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Broadcast News Poster

Broadcast News

R
Movie
1987
2h 13m
English
Comedy, Romance
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.
Rating
WATCHMODE
7.2
IMDB
Broadcast News (1987) on IMDb
CRITIC SCORE
91

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William Hurt
Tom Grunick
Albert Brooks
Aaron Altman
Holly Hunter
Jane Craig
Robert Prosky
Ernie Merriman
Lois Chiles
Jennifer Mack
Joan Cusack
Blair Litton
Peter Hackes
Paul Moore
Jack Nicholson
Bill Rorich
Robert Katims
Martin Klein
Ed Wheeler
George Wein
Stephen Mendillo
Gerald Grunick
Kimber Shoop
Young Tom
Dwayne Markee
Young Aaron
Gennie James
Young Jane
Leo Burmester
Jane's Dad
Amy Brooks
Elli Merriman
Jane Welch
Anne Merriman
Jonathan Benya
Clifford Altman
Manuel Alvarez
Spanish Cameraman
Luis Valderrama
Guerilla Leader
Francisco Garcia
Guerilla Soldier
Richard Thomsen
General McGuire
Directed By: James L. Brooks
Written By: James L. Brooks (Screenplay)

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DryNosedDog says...
3 years ago
This is a comedy only in the truest Shakespearean way; none of the characters die. It's still well crafted and enjoyable.
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Spiritualized Kaos says...
3 years ago
Good review of the world of Mass Media.
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samtasia says...
3 years ago
this causes me devastation. yet it hurts so good...
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Juliosoft says...
5 years ago
Years without seeing it and I still like everything, actors, direction, script ..... How young the protagonists look. "What a shame the layoffs" "If you lowered your salary by a million you would save some layoffs" He looks at him with a layoffs face
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CinemaSerf
2 years ago
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 More
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kevin2019
9 months ago
"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 pressu More
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