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A plot revolving around one day in the lives of the staff of a big city newspaper.

Product Identifiers

EAN5050582266375

eBay Product ID (ePID)30742329

Product Key Features

ActorMarisa Tomei, Jason Alexander, Michael Keaton, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Catherine O'hara, Jason Robards, Glenn Close, Spalding Gray, Lynne Thigpen

Film/TV TitleThe Paper

DirectorRon Howard

LanguageEnglish

Subtitle LanguageBulgarian\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\Hebrew\Hungarian\Icelandic\Norwegian\Swedish

Run Time106 Mins

Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen

Release Year2004

FormatDVD

FeaturesWidescreen, Production Notes\Cast and Filmmakers Biographies, With Subtitles

GenreGeneral, Comedy

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1

Certificate15

Additional InformationRon Howard directed this lightning-paced, high-energy drama following one day in the life of Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton), a frantic metro editor for a fictitious New York tabloid. While investigating the apparently race-related killing of two white businessmen found murdered in their car, Hackett discovers a conspiracy by the police involving the falsely arrested black youths. With the help of his very pregnant wife, Martha (Marisa Tomei), he scoops the competition by uncovering a connection to the mob. But his editor, the acerbic penny-pinching Alicia (Glenn Close), questions the validity of his findings and refuses to print the story. Curmudgeonly managing editor Bernie White (Robert Duvall) tries to stop his two editors from fighting while losing a battle for his own health. THE PAPER features a terrific supporting cast, including Jason Robards as the paper's publisher, Randy Quaid as a paranoid columnist, Jason Alexander as a corrupt politician, and Spalding Gray as a New York Times-type editor. However, the movie belongs to Keaton himself, as an ambitious, harried reporter in search of the big story. Two brothers--screenwriter David Koepp and Time magazine editor Stephen Koepp, collaborated on the screenplay. To lend realism to the film, Howard rounded up a large group of media figures to make cameos, including Kurt Loder, Pete Hamill, Bob Costas, Richard Price, William Kunstler, Jane Hanson, E. Graydon Carter, and others.

ReviewsEntertainment Weekly - "...Fizzy, fast-paced....[Keaton] at his most urgent and winning..." -- Rating: B, Premiere - "...Dead-on...Loaded with journalism truisms..." - Recommended, USA Today - ...[Keaton and Howard] are still on a simpatico wavelength...

ScreenwriterStephen Koepp, David Koepp

Dubbing LanguagesGerman\French\Spanish\Italian

Format DescriptionDVD 9

Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1\Dolby Digital Surround

Movie/TV TitleThe Paper