When career-focused journalist's investigation indirectly causes a suicide, he questions his own methods and life in general.
Acting
Finney's unraveling—subtle, sweaty, devastating.
Writing
TV-news dialogue that still stings today.
Director
Peter Werner
Albert Finney
Jason Cromwell
John Mahoney
Irv Mickelson
Kathy Baker
Marcie Guilford
Swoosie Kurtz
Joanne Winstow-Darvish
Marsha Mason
Jean Cromwell
Spalding Gray
Frank Goodrich
Wendie Jo Sperber
Anita Cox
David Clennon
Dr. Sigmond Grampton
Brett Cullen
Malcolm Dundee
Jim Haynie
David Hartzfield
Robert Schenkkan
Wilton Hale
Beth Grant
Martha Packard
Brad Pitt
Steve Black
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the peak of tabloid TV (Hard Copy, A Current Affair), it predicted our reality-news hellscape.
Spalding Gray's performance as a rival anchor was largely improvised—his natural monologue style made everyone else look rehearsed.
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