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The Paper

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Ron Howard
Produced by Brian Grazer
David Koepp
Written by David Koepp
Starring Michael Keaton
Robert Duvall
Glenn Close
Marisa Tomei
Randy Quaid
Jason Robards
Jason Alexander
Spalding Gray
Music by Randy Newman
Cinematography John Seale
Editing by Daniel P. Hanley
Mike Hill
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Imagine Entertainment
Release date(s) March 18, 1994
Running time 112 min. Ronald William Howard (born March 1 1954 is a director and producer as well as an Actor. Brian Grazer (born July 12, 1951, in Los Angeles, California) is an Oscar and Emmy Award -winning American David Koepp (born June 9, 1963) is an American Screenwriter and director. David Koepp (born June 9, 1963) is an American Screenwriter and director. Michael John Douglas (born September 9 1951 better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American Actor, known for his early comedic roles in Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an American Film Actor and director who has won an Academy Award Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American Singer and Actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known Marisa Tomei (born December 4 1964 is a American Actress of stage and screen. Randall Rudy "Randy" Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an American actor and Comedian. Jason Nelson Robards Jr, ( July 26, 1922 &ndash December 26, 2000) was an American Actor. Jason Alexander (born September 23 1959 as Jay Scott Greenspan) is an American television cinema and Musical theatre comedic actor best known for his role Spalding Rockwell Gray ( June 5, 1941 &ndash ca January 10, 2004) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, Randall Stuart “Randy” Newman (born November 28 1943 is an Academy Award –winning American Singer/songwriter, arranger, Composer John Seale, ASC ACS (born October 5, 1942 in Warwick Queensland Australia) is an Australian Cinematographer. Daniel P Hanley, ACE (born 1955 is a Film editor who won an an Academy Award for the film Apollo 13 (1995 Mike Hill, ACE (born 1952 in Omaha Nebraska) is a Film editor who won an an Academy Award for the film Apollo 13 (1995 Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Imagine Entertainment is a Film and Television Production company founded in 1986 by director Ron Howard and producer Brian Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor The year 1994 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U
Country United States
Language English
Budget $6 million
Gross revenue $38,824,341
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The Paper is a 1994 comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard that stars Michael Keaton. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 1994 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U Comedy film is a genre of Film in which the main emphasis is on humor. Ronald William Howard (born March 1 1954 is a director and producer as well as an Actor. Michael John Douglas (born September 9 1951 better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American Actor, known for his early comedic roles in The movie depicts 24 hours in a newspaper editor's professional and personal life.

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Plot

Henry Hackett is the metro editor of the New York Sun, a fictional[1] New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. He is at risk of experiencing the same fate as his editor-in-chief, Bernie White, who put his work first at the expense of his family.

The paper's publisher, Graham Keighley, faces dire financial straits, so he has Alicia Clark, the managing editor and Henry's nemesis, impose unpopular cutbacks. Henry's wife Martha, a reporter on leave and about to give birth, is fed up because Henry seems to have less and less time for her. She urges him to consider an offer from Paul Bladden to leave the Sun and serve as an assistant managing editor at the New York Sentinel, a fictional newspaper based on The New York Times, which would mean more money, shorter hours, more respectability. . . but might also be a bit boring for his tastes.

A hot story confronts Henry with tough decisions, deadlines and personal crises. He literally has to yell "stop the presses" to correct an injustice, while his star columnist, McDougal, is threatened by an angry reader named Sandusky in a bar confrontation that leads to gunfire. And his wife is simultaneously rushed to the hospital at the end of a wild 24 hours.

