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Holly Hunter, Albert Brooks, William Hurt
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Writer-director James L. Brooks waited four years after his Oscar-sweeping Terms of Endearment to deliver a follow-up, but it was well worth the wait. This biting and often hilarious indictment of TV journalism is blessed with a superior script and outstanding performances from William Hurt, Holly Hunter and Albert Brooks as a group of workaholics who find that their personal and professional lives have become one and the same. Read the complete review for Broadcast News
Year: 1987
Rated R

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Cast
William Hurt: Tom Grunick
Albert Brooks: Aaron Altman
Holly Hunter: Jane Craig
Robert Prosky: Ernie Merriman
Lois Chiles: Jennifer Mack
Joan Cusack: Blair Litton

 

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    For my money, tonight’s episode provided some of the most heartfelt emotion we’ve seen this season — emotion that was no doubt underscored by the devastating events of the past week. Rarely have the themes of loss and family been more resonant as we all witnessed how, in an instant, lives can be irrevocably altered by tragic circumstances.Robert Prosky touchingly portrayed the elderly, Alzheimer’s-stricken man facing the unexpected death of his caregiver son (played by his real-life son Andy Prosky). His reaction in the moments following his son’s death was gut-wrenching and the situation became even more heartbreaking as the man had to be reminded of his loss moments later. Robert Prosky is one of those actors who has made a career out of small but memorable roles, and his turn tonight was no exception. (The actor has definitely aged in recent years — it was hard to believe that this was the same guy who played boss and mentor to Holly Hunter’s... read more
  • FlickChick | 3/2/2006
    Renee Zellweger has been nominated for an Oscar three years in a row ? can you tell me how many other t read more
  • FlickChick | 8/21/2003
    Question: My mother told me about a movie about a local news channel station whose management hires a total idiot as a n read more
  • TV Guide Interviews & Features | 6/10/2002
    "I look at real life and I'm going, 'This is like a time warp,'" says Albert Brooks, who watched some of his 1987 film B read more
  • TV Guide Interviews & Features | 2/9/2001
    When Saturday Night Live sacked Joan Cusack in 1986, after just one season on the series, she entered a dark period. "It read more

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