Factual error: When the Joan Cusack character bolts into the control room with the "Mercenary" cassette, you can here the director counting down to roll the tape. A 3/4" tape being inserted and threaded up in the machine normally takes about 8 to 10 seconds, yet the tape plays when the operator hits the play button.
Broadcast News (1987)
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Directed by: James L. Brooks
Starring: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Robert Prosky
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Tom Granick: It's amazing who's here.
Jane Craig: Who?
Tom Granick: Me.
Trivia: Jack Nicholson appears in this film, although he was uncredited, and unpaid.
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