Ricky Blitt ⓘ
setIn Special Olympics ⓘ
starring Brian Cox ⓘ
Edward Barbanell ⓘ
Jed Rees ⓘ
Johnny Knoxville ⓘ
Katherine Heigl ⓘ
storyBy Ricky Blitt ⓘ

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Johnny Knoxville → starredIn → The Ringer ⓘ
Geoffrey Arend → appearedIn → The Ringer ⓘ