Sunday 25 August 2013

Broadcast News

Also Known As: Network News

Company: Amercent Films / American Entertainment Partners L.P. / Gracie Films

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Plot: Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance.

Cast and Character: William Hurt as Tom Grunick / Albert Brooks as Aaron Altman / Holly Hunter as Jane Craig / Robert Prosky as Ernie Merriman / Lois Chiles as Jennifer Mack / Joan Cusack as Blair Litton / Peter Hackes as Paul Moore / Christian Clemenson as Bobby / Jack Nicholson as Bill Rorish / Robert Katims as Martin Klein / Ed Wheeler as George Wein / Stephen Mendillo as Gerald Grunick / Kimber Shoop as Young Tom / Dwayne Markee as Young Aaron / Gennie James as Young Jane

Creators: n/A

Description: Take two rival TV reporters: one handsome, one talented, both male. Add one producer, female. Mix well and watch the sparks fly.

Directors: James L. Brooks

Genres: Comedy / Drama / Romance

Location: 600 East Capitol Street SE, Capitol Hill, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

MPAA: R

Opening Weekend: n/A

Poster: posters/0092699.jpg

Rating: 7.1

Release Date: 16 December 1987 (USA)

Runtime: 133 min

Seasons: n/A

Sound Mix: Dolby

Tagline: It's the story of their lives.

Title: Broadcast News

Trailer:

Url: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092699/

Votes: 15,965

Writers: James L. Brooks

Year: 1987


Broadcast News got rated 7.1.

About the movie: Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and substance.


A Brief History of Time got rated 7.4.

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Pane, amore e fantasia got rated 6.8.

About the movie: Marshal Antonio Carotenuto is sent to Sagliena, an imaginary little village in the center of Italy in the '50s, to assume his new mandate. In the village he knows Maria (Frisky) AKA 'la Bersagliera', secretly in love with a policeman (Carabiniere) reporting to Antonio. But also Paoletta, the priest's nephew, loves him. Things become more complicated when Annarella, the midwife, starts demonstrating her love to Antonio. She is hiding a secret and the Marshal soon will be in a restless situation.


Blue Velvet got rated 7.8.

About the movie: A man returns to his home town after being away and discovers a severed human ear in a field. Not satisfied with the police's pace, he and the police detective's daughter carry out their own investigation. The object of his investigation turns out to be a beautiful and mysterious woman involved with a violent and perversely evil man.

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