The Fourth Estate

List creator: JLeen Created on: October 1, 2003 - 6:04 PM PDT Description: The news media in film.

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	All the President's Men (1976)
Woodward and Bernstein take down Tricky Dick.
	Network (1976)
It's all about ratings, folks.
	His Girl Friday (1940)
Editor (Cary Grant) and reporter (Rosalind Russell) are divorced. Can Grant woo his reporter back before she remarries? The dialogue is brilliant.
	Broadcast News (Criterion) (1987)
Professional and romantic rivalries fuel this dramedy set in a TV newsroom.
	I Love Trouble (1994)
Nick Nolte and Julia Roberts in a battle of the sexes to get the scoop on his/her competitor.
	How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003)
Silly film about a magazine columnist's assignment to frighten away a man in ten days and write a column detailing the events.
	Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
Gregory Peck goes undercover as a Jewish newspaper reporter to write an expose on anti-Semitism in the US.
	No Such Thing (2001)
A cub reporter is sent to Iceland to interview the monster who killed her fiancee. She brings the monster back to the States to introduce him to a doctor who may be able to help. Crazy media feeding frenzy ensues.
	Citizen Kane (1941)
Charles Foster Kane (a.k.a. William Randolph Hearst) newspaper baron and a reporter's search for the meaning of his last words. One of the best films ever made.
	Inherit The Wind (1960)			Not Rated
The trial of the century. Gene Kelly plays a fictionalized H.L. Mencken
	Joe Gould's Secret (2000)
True story about a New Yorker reporter who gets carried away with Joe Gould who fashioned himself to be the great American writer.
	Committed (2000)
Luke Wilson plays a photojournalist who is never taken seriously. He wants to be in the middle of the action, but is relegated to taking shots of the local cuisine. Warning: Luke Wilson reeled me into this rental. Don't take the bait.
	The Shipping News (2001)
Lesson in reporting: [Points at dark clouds at the horizon] Billy: Tell me the headline. Quoyle: Horizon Fills With Dark Clouds? Billy: Imminent Storm Threatens Village. Quoyle: But what if no storm comes? Billy: Village Spared From Deadly Storm.
	The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
A Washington newspaper reporter is drawn to small town West Virginia to investigate strange reports that resemble something that his wife had drawn before her death.
	No Man's Land (2001)
A British war correspondent in Bosnia stumbles upon an absurdist story between enemy lines.
	The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Amy Archer investigates Hudsucker Industries - undercover, of course. Do you smell a sub-theme?
	Woman of the Year (1942)			Not Rated
Sam Craig and Tess Harding work for the same newspaper. He's a sportswriter and she's a political columnist. They fall in love. Eventually Mr. Craig feels that his wife's career is getting in the way of her wifely duties. Yuck!
	The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Season 1 (Disc 1 of 4) (1970)
Mary Tyler Moore is the associate producer in a television newsroom. She is the new independent woman of the 1970's.
	Salvador (1986)
The telling of the El Salvadoran civil war through the eyes of U.S. journalist, Richard Boyle.
	The Philadelphia Story (1940)			Not Rated
Blackmailed ex-husband takes reporter and photographer to ex-wife's for coverage of her new wedding for the gossip mags.
	The Paper (1994)
Ron Howard's look at the hectic pace of a newspaper room in Manhattan.
	Hanging Up (2000)
Diane Keaton as Georgia runs her eponymous magazine. Let's say she's a little self-involved.
	Mad City (1997)
Media circus fueled by tv newscaster in search of a comeback.
	Trial By Media (2000)
A look at the federal nomination process and the ensuing media feeding frenzy.
	It Happened One Night (1934)			Not Rated
Clark Gable is a recently fired journalist who meets a runaway socialite he's sure is his ticket back to a job. After spending several days together on the road,...you guess the rest.
