Broadcast News (1987) on Netflix
Jane Craig produces news at a Washington bureau and resents the drift toward entertainment. Her friend Aaron Altman loves her; Tom Grunick arrives, a telegenic anchor new to hard news.
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Plot summary
In the Washington newsroom of a national network, Jane Craig produces the news and trusts her own judgment, though she weeps in private when the strain of persuading others builds up. Aaron Altman, the reporter she works with most closely and her closest friend, understands a story better than he handles a conversation, and he keeps his feelings for Jane to himself. The bureau takes on Tom Grunick, an anchor whose rise began in sports, who is easy on camera and likable and knows that political news does not come naturally to him. Tom wants Jane to show him the job, and Aaron sees in him a rival for Jane's time. Jane is drawn to Tom even though he represents the softer, style-first broadcasting she opposes.
Cast
- Peter Hackesas Paul Moore
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Broadcast News (1987)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- The lead role of Jane Craig was written for Debra Winger, who had worked with James L. Brooks on Terms of Endearment, but Winger became pregnant and had to be replaced by Holly Hunter just two days before filming began, after Sigourney Weaver, Dianne Wiest, Jessica Lange, Elizabeth Perkins and Mary Beth Hurt were also considered.
- News producer Jane Craig was modeled on real CBS journalist and producer Susan Zirinsky, who worked on the film itself as associate producer and technical advisor.
- Writer-director James L. Brooks wrote the role of reporter Aaron Altman specifically with his longtime friend Albert Brooks in mind.