Cast

Production

Screenwriter Stephen Koepp, a senior editor at Time magazine, collaborated on the screenplay with his brother David and together they initially came up with "A Day in the Life of a Paper" as their premise. Michael John Douglas (born September 9 1951 better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American Actor, known for his early comedic roles in Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an American Film Actor and director who has won an Academy Award Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American Singer and Actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known Marisa Tomei (born December 4 1964 is a American Actress of stage and screen. Randall Rudy "Randy" Quaid (born October 1, 1950) is an American actor and Comedian. Jason Nelson Robards Jr, ( July 26, 1922 &ndash December 26, 2000) was an American Actor. Jason Alexander (born September 23 1959 as Jay Scott Greenspan) is an American television cinema and Musical theatre comedic actor best known for his role Spalding Rockwell Gray ( June 5, 1941 &ndash ca January 10, 2004) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, Catherine Anne O'Hara (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian - American Emmy and Gemini Award Cherlynne Theresa “Lynne” Thigpen ( December 22 1948 &ndash March 12 2003) was an American stage and television actress Jack Kehoe (born November 21 1938) is an American film actor appearing in a wide variety of films including the crime dramas Serpico, Roma Maffia (born May 31, 1958) is an American actress Maffia was born in Manhattan, New York City New York of West Indian, Amelia Campbell (born August 4, 1965) is a Canadian-born American-raised actress Clint Howard (born April 20 1959) is an American Film and Television Actor. Geoffrey Owens (born March 18, 1961 in Brooklyn New York) is an African American Actor. Jillian Noel Hennessy (born November 25, 1968) is a Canadian actress, known for her Television roles on Law & Order William Prince can refer to more than one person William Prince (actor, a character actor William J Augusta Dabney ( October 23 1918 - February 4 2008) was an American actress known for her role as Isabelle Alden on the daytime series Bruce Altman (born July 3, 1955) is an American film and Television actor. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and David said, "We wanted a regular day, though this is far from regular. "[2] They also wanted to “look at the financial pressures of a paper to get on the street and still tell the truth. ”[2] After writing the character of a pregnant reporter married to the metro editor (that Marisa Tomei ended up playing in the movie), both of the Koepps' wives became pregnant. Around this time, Universal Pictures greenlighted the project. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American

Michael Keaton as Henry Hackett confers with director Ron Howard and Glenn Close as Alicia Clark.
Michael Keaton as Henry Hackett confers with director Ron Howard and Glenn Close as Alicia Clark. Michael John Douglas (born September 9 1951 better known by the stage name Michael Keaton, is an American Actor, known for his early comedic roles in Ronald William Howard (born March 1 1954 is a director and producer as well as an Actor. Glenn Close (born March 19, 1947) is an American Singer and Actress of stage and screen, perhaps best known

For his next project, Ron Howard was looking to do something on the newspaper industry. Steven Spielberg recommended that he get in touch with David Koepp. Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. Howard intended to pitch an idea to the writer who instead wanted to talk about how much he loved the script for Parenthood. Parenthood is a 1989 film starring Steve Martin, Dianne Wiest, Dennis Dugan, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards The filmmaker remembers, “I found that pretty flattering, of course, so I asked about the subject of his work-in-progress. The answer was music to my ears: 24 hours at a tabloid newspaper. "[3] Howard read their script and remembers, “I liked the fact that it dealt with the behind-the-scenes of headlines. But I also connected with the characters trying to cope during this 24-hour period, desperately trying to find this balance in their personal lives, past and present. ”[4]

To prepare for the film, Howard made several visits to the New York Post and Daily News (which would provide the inspiration for the fictional newspaper in the film). The New York Post is the 13th-oldest Newspaper published in the United States and generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continually The Daily News of New York City is the fifth most-widely circulated daily Newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 703137 He remembers, “You'd hear stuff from columnists and reporters about some jerk they'd worked with. . . I heard about the scorned female reporter who wound up throwing hot coffee in some guy's crotch when she found out he was fooling around with someone else. "[5] It was these kinds of stories that inspired Howard to change the gender of the managing editor that Glenn Close would later play. The casting of Michael Keaton also injected more humor into the screenplay.

Howard met with some of the top newspapermen in New York, including former Post editor Pete Hamill and columnists Jimmy Breslin and Mike McAlary (who inspired Randy Quaid’s character in the movie). Pete Hamill (born June 24, 1935) is a prominent American Journalist, Columnist, Novelist, and Short story Jimmy Breslin (born October 17, 1930) is a Pulitzer Prize -winning American Columnist and Author. Mike McAlary ( December 15, 1957 - December 25, 1998) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning Journalist and Columnist who worked at They told the filmmaker how some reporters bypass traffic jams by putting emergency police lights on their cars (a trick used in the movie). Hamill and McAlary also can be seen in cameos.

Howard wanted to examine the nature of tabloid journalism. "I kept asking, 'Are you embarrassed to be working at the New York Post? Would you rather be working at the Washington Post or the New York Times?' They kept saying they loved the environment, the style of journalism. ”[5] The model for Keaton’s character was the Daily News' metro editor Richie Esposito. Howard said, “He was well-dressed but rumpled, mid-to-late 30s, overworked, very articulate and fast-talking. And very, very smart. When I saw him, I thought, that's Henry Hackett. As written. "[3]

The director also was intrigued by the unsavory aspect of these papers. "They were interested in celebrities who were under investigation or had humiliated themselves in some way. I could see they would gleefully glom onto a story that would be very humiliating for someone. They didn't care about that. If they believed their source, they would go with it happily. ”[5]

