Broadcast news [videorecording] / Twentieth Century Fox ; a Gracie Films production ; a film by James L. Brooks ; executive producer, Polly Platt ; written, produced and directed by James L. Brooks.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: CC1968D | Criterion CollectionSeries: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 552.Publication details: [Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, 2010.Edition: Director-approved two-DVD special edDescription: 2 videodiscs (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)ISBN:- 1604653701
- 9781604653700
- Broadcast news (Motion picture).
- Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; editor, Richard Marks ; music, Bill Conti ; costume designer, Molly Maginnis ; production designer, Charles Rosen.
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Adult DVD | Main Library | DVD | COMEDY Broadcas | Available | 33111008289585 |
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.
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.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 surround.
In English with optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.