Broadcast News (5/5) Movie CLIP - Tears on Cue (1987) HD

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Jane (Holly Hunter) checks Tom's (William Hurt) interview tapes and sees that he faked his on-camera tears.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Writer/director/producer James L. Brooks scores on all counts with this clear-eyed look at the television news business and the dysfunctional types who work in it. Brooks' intelligent script introduces us to Jane Craig (Holly Hunter), an ambitious producer at the network news division's Washington D.C. branch, who is calm under fire yet has a good cry at her desk every morning over her empty personal life. Jane works well with Aaron Altman (Albert Brooks), an excellent reporter who lacks the visual charisma to make him a star. Into their lives comes Tom Grunick (William Hurt), a regional newscaster who admits he can't write news and doesn't understand many of the events he's covering, but has the presence and physical appeal that the increasingly entertainment-oriented network wants for its news programs. Jane is also physically attracted to him, which drives her crazy, because Grunick stands for everything she's fighting against in the news business, while Altman is devastated by her attraction because he secretly yearns for Jane. As Grunick becomes a rising star at the network, and layoffs of the old guard loom, the three leads deal with their feelings for each other, their careers, and their values. Hunter, Hurt, and Brooks are all superb, as is the excellent supporting cast (including an unbilled turn by Jack Nicholson as the network's smarmy national anchor). Brooks' script is funny, poignant, gritty, and brutally honest in its examinations of the television industry and the ways in which professionals interact on and off the job.

CREDITS:
TM & © Fox (1987)
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Cast: William Hurt, Marita Geraghty, Holly Hunter
Director: James L. Brooks
Producers: James L. Brooks, Penney Finkelman Cox, Polly Platt, Kristi Zea, Susan Zirinsky
Screenwriter: James L. Brooks

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[keepmewierd]

What I love about this whole movie is that they still don’t make Tom the bad guy completely: he really did feel empathy for the woman, and you see Jane light up when she sees that. But it’s the lack of journalistic integrity that lets her know she can never be with him—that the work was always her one true love in life.

[luckyjosh]

This scene is supposed to be a warning about media corruption and journalists turning into actor-journalists. Unfortunately, news networks took this scene as an instruction manual.

[Unhacker]

Here's what's so amazing about this scene: The pivotal moment isn't really happening on the tv, it's in Hunter's reaction, and if you've ever felt it you recognize it: At that moment, her illusion is shattered, and she falls out of love with this person immediately, you can see it in her face -- it looks like a candle flame just quietly fading to nothing. Amazing writing, acting, and cinematography.

[kellyanastasia]

One of my all time favorite films. Mr. Hurt, thank you for your superb work in this and so many other movies. You had a dedication to your craft that was almost unmatched. You will be missed.😪

[beingjohn]

I crossed paths with William Hurt while traveling outside of Paris. Was such a nice person and spoke perfect French.

[LWOPP]

JANE: You could get fired for things like that.
TOM: I got promoted for things like that.

[kellyanastasia]

William Hurt is a very good actor. He absolutely nails this role!

[SadhuPlantBiologist]

Tears on cue! He's become an actor-journalist.

[MichaelDominici]

That scene had quite an impact when this movie was first shown in theaters.

[DavidAndersen]

Why didn't she win an oscar? I love this woman. She makes me laugh. She breaks my heart. When she talks, I listen.

[cyanrazorCel]

As Good As It Gets was not this director's best work.
Broadcast News is as good as it gets with him.

[bikenband]

Haha!! Little did they know just how bad it would get and how many feeble minded folks would buy into it.

[dbrjaxfl]

Going back to the beginning of the movie - do you think Tom planted the newspaper story that got him out of sports?

[rosskerr]

I was watching movie with my mom in high school. Around this time, I was enrolled in an A/V course. Anyway, when they dropped that first hint about there being only one camera, my mind started racing. I was thinking, “Wait a second… if they only requisitioned one camera for the interview, how did he… Oh, my God, he didn’t!”

[BradiKal]

Holly Hunter was a last minute replacement for this role. its amazing watch her character completely lose respect for the guy that she was warned by Aaron was the antithesis of legitimate news reporting

[ellefirogeni]

‘You knew just when to feed me the next line . . . It was like great - - -‘ wH to hH.

[ellefirogeni]

—That is Our Choice. An easy one.
—What?
—Easy..
—But not.
—Come on: that’s easy, as easy as expected of all.
—But.
—Yes, but!
—‘But’ what?
—Easy for not the last.
—How?
—The easy one is the one most necessary.
—HoWhy?
—Not to skip ahead the moralife.
—What about the last?
—Well that’s the one that both hits you and heals u because it is your very True choice: that is, none choice at all, just coming to yr very own understanding. And fm there, to drop all judgement and begin w beginnings.

[HawaiianSkies]

I never understood why she got so upset. He looked like he was going to cry anyway so he just enhanced it. I could see if he wasn’t going to cry but, he almost really did so should be no big deal.

[victrola]

As credible as AOC crying at the fence

[obeythed]

I can understand how this would be frowned upon but I didn't think it was that big of a deal. As long as the story is factual and truthful, what's the big deal if the reporter "hams it up" a little bit on camera?