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Ted is a 2012 American comedy film directed by Seth MacFarlane and written by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, and Wellesley Wild. The film stars Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis, with Joel McHale and Giovanni Ribisi in supporting roles, with MacFarlane providing the voice and motion capture of the title character. The film tells the story of John Bennett, a Boston native whose childhood wish brings his teddy bear friend Ted to life. However, in adulthood, Ted prevents John and his love interest Lori Collins from moving on with their lives.
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| Directed by | Seth MacFarlane |
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| Story by | Seth MacFarlane |
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| Narrated by | Patrick Stewart |
| Music by | Walter Murphy |
| Cinematography | Michael Barrett |
| Edited by | Jeff Freeman |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $50 million |
| Box office | $549.4 million |
The film is MacFarlane's feature-length directorial debut, produced by Media Rights Capital and distributed by Universal Pictures. It was the 12th highest-grossing film of 2012 and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song.
A sequel, Ted 2, was released on June 26, 2015.
Screenplay
In 1985, eight-year-old John Bennett is an only child living in Norwood, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, who wished for his new Christmas 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 spread and Ted was briefly a celebrity.
27 years later, John, now 35, and Ted are still living in Boston and are still staunch companions enjoying a hedonistic life. John is dating Lori Collins, who is from Philadelphia. As their anniversary approaches, Lori hopes to marry John but feels he could not move forward with Ted around. John is hesitant about making Ted leave, but he is persuaded to act when they find Ted at home with a group of prostitutes.
John finds Ted his own apartment and a job at a grocery store, where Ted begins dating his co-worker Tami-Lynn. Lori learns that John has been skipping work, using her as an excuse, to continue 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. John intends to stay only a few minutes but gets caught up in the occasion. Lori finds John there and breaks up with him. John blames Ted for ruining his life and banishes him.
John and Ted confront each other about their ruined friendship and they fight but manage to reconcile after a violent brawl in their hotel room. To repair John's relationship with Lori, Ted arranges for an old lover, singer Norah Jones, to help by having John express his love for Lori with a song during her concert. He does an off-key rendition of Octopussy theme song, All Time High, by Rita Coolidge and is booed offstage. Lori is touched by the attempt and returns to her apartment where Ted confesses to his role in John's relapse and offers to leave them alone forever if she talks to John.
Lori is persuaded, but Ted is kidnapped by Donny, an obsessive stalker who idolized Ted as a child. Donny plans to make Ted his brutish son Robert's new toy. Ted manages to reach a phone to contact John but is immediately recaptured. Realizing Ted is in danger, John and Lori locate Donny's residence and track him to rescue Ted. The chase leads to Fenway Park, where John punches Robert, but during the chase, Ted is damaged and falls onto the field ripped entirely in half. A police car arrives, forcing Donny to flee. John and Lori gather Ted's stuffing and Ted relays his wish that John be happy with Lori before dying from his injuries.
Unable to accept Ted's death, a distraught John and Lori attempt to repair Ted, which proves useless. Feeling saddened about the incident, Lori makes a wish on a shooting star. The next morning, John hangs his head while looking over Ted's dead body. Ted is magically restored and reconciles with John and Lori, encouraging them to resume their relationship. John and Lori are married (with Sam Jones as the presiding minister), and Ted comfortably accepts having a life of his own as he and Tami-Lynn continued their love affair. Sam Jones attempts to restart his career and moves into a studio apartment with Brandon Routh. Rex gives up his pursuit of Lori, goes into a deep depression, and dies of Lou Gehrig's disease. Donny gets arrested by the Boston Police Department for kidnapping Ted, but police cannot arrest him as kidnapping a bear toy is not illegal. Robert hires a personal trainer, loses a significant amount of weight, and goes on to become Taylor Lautner.
- Mark Wahlberg as John Bennett, Ted's best friend who as a child wished he would come to life. An immature, childish man in his 30s who loves to smoke pot with his best friend.
