TY - ADVS AU - Ballhaus,Michael AU - Brooks,Albert AU - Brooks,James L. AU - Chiles,Lois AU - Conti,Bill AU - Cusack,Joan AU - Hunter,Holly AU - Hurt,William AU - Maginnis,Molly AU - Marks,Richard AU - Platt,Polly AU - Prosky,Robert AU - Rosen,Chuck ED - Criterion Collection (Firm) ED - Gracie Films. ED - Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. TI - Broadcast news T2 - Criterion collection SN - 1604653701 PY - 2010/// CY - [Irvington, NY] PB - Criterion Collection KW - Broadcast journalism KW - Washington (D.C.) KW - Drama KW - Television journalists KW - Television news anchors KW - Triangles (Interpersonal relations) KW - Women television producers and directors KW - Comedy films KW - lcgft KW - Feature films N1 - Originally released as a motion picture in 1987; Special features: Disc 1. New, restored high-definition digital transfer; Commentary with James L. Brooks and Richard Marks; Original theatrical trailer. Disc 2. "James L. Brooks-a singular voice" documentary on Brooks' career in television and film; Alternate ending and deleted scenes (with commentary by Brooks); "Susan Zirinsky" interview featurette; "Featurette" on-set footage and interviews. Booklet: "LInes and deadlines" essay by Carrie Rickey; disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. Special features; Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; editor, Richard Marks ; music, Bill Conti ; costume designer, Molly Maginnis ; production designer, Charles Rosen; William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Joan Cusack; MPAA rating: R N2 - A 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 and her closest confidant, a cynical veteran reporter. James L. Brooks' witty, gently prophetic entertainment is a captivating transmission from an era in which ideas on love and media were rapidly changing ER -