In addition to being influenced by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s famous stage play The Front Page, Howard studied old newspaper movies from the 1930s and 1940s. Ben Hecht (pronounced hekt) ( February 28, 1894 &ndash April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter director producer playwright Charles Gordon MacArthur ( November 5 1895, Scranton Pennsylvania – April 21 1956, New York City) was an American This article refers to the stage play For other adaptations see The Front Page (disambiguation The Front Page was a hit Broadway Howard said, “Every studio made them, and then they kind of vanished. One of the reasons I thought it would make a good movie today is that it feels fresh and different. ”[6]

One of Howard’s goals was to cram in as much information about a 24-hour day in the newspaper business as humanly possible. He said, “I'm gonna get as many little details right as possible: a guy having to rewrite a story and it bugs the hell out of him, another guy talking to a reporter on the phone and saying, 'Well, it's not Watergate for God's sake. The Watergate scandals were a series of Political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that resulted in the Indictment of several of Nixon's ' Little, tiny - you can't even call them subplots - that most people on the first screening won't even notice, probably. It's just sort of newsroom background. ’”[7]

Reaction

In his review for the Boston Globe, Jay Carr wrote, “It takes a certain panache to incorporate the ever-present threat of your own extinction into the giddy tradition of the newspaper comedy, but The Paper pulls it off. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, There's no point pretending that I'm objective about this one. I know it's not Citizen Kane, but it pushes my buttons. Citizen Kane ( 1941) is an American Dramatic film, and the first Feature film directed by Orson Welles, who also co-authored ”[7] Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote, “In the end, The Paper offers splashy entertainment that's a lot like a daily newspaper itself -- hot news cools fast. The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H ”[8]

However, Rita Kempley wrote, “Ron Howard still thinks women belong in the nursery instead of the newsroom. Screenwriters David Koepp of Jurassic Park and his brother Stephen (of Time magazine) are witty and on target in terms of character, but their message in terms of male and female relations is a prehistoric one. Jurassic Park is a Science fiction Novel that was written by Michael Crichton and published in 1990. ” Kempley wrote this even though the paper's managing editor is a woman, one of its top reporters is a woman and the editor's pregnant wife continues to work on the paper's breaking story. [9]

Janet Maslin was also critical of the film. Janet Maslin (born 1948 is an American Journalist. She is best known as a film and literary critic for The New York Times “Each principal has a problem that is conveniently addressed during this one-day interlude, thanks to a screenplay (by David Koepp and Stephen Koepp) that feels like the work of a committee. The film's general drift is to start these people off at fever pitch and then let them gradually unveil life's inner meaning as the tale trudges toward resolution. ”[10]

References

  1. ^ The real New York Sun closed in 1967, but the film version shares the same masthead. The Sun was a New York newspaper that was published from 1833 until 1950 A masthead is a list usually found on the editorial page of a Newspaper or Magazine, of the members of the newspaper's Editorial board.
  2. ^ a b Schaefer, Stephen. "New edition competes with small screen, too", Boston Herald, March 27, 1994. The Boston Herald is a Tabloid -format Daily newspaper, the smaller of the two big dailies in Boston Massachusetts, United States Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)  
  3. ^ a b Arnold, Gary. "Tabloid press gets the Ron Howard touch in The Paper", Washington Times, March 27, 1994. The Washington Times is a daily Broadsheet Newspaper published in Washington D Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)  
  4. ^ Uricchio, Marylynn. "Opie’s Byline: Paper Director Ron Howard was drawn to Keaton’s Style, Newsroom’s Buzz", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 25, 1994. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the "PG" is the largest daily Newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)  
  5. ^ a b c Kurtz, Howard. "Hollywood's Read on Newspapers; For Decades, a Romance With the Newsroom", Washington Post, March 27, 1994. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Events 196 BC - Ptolemy V ascends to the throne of Egypt. 1309 - Pope Clement V excommunicates Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)  
  6. ^ Dowd, Maureen. "The Paper Replates The Front Page for the 90’s", New York Times, March 13, 1994. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)  
  7. ^ a b Carr, Jay. "Director Ron Howard goes to press with The Paper", Boston Globe, October 10, 1993. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)  
  8. ^ Stack, Peter. "Extra! Extra! Paper Really Delivers!", San Francisco Chronicle, March 25, 1994. The San Francisco Chronicle was founded in 1865 as The Daily Dramatic Chronicle by teenage brothers Charles de Young and Michael H Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)  
  9. ^ Kempley, Rita. "Stop the Presses! Roll The Cameras! It's The Paper", Washington Post, March 25, 1994. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Retrieved on 2007-05-08. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 589 - Reccared summons the Third Council of Toledo 1450 - Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen  
  10. ^ Maslin, Janet. "A Day With the People Who Make the News", New York Times, March 18, 1994. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)  

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