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By PATRICK JEAN
Features editor
The evening network news ? a
30-minute dosage of headlines and
reports, presided over by a middle
aged anchor wun a style all his own.
Who arc the real personalities, and
what is the real work behind that
nightly half-hour fix? Broadcast
News, one of the best of the 1987-88
film season, provides a plausible,
realistic answer.
James Brooks, a former television
screenwriter/producer who made his
directing dcout in 1983 with the
Oscar-winning film Terms of
Endearment, bases this movie at the
Washington, D.C., bureau of a fictional
network.
Jane Craig (Holly Hunter) is the
bureau's driven producer. A
workaholic, she runs reporters and
technicians with iron-gloved
knowledge. Her agenda is so tight,
she schedules five minutes daily to
sob uncontrollably.
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anguish. She is accepted on a professional
level, rebuffed on a personal
level. She finds a best friend in Aaron
Altman (Albert Brooks), the
bureau's long-suffering senior
reporter.
Aaron goes at the drop of a hat to
Lebanon or Nicaragua, all the while
yearning to be an anchorman. His
work and wit earn Jane's respect, but
he cannot earn what he wants from
her most ? love.
Tom Grunick (William Hurt), a
sportscaster who worms his way into
a job at the bureau, represents the
modern reporter who relics on style
more than substance. He doesn't
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An unusual act will take the stage
at Greenstreet's nightclub in Five
Points Thursday evening, when a
51-year-old black singer joins
forces with a 33-year-old white
guitarist to perform some traditional
blues.
Anson Funderburgh and the
Rockets combine the best of two
musical worlds. Funderburgh is a
Texas native who bases his guitar
sound on the original blues of the
1950s. Vocalist Sam Myers is a
Mississippi native who was part of
that blues sound.
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know much about what he's reporting,
but he knows enough to get by.
Tom charms people and knows
how to use them for his own gain ? a
quality that both disgusts and intrigues
Jane. From the moment they
meet, she finds herself attracted to
him, much to her and Aaron's
chagrin.
Hurt remains one of America's
best actors. He deliberately
underplays "bad guy" Tom with savvy.
In doing so, he hands the film
over to Hunter and Albert Brooks.
Brooks (no relation to the director)
is a delight. He employs much of his
Woody Allen-like personal humor into
Aaron's character and displays ac
ting versatility. Brooks deserves the
Best Supporting Actor Oscar.
But overall, Hunter carries the
film. A petite woman with a Georgia
accent, she made her film debut this
past year in Raising Arizona. As
Jane, she delivers a fresh, powerful
performance not seen in years. She is
a shoo-in for the Best Actress Oscar.
James Brooks' second film shows
he still has the ability to capture life
on-screen. The audience feels like the
best friend of each character.
Although the ending to Broadcast
News is unrealistic and anticlimactic,
the film remains a stunner. It provides
a look behind the news ABC,
CBS and NBC will never provide,
and it presents a fresh slice of life
rarely seen on the big screen.
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sound, Funderburgh has led the
Rockets through many personnel
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ago. He's the only remaining
original player, and he began working
with Myers after the two met in
Jackson, Miss., in 1984.
The collaboration has resulted in
two albums: My Love Is Here to
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his eredits, will bring his magic act to
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While other magicians such as
Harry Blackstone and Doug Henning
have come and gone from the public
spotlight, Copperfield has remained
a successful, well-known entertainer.
As a 12-year-old in 1968, Copperfield
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