The Ringer Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Special has been redefined.

The Ringer

The only option to erase a really bad debt, is for a young guy to rig the Special Olympics by posing as a contestant.

Director: Barry Blaustein

Starring: Johnny Knoxville • Brian Cox • Katherine Heigl • Zen Gesner • Jed Rees

PG-13 Comedy 1 hr, 40 m

83% WILL SEE 17% WON'T SEE

Plot: When Steve Barker (Johnny Knoxville) finds himself running dead last in the corporate rat race, he sinks to an all time low...he attempts to rig the Special Olympics by pretending to be intellectually challenged. But, Barker is completely out-classed by his fellow Olympians, who are not only better athletes; they're just plain better people. And they're on to him. But rather than rat-out the rat, they join forces with him to once and for all beat Jimmy, the cocky reigning champion of the annual games. With a work-out regime uniquely their own, they train Barker to go for the gold and, in the process, show him what's at the heart of a true winner.

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Johnny Knoxville
The Luckiest Man in America, Elvis & Nixon
B
Brian Cox
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Super Troopers 3: Winter Soldiers
Katherine Heigl
New Year's Eve, Killers
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Zen Gesner
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Jed Rees
Hit By Lightning, Love, Guaranteed
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John Taylor

A look at The Ringer behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Barry Blaustein last helmed Peep World and Wouldn't It Be Nice. The film's writer Ricky Blitt last penned Hit By Lightning and The Drop-Out.

Dec 2004

Changed The Ringer movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for crude and sexual humor, language, and some drug references
Runtime: 1 hr, 40 m
Tagline: Special has been redefined.
Also known as: Not available
Language: English