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| ACTORS: | Michael Keaton, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Ron Howard |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 18 March, 1994 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Universal Studios |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 025192001123 |
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Customer Reviews of The Paper
An hilarious look at workings of a semi-reputable paper "The Paper" is one of the funniest films of the 1990s, providing an extraordinarily realistic view of the behind-the-scenes (dys)function of a newspaper office. This tabloid-styled commuter paper is just large enough to need to be seriously professional, while also being just small enough for that serious professionalism to be virtually impossible to accomplish.
Unless you are a journalist for the type of 'paper of record' which the film satirizes in the form of the stuffy, rival "Sentinal" (clearly modelled on the NY Times), "The Paper" will yield much of its humour from its high realism.
"The Paper" covers a single day in the implosively pressurized life of a reporter (Michael Keaton) who also happens to adore his job. The dynamism generated by the wise-guy supporting cast (which includes Randy Quaid, Roma Mafia, and Robert Duvall) makes it easy to understand why journalism is not a profession so much as an addiction. What would make a saner and more timid employee flee for the hills, produces a soaring high to the seasoned journalist. As Keaton's wife (Marisa Tomei), hugely pregnant and stuck on leave, exclaims after a gunshot is suddenly fired in a news office: "God I love this place".
Virtually every line spoken in the newspaper office is beautifully snide and worth catching, so keep the remote control close at hand.
The genuinely crazed encounters between Keaton and Glenn Close, playing a penny-pinching, ethically-challenged manager whose need to respect a deadline collides with Keaton's eleventh-hour attempt to produce an accurate and ennobling story, contribute strongly to an overall comedic masterpiece.
Though the journalistically-inclined will get a special kick from "The Paper", its appeal should be nearly universal, such is delerious wit of its dialogue and the thrill of its frenetic pacing.
Out of all my FAVORITE RON HOWARD FILM
Henry Hacchet(Keaton) is a man who is desperate for time. two young kids who are arrested for a murder ... This movie basically focuses on 24 hours of the news headline. Meanwhile Hacchet, who has to decide about his other job at the sentinal is at struggle and cannot to his work because of greaty managing editor Alicia Clark(Close). Marisa Tomei after her oscar does a profound job as Keatons wife in this picture. Lonly boss Bernie(Duvall) is having a tough time with his personal life shuts down and leaves it to Alicia and Henry to decide wheather the story is wrong or not. Then Macdugel(Quaid) who already is dealing with his own enemies because of lousy columns pointed at a pissed of parking commisioner Sienfields Jason Alexander as Marion Sanduski. Who finds Quaid in a bar... RON HOWARD(Gung Ho,Backdraft,Far And Away,Parenthood and Ransom) who does a great directing job making the movie very realistic based on stress.
Smart, Smart, Funny Movie.
This movie is about a day in the life of a New York tabloid and the people who pour life and soul into the paper. It's a marvelous cast and ensemble piece. It has some very funny lines and furious dialogue. I've lost count of the number of times I've seen this movie. I know every bit of the plot and just about every line in it. Yet is never fails to make me laugh nor am I even the slightest bit tempted to fast-forward to the punch line. Well worth having in your movie library.