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Absence of Malice
Staring: Paul Newman and Sally Field
Director: Sydney Pollack
Genre: Drama, Romance
"Paul Newman plays the son of a long dead Mafia boss who is a simple liquor
warehouse owner. Frustrated in his attempt to solve a murder of a union head, a
prosecutor leaks a false story that Newman is a target of the investigation,
hoping that he will tell them something for protection. As his life begins to
unravel, others are hurt by the story. Sally Field, the reporter, is in the
clear under the Absence of Malice rule in slander and libel cases. Knowing
nothing to trade to the prosecutors, Newman must regain control of his life on
different ground."
All the King's Men
Staring: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland and Sadie Burke
Director: Robert Rossen
Genre: Drama
"All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a
rural county seat to the spotlight. Along the way, he loses his initial
innocence, and becomes just as corrupt as those who he assaulted before for this
characteristic. Also included is the romance between one of his "right hand
women" and the up-and-coming journalist who brings Stark to prominence."
All the President's Men
Staring: Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
"In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward
covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National
headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case,
and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organizers on the
accused further arouses his suspicions. The editor of the Post is prepared to
run with the story and assigns Woodward and Carl Bernstein to it. They find the
trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party, and eventually into the
White House itself."
Big Carnival, The
Staring: Kirk Douglas and Jan Sterling
Director: Billy Wilder
Genre: Dram, Film-Noir
"One of several literary and artistic works based on events surrounding the
1925 entrapment and death of W. Floyd Collins in Sand Cave, Ky."
Birth of a Nation, The
Staring: Lillian Gish, Ralph Lewis and Henry B. Walthall
Directors: D. W. Griffith
Genre: Drama, History, War
"Based on a play called "The Clansmen," D.W. Griffith's three-hour Civil
War epic traces the development of the Civil War itself, the assassination of
Abraham Lincoln and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan through the lives of two
families."
Broadcast News
Staring: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, and Holly Hunter
Director: James L. Brooks
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
"Basket-case network news producer Jane Craig falls for new reporter Tom
Grunnick, a pretty boy who represents the trend towards entertainment news she
despises. Aaron Altman, a talented but plain correspondent, carries an
unrequited torch for Jane. Sparks fly between the three as the network prepares
for big changes, and both the news and Jane must decide between style and
substance."
Call Northside 777
Staring: James Stewart
Director: Henry Hathaway
Genre: Film-Noir, Crime, Drama
"In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years
later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to
look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But
when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from
authorities unwilling to be proved wrong."
Citizen Kane
Staring: Georgia Backus, Fortunio Bonanova, Sonny Bupp, Ray Collins,
Dorothy Comingore
Director: Orson Welles
Genre: Drama, Mystery
"Following the death of a publishing tycoon, news reporters scramble to
discover the meaning of his final utterance. Love it or hate it, this is the
Gold Standard by which all other films are judged."
Deadline U.S.A.
Staring: Humphrey Bogart, Ethel Barrymore, Kim Hunter and Ed Begley
Director: Richard Brooks
Genre: Drama, Crime
"Ed Hutcheson, tough editor of the New York 'Day', finds that the late
owner's heirs are selling the crusading paper to a strictly commercial rival. At
first he sees impending unemployment as an opportunity to win back his estranged
wife Nora. But when a reporter, pursuing a lead on racketeer Rienzi, is badly
beaten, Hutcheson is stung into a full fledged crusade against the gangster,
hoping Rienzi can be tied to a woman's murder...in the 3 issues before the end
of 'The Day.'"
Day the Earth Caught Fire, The
Staring: Janet Munro, Leo McKern and Edward Judd
Director: Val Guest
Genre: Sci-Fi
"In a deserted newsroom Peter Stenning writes the biggest news story the
world has ever known: 'Within the next few hours the world will know whether
this is the end or another beginning' The combining jolt of nuclear test
explosion carried out by the Americans and the Russians has shifted the Earth's
orbit and it is now racing towards the sun. Chaos mounts. But four super
bombs exploded simultaneously might halt the catastrophic progress. Will the
world be doomed or saved?"
Face in the Crowd, A
Staring: Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal
Director: Elia Kazan
Genre: Drama
"Larry 'Lonesome' Rhodes is a hobo. Discovered by Marcia Jeffries, he will
become a very famous TV star. His success gives him more and more power. That
power will corrupt him, turning him from a sympathetic singing vagabond into a
cynical and power-thirsty egotist."
Foreign Correspondent
Starring: Joel McCrea and Laraine Cay
Genre: Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
"Johnny Jones is an action reporter on a New York newspaper. The editor
appoints him European correspondent because he is fed up with the dry, reports
he currently gets. Jones' first assignment is to get the inside story on a
secret treaty agreed between two European countries by the famous diplomat, Mr.
