A high-strung news producer finds herself in a love triangle between a talented but self-doubting reporter and a charming news anchor who embodies the growing trivialization of news that she is determined to fight against.
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Holly Hunter
Jane Craig
William Hurt
Tom Grunick
Albert Brooks
Aaron Altman
Robert Prosky
Ernie Merriman
Lois Chiles
Jennifer Mack
Joan Cusack
Blair Litton
Peter Hackes
Paul Moore
Christian Clemenson
Bobby
Jack Nicholson
Bill Rorich
Robert Katims
Martin Klein
Director
James L. Brooks
Tagline
"It’s the story of their lives."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$20,000,000
Revenue
$67,330,500
Production
Amercent Films, American Entertainment Partners L.P., Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox
CinemaSerf
June 18, 2022
Centred around the cut-throat environment of an American newsroom at a time when the focus of the bosses was switching from strong journalistic values to those more ratings-based, we are provided with this premiss. William Hurt ("Grunick") is certainly the more handsome man for the anchorman's chair, but he has nothing like the knowledge or gravitas of colleague and rival "Altman" (Albert Brooks) ...
kevin2019
February 25, 2024
"Broadcast News" is desperately overlong and it stubbornly insists upon indulging in irrelevant mini-prologues of the three main characters at the beginning which has absolutely no bearing on them as adults, but other than this the film does successfully provide a fascinating insight into the pressurised and competitive world of television journalism and it must be applauded for highlighting the u...
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