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Ted
John Bennett, a man whose childhood wish of bringing his teddy bear to life came true, now must decide between keeping the relationship with the bear or his girlfriend, Lori.
2012 · Directed by Seth MacFarlane · 107 min · Comedy · Fantasy · Screenplay in the scene database · 16 frames
Tagline
Ted is coming.
Plot
In 1985, 8-year-old John Bennett is a friendless only child living in Norwood, Massachusetts. On Christmas Day, he wishes for his new gift, a jumbo teddy bear named Ted, to come to life and become his friend. The wish coincides with a shooting star and comes true; word spreads, and Ted briefly becomes a celebrity.
In 2012, the now 35-year-old John and Ted are still living together in an apartment in Boston with John's girlfriend Lori Collins, and are staunch companions enjoying a hedonistic life. As the couple's fourth anniversary approaches, Lori hopes to marry John, but feels he cannot move forward in life with Ted around. He is hesitant about making Ted leave, but is persuaded to act when they find Ted at home with a group of prostitutes, including one who defecated on the floor, while they were out for their anniversary dinner.
John finds Ted his own apartment and a job at a grocery store, where he begins dating his co-worker, Tami-Lynn. Lori learns that John has been skipping work, using her as an excuse, to spend most of his time with Ted. John and Lori are invited to a party put on by Lori's womanizing manager Rex, but Ted lures John away to a party at his apartment with the offer to meet Sam J. Jones, the star of their favorite film, Flash Gordon.
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Crew
- Screenplay: Seth MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, Wellesley Wild
- Cinematography: Michael Barrett
- Edited by: Jeff Freeman
- Music: Walter Murphy
- Production design: Stephen J. Lineweaver
- Produced by: Seth MacFarlane, John Jacobs, Jason Clark, Scott Stuber
Cast
- Mark Wahlberg as John Bennett
- Mila Kunis as Lori Collins
- Seth MacFarlane as Ted (voice)
- Joel McHale as Rex
- Giovanni Ribisi as Donny
- Patrick Warburton as Guy
- Matt Walsh as Thomas
- Jessica Barth as Tami-Lynn
- Aedin Mincks as Robert
- Bill Smitrovich as Frank
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Universal Pictures, MRC, Fuzzy Door Productions, Bluegrass Films
- Budget: $50,000,000
- Box office: $549,368,315
- Themes: friendship, dreams, satire, love, buddy, teddy bear, toy comes to life, wishes come true, joyous
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