Van Meer. However things don't go to plan and Jones enlists the help of a young
woman to help track down a group of spies."
Front Page, The
Starring: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
Director: Billy Wilder
Genre: Comedy
"Hildy Johnson is the top reporter on a Chicago newspaper during the 1930s.
Tired of the whole game he's determined to quit his job to get married. His
scheming editor, Walter Burns, has other plans though. It's the day before
guilty (but insane) murderer, Earl Williams, is due to go to the gallows and
Burns tempts Johnson to stay and write the story."
Good Morning Vietnam
Starring: Robin Williams
Director: Barry Levinson
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
"A new Disc Jockey is shipped from Crete to Vietnam to bring humor to Armed
Forces Radio. He turns the studio on it's ear and becomes wildly popular with
the troops but runs afoul of the middle management who think he isn't G.I.
enough. While he is off the air, he tries to meet Vietnamese especially girls,
and begins to have brushes with the real war that never appears on the radio."
Good Night, and Good Luck
Starring: David Strathairn, Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, Jeff
Daniels and Robert Downey Jr.
Director: George Clooney
Genre: Drama, History
"In the early 1950's, the threat of Communism created an air of paranoia in
the United States and exploiting those fears was Senator Joseph McCarthy of
Wisconsin. However, CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow and his producer Fred W.
Friendly decided to take a stand and challenge McCarthy and expose him for the
fear monger he was. However, their actions took a great personal toll on both
men, but they stood by their convictions and helped to bring down one of the
most controversial senators in American history."
His Girl Friday
Starring: Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell
Director: Howard Hawks
Genre: Comedy
"Editor Walter Burns is about to lose his star reporter and former wife,
Hildy, but not without a fight. The crafty newsman gets Hildy one last big
story about murderer Earl Williams, but the plot goes awry as William's friend,
the mayor, and his mother get tied up in Walter's tangled web."
Hucksters, The
Staring: Clark Gable and Deborah Kerr
Director: Jack Conway
Genre: Drama
"As Victor Norman, Clark Gable plays a returning World War II vet looking
for a job with an advertising agency. He succeeds, landing a good position with
a nice salary, but soon finds out that ethics and integrity are in short supply
in the rarefied world of corporate advertising. With a big soap account on the
brink of leaving the ad agency, things get a bit desperate as the agency
struggles to hang onto the company's business. They round up a war widow for an
endorsement, and their client is temporarily happy, but soon Gable finds the man
to be a harsh and demanding taskmaster. This acerbic comedy may seem a little
thin by today's standards, but some of the commentary on the gullibility of the
American buying public is still pretty fresh half a century later. Sydney
Greenstreet excels as the tyrannical, somewhat disgusting head of the soap firm,
and Deborah Kerr makes her American screen debut as Gable's war-widow love
interest. --Jerry Renshaw"
I Love Trouble
Starring: Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte
Genre: Comedy
Director: Charles Shyer
"She's green and eager. He's seasoned and jaded. They're reporters for rival
Chicago newspapers assigned to cover the same story. He offers tips and advice;
she scoops him. Then, their snappy patter, repartee, and ripostes get romantic
even as their competitive juices overflow. Will corrupt scientists at a chemical
company whose goats give cancer-causing milk kill the cub and the columnist, or
will they escape with their lives and their by-lines to hear wedding bells?"
Junction Boys, The
Staring: Tom Berenger
Directors: Mike Robe
Genre: Drama, Sport
"Story of Bear Bryant's first summer as head football coach at Texas A&M.
Bear takes his charges out onto the scorched plains and sees who survives."
Keeper of the Flame
Starring: Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn
Genre: Drama
Director: George Cukor
"War correspondent stumbles on a little known fact that an honored American
war patriot had in fact worked for the Fascists; wife urges writer to expose the
facts for history."
Killing Fields, The
Starring: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, Craig T. Nelson and John
Malkovich
Director: Roland Joffé
Genre: Drama, History, War
"Sydney Schanberg is a New York Times journalist convering the civil war in
Cambodia. Together with local representative Dith Pran, they cover some of the
tragedy and madness of the war. When the Americans forces leave, Dith Pran sends
his family with them, but stays behind himself to help Schanberg cover the
event. As an American, Schanberg won't have any trouble leaving the country, but
the situation is different for Pran; he's a local, and the Khmer Rouge are
moving in."
Lost Honor of Katharina Blum, The
Staring: Angela Winkler, Mario Adorf and Dieter Laser
Directors: Volker Schlondorff and Margarethe von Trotta
Genre: Drama
"Katharina Blum is a young handsome German maid. She meets Ludwig, and they fall
in love at once. They spend the night together. In the morning, the police
bursts in her flat, looking for Ludwig : he is a terrorist. But he was no longer
here. Katharina is arrested, humiliated, suspected to be a terrorist herself,
dragged in the mud by the newspapers... A plea for democracy and individual
rights."
