Eddie the Eagle (film)

Eddie the Eagle is a 2016 biographical sports comedy-drama film directed by Dexter Fletcher. The film stars Taron Egerton as Eddie Edwards, a British skier who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping. Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken, Iris Berben and Jim Broadbent co-star. The film had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2016. The film was released by 20th Century Fox in the U.S. and Canada on 26 February 2016 and by Lionsgate in the UK on 28 March 2016.

Eddie the Eagle (film)

Eddie the Eagle is a 2016 biographical sports comedy-drama film directed by Dexter Fletcher. The film stars Taron Egerton as Eddie Edwards, a British skier who in 1988 became the first competitor to represent Great Britain in Olympic ski jumping. Hugh Jackman, Christopher Walken, Iris Berben and Jim Broadbent co-star. The film had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2016. The film was released by 20th Century Fox in the U.S. and Canada on 26 February 2016 and by Lionsgate in the UK on 28 March 2016.