There are a lot of great journalism movies. Here are our top 25. There are a lot of great journalism movies. Here are our top 25. – Poynter. The War of the Worlds (radio drama) The War of the Worlds is an episode of the American radio drama anthology series The Mercury Theatre on the Air.
It was performed as a Halloween episode of the series on October 30, 1938, and aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. Directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker Orson Welles, the episode was an adaptation of H. G. The Night That Panicked America. The movie starred, among others, Michael Constantine, Meredith Baxter-Birney, Tom Bosley, Eileen Brennan, Vic Morrow, Will Geer, and John Ritter.
Paul Shenar played Orson Welles. Citizen Kane. While a critical success, Citizen Kane failed to recoup its costs at the box office.
The film faded from view after its release but was subsequently returned to the public's attention when it was praised by such French critics as André Bazin and given an American revival in 1956. The film was released on Blu-ray Disc on September 13, 2011, for a special 70th anniversary edition. Plot[edit] RKO 281. RKO 281 is a 1999 historical drama film directed by Benjamin Ross.
It stars Liev Schreiber, James Cromwell, Melanie Griffith, John Malkovich, Roy Scheider and Liam Cunningham. The film depicts the troubled production behind the 1941 film Citizen Kane. The film's title is a reference to the original production number of Citizen Kane. Plot outline[edit] Misrepresentation of Davies and Hearst[edit] RKO 281- Positioning the Camera. The Battle Over Citizen Kane. The Battle Over Citizen Kane is a 1996 documentary about the clash between newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst and actor/writer/director Orson Welles over Welles' 1941 motion picture Citizen Kane, which is widely regarded as one of the greatest films of all time.
Synopsis[edit] In Citizen Kane, Welles plays Charles Foster Kane, whose fictional life partially mirrors that of Hearst's. The battle over Citizen Kane part 1. The battle over Citizen Kane part 2. The battle over Citizen Kane part 3. The Parallax View - Trailer. Network (film) Network is a 1976 American satirical film written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Sidney Lumet, about a fictional television network, UBS, and its struggle with poor ratings.
The film stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, and Robert Duvall and features Wesley Addy, Ned Beatty, and Beatrice Straight. Howard Beale delivering his "mad as hell" speech Diana Christensen heads the network's programming department; seeking just one hit show, she cuts a deal with a band of radical terrorists (a parody of the Symbionese Liberation Army called the "Ecumenical Liberation Army") for a new docudrama series called the Mao Tse-Tung Hour for the upcoming fall season.
When Beale's ratings seem to have topped out, Christensen approaches Schumacher and offers to help him "develop" the news show. Network (1976) movie trailer. TV is Mind Control. Network (1976) Broadcast News (film) Broadcast News is a 1987 romantic comedy-drama film written, produced and directed by James L.
Brooks. The film concerns a virtuoso television news producer (Holly Hunter), who has daily emotional breakdowns, a brilliant yet prickly reporter (Albert Brooks) and his charismatic but far less seasoned rival (William Hurt). It also stars Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Joan Cusack, and Jack Nicholson (billed only in the end credits) as the evening news anchor. The film revolves around three characters who work in television news. Jane Craig (Hunter) is a talented, neurotic producer whose life revolves around her work. William Hurt as Tom GrunickAlbert Brooks as Aaron AltmanHolly Hunter as Jane CraigRobert Prosky as Ernie MerrimanLois Chiles as Jennifer MackJoan Cusack as Blair LittonChristian Clemenson as BobbyJack Nicholson as Bill RorishMarita Geraghty as Date-Rape WomanGlen Roven as News Theme WriterMarc Shaiman as News Theme WriterJohn Cusack as Angry Messenger The score was by Bill Conti.
Network - The World is a Business. Good Night, and Good Luck. Good Night, and Good Luck. is a 2005 American drama film co-written and directed by George Clooney and starring David Strathairn, Clooney, Robert Downey, Jr., Patricia Clarkson and Jeff Daniels.
The movie was written by Clooney and Grant Heslov, both of whom also act in the film, and portrays the conflict between veteran radio and television journalist Edward R. Murrow and U.S. Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) Trailer. The Insider (film) Produced by Touchstone Pictures, the film stars Al Pacino and Russell Crowe, with Christopher Plummer, Bruce McGill, Diane Venora, Michael Gambon, Philip Baker Hall, Lindsay Crouse, Gina Gershon, Debi Mazar, and Colm Feore in supporting roles.