Man in the Gray
Flannel Suit, The
Staring: Gregory Peck, Jennifer Jones and Fredric March
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Genre: Drama
"An ex-soldier faces ethical questions as he tries to earn enough to
support his wife and children well."
Mean Season, The
Staring: Kurt Russell and Mariel Hemingway
Director: Phillip Borsos
Genre: Crime, Thriller
"Malcolm Anderson is a reporter for a Miami newspaper. He's had enough of
reporting the local murders and so promises his school teacher girlfriend
(Christine), they'll move away soon. Before Malcolm can hand in his notice, the
murderer from his latest article phones him. The murderer tells Malcolm that
he's going to kill again. The phone calls and murders continue, soon Malcolm
finds that he's not just reporting the story, he is the story."
Medium Cool
Staring: Robert Forster and Verna Bloom
Director: Haskell Wexler
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
"John Cassellis is the toughest TV-news-reporter around. He becomes an
expert in reporting about violence in the ghetto and racial tensions. But he
discovers that his network helps the FBI by letting them look at his tapes to
find suspects. When he protests he is fired and goes to the 1968 Democratic
National Convention in Chicago."
Meet John Doe
Staring: Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck
Director: Frank Capra
Genre: Comedy, Drama
"As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from
unemployed 'John Doe,' who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The
paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate 'Doe.'
Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the
made-up 'John Doe' philosophy starts a whole political movement. At last
everyone, even Ann, takes her creation seriously...but publisher D.B. Norton has
a secret plan."
Natural, The
Staring: Robert Redford
Director: Barry Levinson
Genre: Drama, Sport
"An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past
appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the
league in this magical sports fantasy. With the aid of a bat cut from a
lightning struck tree, Hobbs lives the fame he should have had earlier when, as
a rising pitcher, he is inexplicably shot by a young woman."
Network
Staring: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch and Robert Duvall
Director: Sidney Lumet
Genre: Drama
"In 1975 terrorist violence is the stuff of network nightly news
programming and the corporate structure of the UBS television network is
changing. Meanwhile, Howard Beale, the aging UBS news anchor, has lost his once
strong ratings share and so the network fires him. Beale reacts in an unexpected
way. We then see how this affects the fortunes of Beale, his coworkers (Max
Schumacher and Diana Christensen), and the network."
Newsies
Staring: Robert Duvall and Ann-Margret
Director: Kenny Ortega
Genre: Musical
"Starring Academy Award winner Robert Duvall and screen favorite Ann-Margret,
here's the story of a courageous group of newsboys who become unlikely heroes
when they team up to fight an unscrupulous newspaper tycoon. Determined to
make their dreams come true, they find the courage to challenge the powerful!"
Paper, The
Staring: Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Randy Quaid and
Robert Duvall
Director: Ron Howard
Genre: Comedy, Drama
"Henry Hackett is the editor of a New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic
who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent.
Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchetman Alicia
Clark, Henry's nemesis, impose unpopular cutbacks. Henry's wife Martha, a hugely
pregnant former reporter of his, is fed up because he has so little time for his
family. He is therefore considering an offer from Paul Bladden to edit a paper
like the New York Times, which would mean more money, shorter hours, more
respectability...but might also be a bit boring for his tastes. But a hot story
soon confronts Henry with tough decisions."
Pelican Brief, The
Staring: Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Drama
"Two Supreme Court Justices have been killed. Now a college professor, who
clerked for one of the two men, who's also having an affair with one of his
students, is given a brief by her, that states who probably, wanted to see these
two men dead. He then gives it to one of his friends, who works for the FBI.
When the FBI director reads it, he is fascinated by it. One of the preseident's
men who read it, is afraid that if it ever got out, the president could be
smeared. So, he adivises the president to tell the director to drop it, which he
does. But later the professor and the girl were out and he was drunk and when he
refused to give her the keys she stepped out of the car. When he started it, it
blew up. She then discovers that her place has been burglarized and what was
taken were her computer and her disks. Obviously, her brief has someone
agitated. She then turns to her boyfriend's friend at the FBI, he agrees to come
meet her but before he does someone shoots him and takes his place. At the
meeting, he was about to kill her when someone shoots him. She then decides to
turn to Gray Grantham, an investigative reporter, who was contacted by someone
who says he has info on the killings but backed out at the last minute. He then
meets her and tells her what her brief is, and basically, the man she suspects
is a good friend of the president, who is trying to manipulate the outcome of a
trial that is now before the Supreme Court. Grantham tells her that her brief
can harm the president and all what they have are theories, he asks her to help
him but she wants to leave the country. When Grantham's editor tells him that
they have nothing that he should drop cause the man she implicated is extremely
powerful. Grantham's about to drop it when she says that she will help him. But
can they stay alive?"
