Broadcast News (4/5) Movie CLIP - Starting the Bad Part (1987) HD

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Jane (Holly Hunter) and Aaron (Albert Brooks) say a difficult goodbye.

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: Albert Brooks, 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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[BradiKal]

Albert Brooks gives a masterclass performance as the smitten friend who knows he will never win her heart.

[uccrules]

Love the swell at 1:40. Him finally letting go. This is the best movie ever made

[hecubot]

"Maybe the best part of your life is over, and you don't want to get up and start the bad part."
"[hhufffttt!] You are now required to sit here with me!"

[cnvi]

One of the greatest movies of all time!

[Mrmagil]

What a c*^kblock there at the end. Perfectly timed and 💯 % effective.

[davidober]

"I'm fairly sure I was right to tell you..." Wow.

[angelacarleton]

I wish I could have been like "Jane" who was tough as nail and knew how to be strong on her own. Loved Holly Hunter in this movie. Everyone was great but she was outstanding!

[cyanrazorCel]

I didn't know whether I liked or hated this guy the whole movie.

[stereo-type]

"We'll get hot for each other every few years and we'll never act on it"...This dude was delusional and just couldn't accept the fact Jane aint want him..

[GCNavigator]

It would have been more realistic if she was a shiksa.