Broadcast News

Robert Osborne Introduces Broadcast News, 1987.

Robert Osborne introduces Broadcast News, 1987.

Rising reporter Tom (William Hurt) growing into his role, with editor Bobby (Christian Clemens), then his story (with date-rape victim Marita Geraghty) watched in the newsroom, Aaron (Albert Brooks), producer Jane (Holly Hunter) and anchor Jack Nicholson reacting, in Broadcast News., 1987.

Overwrought TV news producer Jane (Holly Hunter) doesn’t go over well, giving a speech about the decline in news coverage before a professional conference, but is reassured when she meets Tom (William Hurt), a budding anchorman, early in James L. Brooks’ Broadcast News, 1987.

Newsroom action scene stolen by desperate Joan Cusack's barrelling run with a videotape, producer Jane (Holly Hunter) with editor Bobby (Christian Clemens), reporter Aaron (Albert Brooks) in support and newly-hired Tom (William Hurt) dazzled, in James L. Brooks’ Broadcast News, 1987.

Reporter Aaron (Albert Brooks) and producer Jane (Holly Hunter) under fire in Nicaragua, followed by one of her crying fits, then in the control room with exec Ernie (Robert Prosky), assistant Blair (Joan Cusack), new-hire Tom (William Hurt) and anchorman Bill (Jack Nicholson), in Broadcast News, 1987.