- Colton Shires as teenage John Bennett
- Bretton Manley as young John Bennett
- Seth MacFarlane as Ted (voice and motion capture), John's teddy bear and best friend. John wished him to life when he was a kid and the two have remained buddies ever since. Ted currently is a foul-mouthed, toxic, alcoholic teddy bear but he is a lovable character who cares deeply for his friends.
- Zane Cowans as young Ted's voice.
- Tara Strong (uncredited) as Ted's "I Love You" function
- Mila Kunis as Lori Collins, John's girlfriend
- Joel McHale as Rex, Lori's manager and John's arch-rival
- Giovanni Ribisi as Donny, Ted's biggest fan and archenemy
- Aedin Mincks as Robert, Donny's son
- Patrick Warburton as Guy, John's co-worker
- Laura Vandervoort as Tanya, John's co-worker
- Matt Walsh as Thomas Murphy, John's boss
- Jessica Barth as Tami-Lynn McCafferty, Ted's girlfriend and co-worker
- Bill Smitrovich as Frank Stevens, Ted's boss
- Alex Borstein as Helen Bennett, John's mother
- Ralph Garman as Steve Bennett, John's father
- Jessica Stroup as Tracy, Lori's co-worker
- Sam J. Jones as himself
- Ryan Reynolds (uncredited) as Jared, Guy's boyfriend
- Norah Jones as herself
- Tom Skerritt as himself
- Mike Henry as a Southern newscaster
- Robert Wu as Quan Ming/Ming the Merciless
- Ted Danson (uncredited) as himself
- Patrick Stewart as Himself (Narrator)
Seth MacFarlane's directorial debut is a live-action effort, with computer animation handled by visual effects facilities Tippett Studio and Iloura. MacFarlane wrote the screenplay with his Family Guy colleagues Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild. In a "behind the scenes" video, it was revealed that MacFarlane originally wanted to make Ted into an animated TV show, much like his previous works Family Guy, American Dad!, and The Cleveland Show.
Originally, 20th Century Fox was offered to finance and distribute the movie, given its collaboration with MacFarlane for shows like Family Guy, American Dad!, and The Cleveland Show. However, MacFarlane wanted a $65 million budget for the movie, which Fox considered the price to be too high for the R-rated comedy film, let alone for a first-time director, and was skeptical about the film's future success owing to its R-rating. Subsequently, Fox backed out and MacFarlane began to take the project somewhere else. On April 12, 2010, Universal Pictures announced that it had acquired the full rights to Ted after it agreed to a $65 million budget he requested.
On October 26, 2010, Mark Wahlberg joined in the project as the lead actor. Two months later on December 14, Mila Kunis, the voice actress for Meg Griffin from Family Guy, also joined in the cast. On February 23, 2011, Giovanni Ribisi joined Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis in Ted. Filming began in May 2011 in Boston, Norwood and other locations in Massachusetts.
The film was scheduled for release in the United States on July 13, 2012, but it was moved up to June 29, both to avoid competition with Ice Age: Continental Drift (20th Century Fox) and following the delay of G.I. Joe: Retaliation (Paramount Pictures/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer). Internationally, the film was released in Australia on July 5, 2012, and on August 1, 2012 in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
| Ted: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by Walter Murphy and Various Artists | ||||
| Released | June 26, 2012 | |||
| Genre | Film score, jazz, rock | |||
| Length | 56:24 | |||
| Label | Universal Republic | |||
| Producer | Hans Zimmer | |||
| Walter Murphy and Various Artists chronology | ||||
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The film's soundtrack was released by Universal Republic Records on June 26, 2012. It features the score by Walter Murphy and songs by various artists such as Norah Jones and Queen. Seth MacFarlane co-wrote the opening theme "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" with Murphy. The song was later nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 85th Academy Awards.
- Track listing
All tracks by Walter Murphy except where indicated.
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