The Paper is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton, Robert Duvall, and Glenn Close. The film depicts 24 hours in a newspaper editor's professional and personal life. Henry Hackett is the metro editor of the New York Sun, a fictional New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. He is at risk of experiencing the same fate as his publisher, Bernie White, who put his work first at the expense of his family. The paper's owner, Graham Keighley, faces dire financial straits, so he... has Alicia Clark, the managing editor and Henry's nemesis, impose unpopular cutbacks. Henry's wife Martha, a reporter on leave and about to give birth, is fed up because Henry seems to have less and less time for her, and she really dislikes Alicia Clark. She urges him to seriously consider an offer to leave the Sun and become an assistant managing editor at the New York Sentinel, a fictional newspaper based on The New York Times, which would mean more money, shorter hours, more respectability but might also be a bit boring for his tastes.
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| Release date: | March 18, 1994 |
| Directed by: | Ron Howard |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 112 Minutes |
| Producer: | Brian Grazer, David Koepp, Frederick M. Zollo |
| Editor: | Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill |
| Music by: | Randy Newman |
| Cinematography: | John Seale |
| Screenplay by: | David Koepp, Stephen Koepp |
| Estimated budget: | $20,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |