Broadcast news

Resource Information

The work Broadcast news represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Morton Public Library District. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Broadcast news

Statement of responsibility

Twentieth Century Fox presents ; a Gracie Films production ; a film by James L. Brooks ; co-producer, Penney Finkelman Cox ; executive producer, Polly Platt ; written, directed, and produced by James L. Brooks

Creator

• Broadcast news (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Gracie Films
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Ballhaus, Michael, 1935-2017
• Brooks, Albert, 1947-
• Brooks, James L
• Chiles, Lois, 1947-
• Conti, Bill
• Cox, Penney Finkelman
• Cusack, Joan, 1962-
• Hunter, Holly, 1958-
• Hurt, William
• Nicholson, Jack
• Platt, Polly
• Prosky, Robert, 1930-2008

Subject

• Broadcast journalism
• Broadcast journalism -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Periodismo -- Washington (D.C.) -- Teatro
• Relaciones humanas -- Teatro
• Romantic comedy films
• Television journalists
• Television journalists -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
• Televisión -- Producción y dirección -- Teatro
• Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
• Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Washington (D.C.)
• Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
• Women television producers and directors
• Women television producers and directors -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama

Genre

• Comedy films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Romantic comedy films
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Romantic triangle set in the world of television news. Tom Grunick is the perfect modern anchorman. He's got the smooth charm and handsome good looks that America loves. Jane Craig is the brilliant hot-shot producer, committed to fighting the trend toward flashy, style-over-substance "personality" news, whose job it now is to make Tom look like a newsman. Aaron Altman is the dedicated reporter, utterly devoid of on-camera charisma, who's jealous and resentful of Tom's instant success both on camera with the public and off camera with Jane

Cataloging source

ACN

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; costume designer, Molly Maginnis ; music, Bill Conti ; casting, Ellen Chenoweth ; editor, Richard Marks ; production designer, Charles Rosen

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

• MPAA rating: R
• CHV rating 14A
• OFRB rating: AA

Language note

Dialogue in English (2.0) and French (mono.) with optional subtitles in English and Spanish; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.B76 2009

PerformerNote

William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Joan Cusack, Jack Nicholson

Runtime

132

Technique

live action