The script was adapted by Eric Roth and Mann from Marie Brenner's Vanity Fair article "The Man Who Knew Too Much". It was nominated for seven Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actor in a Leading Role (Russell Crowe), Best Cinematography, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Sound and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published. In Louisville, Kentucky, Dr. Jeffrey Wigand (Crowe) leaves his office at the Brown & Williamson (B&W) Tobacco Company and returns to his home, in the upscale suburb of Hurstbourne, on the east side of town, to his wife, Liane (Venora), and to their two daughters, both of whom have serious medical conditions requiring continuing treatment. In an attempt to discredit Dr. In 1996 Dr. Dr. The Insider - Trailer - HQ - (1999) Quiz Show. A quiz show is a type of game show.
Quiz show may also refer to: Vergeten meesterwerken: ‘Quiz Show. De meeste films die op het witte doek verschijnen, zijn tien jaar later weer vergeten. Een kleine groep stijgt door ongewoon financieel of kritisch succes boven de massa uit, en blijft daarom wat langer in de gemeenschappelijke herinnering hangen. Een enkeling wordt na jaren uitgeroepen tot ‘klassieker’ en behoudt enige status in het culturele domein. Maar er zijn natuurlijk veel meer films die weinig bekendheid genieten, en die toch de tand des tijds glansrijk hebben doorstaan. In deze maandelijkse reeks staan we stil bij de minder bekende klassieker. Deze week: Quiz Show (1994) van Robert Redford. Films die beginnen met de woorden ‘based on a true story‘ kun je in veruit de meeste gevallen beter vermijden.
Quiz Show Part 1/9. Quiz Show Part 2/9. Clip 3b-c "Quiz Show".mov. Remembering America: a voice from the sixties - Richard N. Goodwin. The Hour (TV Series 2011–2012) Bol. The Hour - Serie 2, Romola Garai, Ben Whishaw & Dominic West. Dit is het tweede seizoen van The Hour, de veelgeprezen serie die zich afspeelt achter de schermen van een BBC actualiteitenprogramma in de jaren ‘50. Het is inmiddels 1957 en de wereld is in de greep van de koude oorlog. Ondanks - of misschien juist wel dankzij - de hectische tijden is het team van The Hour nog altijd zeer gedreven om écht nieuws te brengen. Vrijgezel Bel Rowley ontwikkelt tegen wil en dank warme gevoelens voor producer Bill Kendall.
Hector Madden heeft de status van nationale beroemdheid bereikt. Hij gaat regelmatig naar de chique nachtclub El Paradis, waar de mooie gastvrouw Kiki haar best doet om hem te versieren. The Hour Trailer - New Series - BBC Two. The Hour: Meet FREDDIE (Ben Whishaw) The Hour - Freddy & Hector Best Lines. Emmys 2013: Abi Morgan wins for The Hour – shame it's been axed. The Hour Creator on What Might Have Been. Last month, BBC2 decided not to renew The Hour for a third season, disappointing fans of Ben Whishaw and good television alike. Making matters worse was the fact that the series ended with a cliffhanger: Freddie (Whishaw) was so badly beaten by the London club owner he'd been investigating that it was hard to tell whether he even survived.
“I like the idea that you thought he died," show creator Abi Morgan told us when we spoke to her recently by phone — but that wasn't what would have happened, given a third season. The Hour. Freddie Lyon's Last Stand. BBC The Hour (@bbcthehour) Anthony Eden - Wikipedia. Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Garter-encircled arms of Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, KG – Gules on a chevron between three garbs or, banded vert, as many escallops sable. Eden is generally ranked among the least successful British prime ministers of the 20th century,[6] although two broadly sympathetic biographies (in 1986 and 2003) have gone some way to shifting the balance of opinion.[7] Biographer D.
R. Thorpe described the Suez Crisis as "a truly tragic end to his premiership, and one that came to assume a disproportionate importance in any assessment of his career. Family[edit] Eden was born on 12 June 1897 at Windlestone Hall, County Durham, into a conservative family of landed gentry. Tonight, 22/10/1962, Aneurin Bevan and the Suez Crisis 1956. The lie that changed us. "I Saw what you did! I've got your number! " shouted my friend. He was addressing a mounted policeman who had just clubbed down a woman. It was Sunday, 4 November 1956. The great anti-Suez demonstration had poured out of a rally in Trafalgar Square and was battling to get into Downing Street.
My friend was a public schoolboy who, a few years before, had been badly wounded as a National Service officer in Korea. We had all been making discoveries, that October and November 40 years ago. Now we knew better. Eden, Suez and the Mass Media: Propaganda and Persuasion During the Suez Crisis - Tony Shaw. Eden, Suez and the Mass Media: Propaganda and Persuasion During the Suez Crisis - Tony Shaw. Kevin Marsh, ex-Executive Editor, BBC College of Journalism, on I...: Ingenta Connect. The Press and the Suez Crisis: A Myth Re-Examined on JSTOR. 1955: Eden takes to the airwaves.