DVD Features:
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 2 hours, 12 minutes
- Video: Color
- Released: October 5, 1999
- Originally Released: 1987
- Label: 20th Century Fox
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- NTSC
- Packaging: Keep Case
- Aspect Ratio: Letterbox - 1.85
- Audio:
- 2.0 Mono - French
- 2.0 Surround - English
- Interactive Features:
- Scene Access
- Interactive Menus
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - 12/14/1989
"...One of the most enjoyable and literate romantic comedies ever filmed..."
New York Times - 12/16/1987
"...Three smashing star performances by [Hunter, Hurt and Brooks]....Its wit is decently humane..."
Variety - 12/09/1987
"...Enormously entertaining....The bustling Washington newsroom is a colorful and fascinating stage..."
Los Angeles Times - 12/16/1987
"...Diabolically clever....Brooks' talent for observation and for truthful, careful writing borders on the eerie..."
Premiere - 04/01/2004
"[With] one of cinema's most delightfully complex and obsessive heroines....It's impossible to imagine anyone other than Hunter as this winning, though never winsome, working girl."
Film Comment - 01/01/2011
"[A] relevant and painfully hilarious indictment of the media's promotion of false emotion..."
Entertainment Weekly - 01/28/2011
"Wickedly funny and smart....It's a brilliant film, whether you're watching it for the first or fifth time." -- Grade: A
Sight and Sound - 04/01/2011
"A warm, humanist comedy about the struggle to reconcile work, love and ethics, it's the kind of character-driven, meticulous performed and emotionally crunchy work that Hollywood has lately rendered almost extinct."
Product Description:
A handsome if hollow anchorman, a sexy, overachieving producer and a stolid, camera-shy reporter make for a chaotic lovers triangle in this smart and sensitive comedy about misplaced love. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Picture, Best Actor--William Hurt, Best Actress--Holly Hunter, Best Supporting Actor--Albert Brooks, Best (Original) Screenplay.
Product Description:
In James L. Brooks' quirky, romantic comedy, three ambitious workaholics are set loose in a network TV newsroom where their professional and personal lives become hopelessly cross-wired. Tom (William Hurt) is the modern anchorman, smooth, handsome and a bit dumb. Jane (Holly Hunter) is his driven, brilliant producer, determined to turn Tom into a real newsman. And Aaron (Albert Brooks) is a seasoned, totally uncharismatic reporter who can't stand Tom's instant success on-camera or with Jane. It all adds up to one explosively funny romantic triangle.
Plot Synopsis:
James Brooks directs William Hurt, Holly Hunter and Albert Brooks in this satirical comedy about three ambitious newscasters.
Tom Grunick, a rising anchorman, has plenty of on-camera savvy, personality and good looks but little in the way of brains. He may be dumb as a doornail but Tom's got the star presence his network needs. Then there's Aaron Altman, a less than good-looking newsman, who's dedicated, diligent and down-to-earth. Aaron would love to be an anchor but he freezes up the moment he's in front of the camera. Spunky, smart news producer Jane Craig is excellent at her job but has difficulty handling the pressure. Can these workaholics mask their personal quirks long enough to jump-start their professional lives?
Plot Keywords:
Love Triangle |
Recommended |
Romance |
Theatrical Release
Production Notes:
- Additional cast members include: peter Hackes, Christian Clemenson, Robert Katims and Ed Wheeler.
- James L. Brooks, who began his own career in a television newsroom, got the idea for "Broadcast News" when a journalist invited him to the 1984 Democratic Convention. Plunged into the world of network news, he developed friendships with a dozen TV correspondents, ultimately creating characters based on their lives and personalities.
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