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==Plot== ==Plot==
The story follows Steve (Knoxville), who must raise a large sum of money to pay for a surgery to re-attach his gardener's fingers. His uncle Gary (Cox), who owes $40,000 in gambling debts, suggests that they ] the ] in order to solve both of their financial problems. Steve, who competed in ] in high school as well as being in the ] club, enters the Special Olympics in the guise of a "high functioning ] young man" named Jeffy Dahmor. Gary, assuming that Steve will easily defeat the legitimate contenders, bets $100,000 that reigning champion Jimmy Washington will not win the gold medal. While in this he falls in love with a volnteer who's name escapes me. The other contestants easily spot this ] and they help him cause Jimmy's loss. He does not actually win, his friend, Glenn, does. Jeffey gets the girl in the end.


==Reception== ==Reception==

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2005 film
The Ringer
Directed byBarry W. Blaustein
Written byRicky Blitt
Produced byBobby Farrelly
Peter Farrelly
StarringJohnny Knoxville
Katherine Heigl
Brian Cox
CinematographyMark Irwin
Edited byGeorge Folsey Jr.
Music byMark Mothersbaugh
Distributed byFox Searchlight
Release dates23 December, 2005
Running time94 min.
LanguageEnglish
For The Legend of Zelda episode with the same name, see The Ringer (episode)

The Ringer is a 2005 comedy starring Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl, and Brian Cox with cameos by Terry Funk and Jesse Ventura. It is produced by the Farrelly Brothers and was released on December 23, 2005 by Fox Searchlight.

Plot

The story follows Steve (Knoxville), who must raise a large sum of money to pay for a surgery to re-attach his gardener's fingers. His uncle Gary (Cox), who owes $40,000 in gambling debts, suggests that they fix the Special Olympics in order to solve both of their financial problems. Steve, who competed in track and field in high school as well as being in the drama club, enters the Special Olympics in the guise of a "high functioning developmentally disabled young man" named Jeffy Dahmor. Gary, assuming that Steve will easily defeat the legitimate contenders, bets $100,000 that reigning champion Jimmy Washington will not win the gold medal. While in this he falls in love with a volnteer who's name escapes me. The other contestants easily spot this ringer and they help him cause Jimmy's loss. He does not actually win, his friend, Glenn, does. Jeffey gets the girl in the end.

Reception

The movie was met with mixed reviews. Some critics thought that it was too predictable. However, noted critic Roger Ebert gave it a positive review.

There is currently a lot of controversy that the movie's plot was stolen from animated series "South Park" in an episode where "Cartman" pretended to be mentally handicapped to win a prize in the Special Olympics.

Box office

When it opened it earned $7,702,439 and its box office total was $35,019,634. It also earned $40,800,000 in DVD sales.

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