The Ringer

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The Ringer

Directed by	Barry W. Blaustein
Produced by	Bobby Farrelly Peter Farrelly
Written by	Ricky Blitt
Starring	Johnny Knoxville Katherine Heigl Brian Cox
Music by	Mark Mothersbaugh
Cinematography	Mark Irwin
Editing by	George Folsey Jr.
Distributed by	Fox Searchlight
Release date(s)	23 December 2005
Running time	94 min.
Language	English
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The Ringer is a 2005 comedy starring Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl, and Brian Cox. It is produced by the Farrelly Brothers and was released on December 23, 2005 by Fox Searchlight.

[edit] 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 thousands 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. Gary, assuming that Steve will easily defeat the legitimate contenders, bets $100,000 that reigning champion Jimmy Washington (Leonard Flowers) will not win the gold medal. The other contestants easily spot this ringer, but they want to see Jimmy dethroned.