Philadelphia Story, The
Staring: Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn and James Stewart
Director: George Cukor
Genre: Comedy, Romance
"Philadelphia heiress Tracy Lord throws out her playboy husband C.K. Dexter
Haven shortly after their marriage. Two years later, Tracy is about to marry
respectable George Kittredge whilst Dexter has been working for "Spy" magazine.
Dexter arrives at the Lord's mansion the day before the wedding with writer Mike
Connor and photographer Liz Imbrie, determined to spoil things."
Scoop
Staring: Denhom Elliot, Nicola Pagett and Michael Maloney
Director: Gavin Miller
Genre: Comedy, Satire
"The year is 1938 and the approaching thunder of war in the fictional East
African country of Ishmaelia is echoed on the front pages of leading Fleet
Street newspapers. A case of mistaken identity sends William Boot, a
mild-mannered wildlife writer to Ishamaelia as a foreign correspondent. 'Scoop'
relates Boot's hilarious escapades as he beats the rest of the press to a world
scoop that is emblazoned across the front pages of the 'Daily Beast' and turns
Boot into a reluctant hero."
Seabiscuit
Staring: Tobey Maguire, Jeff Bridges and Chris Cooper
Director: Gary Ross
Genre: Drama, History, Sport
"A half-blind ex-prizefighter (Maguire) and mustang breaker (Cooper) team up
with a millionaire (Bridges) and his rough-hewn, undersized horse, Seabiscuit.
The men bring Seabiscuit incredible heights, helping him earn Horse of the Year
honors in 1938. Based on a true story."
Shattered Glass
Staring: Hayden Christensen
Director: Billy Ray
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
"This film tells the true story of fraudulent Washington, D.C. journalist
Stephen Glass (Christensen), who rose to meteoric heights as a young writer in
his 20s, becoming a staff writer at "The New Republic" for three years
(1995-1998), where 27 of his 41 published stories were either partially or
completely made up. Looking for a short cut to fame, Glass concocted sources,
quotes and even entire stories, but his deception did not go unnoticed forever,
and eventually, his world came crumbling down..."
Silkwood
Staring: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell and Cher
Director: Mike Nichols
Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
"Fairly accurate recounting of the story of Karen Silkwood, the Oklahoma
nuclear-plant worker who blew the whistle on dangerous practices at the
Kerr-McGee plant and who died under circumstances which are still under debate."
Story of G.I. Joe, The
Staring: Robert Mitchum and Burgess Meredith
Director: William A. Wellman
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
"War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this
American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes
to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back
in the States. Later, he catches up with the unit in Italy and accompanies it
through the battles of San Vittorio and Cassino. He learns from its commanding
officer, Lt. (later Capt.) Bill Walker of the loneliness of command, and from
the individual G.I.'s of the human capacity to survive drudgery, discomfort, and
the terror of combat."
Sweet Smell of Success
Staring: Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis
Director: Alexander Mackendrick
Genre: Drama, Film-Noir
"J.J. Hunsecker, the most powerful newspaper columnist in New York, is
determined to prevent his sister from marrying Steve Dallas, a jazz musician. He
therefore covertly employs Sidney Falco, a sleazy and unscrupulous press agent,
to break up the affair by any means possible."
Under Fire
Staring: Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Genre: Drama, War
"Nicaragua 1979: Star photographer Russel Price covers the civil war
against president Somoza. Facing the cruel fighting - people versus army - it's
often hard for him to stay neutral. When the Guerillas have him take a picture
of the leader Rafael, who's believed to be dead, he gets drawn into the
happenings. Together with his reporter friends Claire and Alex he has to hide
from the army."
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
Staring: Jane Mansfield and Tony Randall
Director: Frank Tashlin
Genre: Comedy
"When ad copywriter Rock Hunter hears the Stay-Put Lipstick account is
leaving for another agency, he gets the bright idea of asking movie star Rita
Marlowe to endorse the product. Known as the 'girl with the kissable
lips,' Rita agrees on one condition -- that Rock pretend to be her lover so she
can make her boyfriend jealous. It's just the first of many obstacles Rock
faces on his meteoric climb to success."
Year of Living Dangerously, They
Staring: Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver
Director: Peter Weir
Genre: Romance, Drama, War
"Guy Hamilton is a journalist on his first job as a foreign correspondent.
His apparently humdrum assignment to Indonesia soon turns hot as President
Sukarno electrifies the populace and frightens foreign powers. Guy soon is the
hottest reporter on the story with the help of his photographer, half- Chinese
dwarf Billy Kwan, who has gone native. Guy's affair with diplomat Jill Bryant
also helps. Eventually Guy must face some major moral choices and the
relationship between Billy and him reaches a crisis at the same time the
politics of Indonesia does."
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