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The Paper Details

1994 Certificate 15
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Ron 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 .. Read more

Starring Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Robert Duvall
Director Ron Howard
Genres Comedy

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Ron 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.

Starring Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Robert Duvall, Randy Quaid, Spalding Gray, Jason Robards, Catherine O'Hara, Jason Alexander, Lynne Thigpen
Director Ron Howard
Studio 4 FRONT VIDEO
Run time DVD: 1 hr 46 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Comedy
Language DVD: English
Dubbed German, French, Spanish, Italian
Subtitles DVD: Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish
Released Production year: 1994

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DVD: 14 Jun 2004

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    • 2 stars out of 4  

      Entertaining, though soft-centred, slice of journalism, but lacking that occupation's bracing cynicism, and somewhat remote from reality.

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      All in a Day's Work

      Early in the 90's, Ron Howard did a multicasting films with different threads weaving its way in and out of each other stories. The Paper, like Parenthood... read more »

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      An enjoyable read

      This early Ron Howard effert show all the signs of the director he was to become. This film is well paced with some good acting all based around a simply idea.

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