Broadcast News is a 1987 romantic comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by James L. Brooks. The film concerns a virtuoso television news producer , who has daily emotional breakdowns, a brilliant yet prickly reporter and his charismatic but far less seasoned rival . It also stars Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Joan Cusack, and Jack Nicholson as the evening news anchor. The film revolves around three characters who work in television news. Jane Craig is a talented producer who tries to conceal how important it is for her to be found sexually attractive by a handsome man who... epitomizes everything about television news that appalls her. Jane's best friend and frequent collaborator, Aaron Altman , is a gifted writer and reporter ambitious for on-camera exposure, who is secretly in love with Jane, and embittered by her rejection of him. Tom Grunick , a local news anchorman who was up until recently a sports anchorman, is likable and telegenic, but denied respect due to his intellectual limitations, of which he is all too aware.
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| Release date: | 1987 |
| Directed by: | James L. Brooks |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 133 Minutes |
| Producer: | James L. Brooks |
| Editor: | Richard Marks |
| Music by: | Bill Conti |
| Cinematography: | Michael Ballhaus |
| Screenplay by: | James L. Brooks |
| Estimated budget: | $20,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |