Broadcast news

Resource Information

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

Label

Broadcast news

Statement of responsibility

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

Creator

• Broadcast news (Motion picture)

Contributor

• Cusack, Joan, 1962-
• Hackes, Peter
• American Entertainment Partners (Firm)
• Amercent Films
• Ballhaus, Michael, 1935-2017
• Hurt, William
• Maginnis, Molly
• Marks, Richard, 1943-2018
• Platt, Polly
• Prosky, Robert, 1930-2008
• Rosen, Chuck
• Hunter, Holly, 1958-
• Brooks, Albert, 1947-
• Brooks, James L.
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Gracie Films
• Chiles, Lois, 1947-
• Conti, Bill
• Criterion Collection (Firm)

Actor

• Brooks, Albert, 1947-
• Prosky, Robert, 1930-2008
• Hurt, William
• Hunter, Holly, 1958-
• Hackes, Peter
• Cusack, Joan, 1962-
• Chiles, Lois, 1947-

Cinematographer

• Ballhaus, Michael, 1935-2017

Costume designer

• Maginnis, Molly

Editor of moving image work

• Marks, Richard, 1943-2018

Film director

• Brooks, James L.

Film producer

• Platt, Polly
• Brooks, James L.

Presenter

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Production company

• Amercent Films
• American Entertainment Partners (Firm)
• Gracie Films

Production designer

• Rosen, Chuck

Screenwriter

• Brooks, James L.

Subject

• Television news anchors -- Drama
• Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
• Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Washington (D.C.)
• Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
• Women television producers and directors
• Women television producers and directors -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Broadcast journalism
• Broadcast journalism -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Feature films -- United States
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Journalism films
• Journalism films
• Television journalists
• Television journalists -- Washington (D.C.) -- Drama
• Television news anchors

Genre

• Fiction films
• Feature films
• Comedy films
• Journalism films
• Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng

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

Member of

• Criterion collection, 552

Awards note

• 1987 Academy Award nominee for Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Hurt), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Hunter), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Brooks), Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen, Best Cinematography, and Best Film Editing.
• Added to the Library of Congress' National Film Registry in 2018.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; editor, Richard Marks ; music, Bill Conti ; costume designer, Molly Maginnis ; production designer, Charles Rosen ; executive producer, Polly Platt

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R

Language note

Soundtrack in English, with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1997

LC item number

.B76 2010

PerformerNote

William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Joan Cusack, Peter Hackes

Runtime

132

Series statement

Criterion collection

Series volume

552

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action