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Broadcast News (1987)

★ 6.8 · 473 ratings on TMDB

It’s the story of their lives.

Broadcast News poster★ 6.8

A high-strung news producer finds herself in a love triangle between a talented but self-doubting reporter and a charming news anchor who embodies the growing trivialization of news that she is determined to fight against.

DirectorJames L. Brooks
CastAlbert Brooks, Christian Clemenson, Holly Hunter, Jack Nicholson, Joan Cusack, Lois Chiles
GenresComedy, Romance
The emergence reading

Broadcast News keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

The same preoccupations examined at another scale — one mind versus a nation.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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