Release Year: 1987 Rating: R Duration: 133 minutes Director: James L Brooks, Albert Brooks Producer: James L Brooks
synopsis
A satiric look at the inner workings of the Washington news bureau of a major TV network and the romantic triangle between the feisty young female producer, the vain male news anchor, and the good-hearted male reporter.
cast
Holly Hunter as Jane Craig Jack Nicholson as Bill Rorich Joan Cusack as Blair Litton William Hurt as Tom Grunick
Politics, talent, attitude and perseverance can be crucial factors when pursuing a career in the media. In a business loaded with constant restructuring, downsizing and often a push towards flash over substance, the factors listed above along with ethics and some perky romantic escapades are examined in James L. Brooks' 'Broadcast News'. Brooks, the man responsible for creating several successful television series ('Taxi' etc.) made a successful transition to the big screen as a talented filmmaker who won three Oscars in one night for 'Terms of Endearment' as that film's producer, director and screenwriter based on Larry McMurtry's novel. That was 1983 and it would take Brooks four years to follow-up that film with 'Broadcast News'. I myself have worked in the media and having worked in the field himself, Brooks was right on target in his depiction of three characters (William Hurt, Holly Hunter and Albert Brooks) and their different personalities leading to their eventual destinies in the workplace. Their destinies in the field of romantic endeavour also come into play and 'Broadcast News' has a most generous and satisfying conclusion.
