This special bonus episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1987 features James L. Brooks’ Best Picture nominee Broadcast News. Written and directed by James L. Brooks and starring Holly Hunter, Albert Brooks, William Hurt and Robert Prosky, Broadcast News was nominated for seven Oscars, including Best Picture.
The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert (https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/broadcast-news-1987), Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/16/movies/film-broadcast-news-comedy.html), and Hal Hinson in the Washington Post (https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/broadcastnewsrhinson_a0c913.htm).
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Caddyshack (1980 First Feature)
9 to 5 (1980 Box Office Champ)
You Only Live Twice (1967 Bonus Episode)
The Shawshank Redemption (Bonus 1994 Audience Choice)
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (Bonus 1999 Future Cult Classic)
The Crow (Bonus 1994 Dave’s Pick)
The Cotton Club (Bonus 1984 Box Office Flop)
Bonnie and Clyde (Bonus 1967 Jason’s Pick)
Cinema Paradiso (Bonus 1989 Foreign Film)
Smiley Face (Bonus 2007 Josh’s Pick)
Spellbound (Bonus 2003 Documentary)
Hard Eight (Bonus 1996 First Feature)
Smokey and the Bandit (Bonus 1977 Box Office Champ)
Love Actually (2003 Holiday Bonus)
The Matrix (1999 Bonus Episode)
Elf (2003 Holiday Bonus)
1999 Epilogue
Election (1999 Audience Choice)
The Boondock Saints (1999 Future Cult Classic)
Office Space (1999 Dave’s Pick)
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