Broadcast News

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Broadcast News
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R,2hrs 12min
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January 1, 1987
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20th Century Fox
Synopsis: Writer/director/producer James L. Brooks scores on all counts with this clear-eyed look at the television news business and the dysfunctional types who work in it. Brooks' intelligent script introduces us to Jane Craig (Holly Hunter), an ambitious producer at the network news division's Washington D.C. branch, who is calm under fire yet has a good cry at her desk every morning over her empty personal life. Jane works well with Aaron Altman (Albert Brooks), an excellent reporter who lacks the visual ... Full Synopsis
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Broadcast News has a lot of interesting things to say about television. But the thing it does best is look into a certain kind of personality and a certain kind of relationship. Full Review
Metascore
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84
Universal Acclaim
out of 100
Featured Cast
Tom Grunick
Aaron Altman
Jane Craig
Ernie Merriman
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Holly Hunter, 50: Hunter began bewitching audiences in the '80s in films like "Broadcast News" and...
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