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Broadcast News is a 1987 American romantic comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by James L. Brooks. The film concerns a virtuoso television news producer ( Holly Hunter ) who has daily emotional breakdowns, a brilliant yet prickly reporter ( Albert Brooks ), and the latter's charismatic but far less seasoned rival ( William Hurt ).
James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films.He co-created the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Simpsons and directed the films Terms of Endearment (1983), Broadcast News (1987), and As Good as It Gets (1997).
Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein; July 22, 1947) [1] is an American actor, director and screenwriter. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1987 comedy-drama film Broadcast News and was widely praised for his performance in the 2011 action drama film Drive. [2]
James L. Brooks is an American filmmaker. He is known for his work as a writer-director-producer. Brooks is mostly known for his film work often directing films such as Terms of Endearment (1983), Broadcast News (1987), and As Good as it Gets (1997).
Robert Prosky (born Robert Joseph Porzuczek, December 13, 1930 – December 8, 2008) was an American actor.He became a well-known supporting actor in the 1980s with his roles in Thief (1981), Christine (1983), The Natural (1984), and Broadcast News (1987).
Opening Title Production company Cast and crew Ref. J A N U A R Y: 9 Assassination: Cannon Films: Peter R. Hunt (director); Richard Sale (screenplay); Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Stephen Elliott, Jan Gan Boyd, Randy Brooks, Michael Ansara, William Prince, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Jim McMullan, Charles Howerton, Robert Dowdell, Erik Stern, James Staley, Chris Alcaide
Broadcast News may refer to: News, the communication of selected information on current events; news broadcasting, dissemination through telecommunications; Broadcast News, a 1987 movie; Broadcast journalism, the field of electronically published news and journals; Broadcast News (Canada), a subsidiary of the Canadian Press news agency
The film was followed by Broadcast News ($36.7 million), Moonstruck ($25.4 million), The Last Emperor ($11.9 million), and Hope and Glory ($5.2 million). [ 30 ] Of the 50 highest-grossing movies of the year, 39 nominations went to 17 films on the list.