Broadcast news, Twentieth Century Fox ; a Gracie Films production ; a film by James L. Brooks ; written, produced and directed by James L. Brooks ; produced in association with Amercent Films and American Entertainment Partners
Type
Label
Broadcast news, Twentieth Century Fox ; a Gracie Films production ; a film by James L. Brooks ; written, produced and directed by James L. Brooks ; produced in association with Amercent Films and American Entertainment Partners
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R
Main title
Broadcast news
Oclc number
694630186
Responsibility statement
Twentieth Century Fox ; a Gracie Films production ; a film by James L. Brooks ; written, produced and directed by James L. Brooks ; produced in association with Amercent Films and American Entertainment Partners
Runtime
132
Series statement
Criterion collection, 552
Summary
"This caustic inside look at the Washington news media stars Holly Hunter in her breakout role, as a feisty television producer torn between an ambitious yet dim anchorman (William Hurt) and her closest confidant, a cynical veteran reporter (Albert Brooks). James L. Brooks' witty, gently prophetic entertainment is a captivating transmission from an era in which ideas on love and media were rapidly changing"--Container
Table Of Contents
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Conti, Bill
- Brooks, Albert, 1947-
- Chiles, Lois, 1947-
- Brooks, James L.
- Marks, Richard, 1943-2018
- Hunter, Holly, 1958-
- Hurt, William
- Hackes, Peter
- Maginnis, Molly
- American Entertainment Partners (Firm)
- Platt, Polly
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- Rosen, Chuck
- Prosky, Robert, 1930-2008
- Ballhaus, Michael, 1935-2017
- Cusack, Joan, 1962-
- Amercent Films
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Gracie Films
Genre
Subject
- Comedy films
- Television journalists -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Broadcast journalism -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama
- Journalism films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Television news anchors -- Drama
- Romance films
- Feature films
- National Film Registry
- Women television producers and directors -- Drama
- Fiction films
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- Conti, Bill
- Brooks, Albert, 1947-
- Chiles, Lois, 1947-
- Brooks, James L.
- Marks, Richard, 1943-2018
- Hunter, Holly, 1958-
- Hurt, William
- Hackes, Peter
- Maginnis, Molly
- American Entertainment Partners (Firm)
- Platt, Polly
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- Rosen, Chuck
- Prosky, Robert, 1930-2008
- Ballhaus, Michael, 1935-2017
- Cusack, Joan, 1962-
- Amercent Films
- Criterion Collection (Firm)
- Gracie Films
- Genre7
- Subject14
- Comedy films
- Television journalists -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Broadcast journalism -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
- Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama
- Journalism films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films -- United States
- Television news anchors -- Drama
- Romance films
- Feature films
- National Film Registry
- Women television producers and directors -- Drama
- Fiction films
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