	Newsbreak (2000)
	Newsies (1992)
A musical telling of the 1899 newspaper boy strike in New York City. It's street urchins versus the likes of Joseph Pulitzer.
	Someone Like You (2001)
Anonymous advice columnist has bovine theory of relationships. Sells magazines. Bad movie.
	To Die For (1995)
Suzanne Stone is simply not satisfied with being the weather girl.
	The Killing Fields (1984)
The true story of Sydney Shanberg of the New York Times and his translator Dith Pran and their time in Cambodia during the rise of the Khmer Rouge.
	Roman Holiday (1953)			Not Rated
Tabloid reporter and princess frolic in Rome.
	Manufacturing Consent (1993)
Noam Chomsky's ideas on the media as big business and its relationship with government to shape public opinion.
	Sweet Smell of Success (Criterion) (1957)			Not Rated
Burt Lancaster is brilliant as the evil gossip columnist.
	Down With Love (2003)
Modern revamp of the Rock Hudson/Doris Day films of yore. Barbara Novak (Zellweger) is a feminist advice columnist who spars with Catcher Block (McGregor), the star men's magazine reporter and womanizer extrordanaire.
	Harrison's Flowers (2000)
A day in the life of a war photographer and the family left at home.
	The China Syndrome (1979)
A reporter witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant, but can't get the story out.
	Up Close and Personal (1996)
	Sports Night: Season 1 (Disc 1 of 6) (1998)
Aaron Sorkin's behind the scenes look at an ESPN-like television show.
	The Front Page (1974)
	The Front Page (1931)
	Absence of Malice (1981)
	The Pelican Brief (1993)
A law student and investigative reporter join forces to unravel a Washington conspiracy.
	True Crime (1999)
Aging curmudgeonly reporter tries to save a death row inmate.
	Superman: The Movie (1978)
Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter. His day job never seems to really get in the way.
	Eight Men Out (1988)
	The Quiet American (2002)
Based on a Graham Greene novel, this is a tale of a British reporter in a love triangle in Viet Nam during the French Indochina war.
	Groundhog Day (1993)
The weatherman can not escape Groundhog day.
	Almost Famous (Original Theatrical Version) (2000)
The budding rock journalist's first crack at Rolling Stone.
	Apocalypse Now (1979)
The photojournalist may have gotten a little too close to his subject.
	The Life of David Gale (2003)
Journalist gets last interview with deathrow inmate.
	Wag the Dog (1997)
Manufacturing news to prevent political scandal.
	Bob Roberts (1992)
Satirical look at a right-wing, folksinging, Senatorial candidate who manipulates the media masterfully.
	Chicago (2002)
Roxie Hart and Billy Flynn woo the tabloid press.
	Meet John Doe (1941)
	Under Fire (1983)
	War Photographer (2001)
Academy Award nominated documentary focusing on the work of combat photojournalist, James Nachtwey. This film is extremely powerful.
	Medium Cool (Criterion) (1969)
	Cry Freedom (1987)
	The Insider (1999)
	Retribution (2000)
Cameron Colley is a newspaper reporter with a bent for creeping leftist editorialism into his articles. He believes he is chasing a great lead when in fact his source may be framing him for various murders.
	Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
	Veronica Guerin (2003)
	Shock Corridor (Criterion Collection) (1963)			Not Rated
A journalist goes undercover in an insane asylum to solve a murder and win the pulitzer prize. There are a few choice lines in this film. One of my favorites is "he'll be the first insane mute to win the Pulitzer prize."
	Live from Baghdad (2002)			Not Rated
	I Cover the Waterfront (1933)			Not Rated
	The Ring (2002)
A journalist investigating a story is in a race against time to save herself from the curse of a videotape. Oooh
	Shattered Glass (2003)
A true story of a young journalist who repeatedly fabricated stories for the New Republic.
	Roxie Hart (1942)			Not Rated
	Foreign Correspondent (1940)			Not Rated
	The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)			Not Rated