Director: Dylan Grey Martin
A limo driver's devotion to a losing basketball team turns his ordinary week into something stranger in "Eddie," a 2024 comedy from director Dylan Grey Martin.
What is Eddie about?
Eddie ferries strangers around New York City for a living, but his real loyalty belongs to the Knicks, a team that has given him decades of heartbreak and precious little else. When a chance encounter pulls him into the orbit of the team he obsesses over, Eddie has to decide how far a lifelong fan is willing to go for one shot at something bigger than another late-night radio call-in rant. The film leans on the particular comedy of sports obsession: the rituals, the superstitions, the friendships built entirely around shared misery in the stands. Joseph Miller anchors the story as Eddie, with Ross Rebennack, Ingrid Safranek, James Timphony, Natalie Polisson and Marisol Miranda rounding out the people who orbit his cab and his fandom. Shot on location around New York, the film treats the city itself as a supporting character, all traffic jams and diner counters and sports-bar arguments.
Cast & crew
Joseph Miller carries the film in the title role, playing Eddie with a mix of stubborn optimism and self-aware exhaustion that keeps the character likable even at his most obsessive. Ross Rebennack and Ingrid Safranek provide steady support, while James Timphony, Natalie Polisson and Marisol Miranda fill out a supporting cast that gives the New York setting its texture.
Context & significance
"Eddie" arrived in 2024 as a small-scale comedy built around a very specific kind of fandom: the New York sports fan whose identity is tied to a team that rarely rewards the loyalty. Director Dylan Grey Martin keeps the scale intimate, favoring character comedy over spectacle, and the basketball backdrop functions more as emotional shorthand than as sports drama in the traditional sense. At roughly 100 minutes, the film moves briskly through its central relationship story without overstaying its welcome.
Where & how to watch
"Eddie" is available to stream on K-Time with Persian subtitles, so Farsi-speaking viewers can follow the dialogue in their own language while watching the original English performances. Creating a free account unlocks playback along with the rest of K-Time's catalog, browsable through a fully Farsi interface built for the Iranian diaspora audience.