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Mar 4, 1988 · Switching Channels: Directed by Ted Kotcheff. With Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty. A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
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- 1988-03-04
A 1988 American comedy film directed by Ted Kotcheff that has a news chief ( Burt Reynolds) trying to keep his ex-wife ( Kathleen Turner) from quitting the station. It is a Setting Update of the 1928 play The Front Page, previously filmed in 1931, 1940 (as His Girl Friday ), and 1974.
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
Apr 1, 2003 · High resolution official theatrical movie poster for Switching Channels (1988). Image dimensions: 1993 x 2940. Directed by Ted Kotcheff. Starring Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty.
SWITCHING CHANNELS. Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur’s “The Front Page” gets a 1980s update from the print newsroom to broadcast television, complete with era-appropriate heartthrobs Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve, and Kathleen Turner.
Switching Channels is a 1988 American comedy film remake of The Front Page and His Girl Friday. It stars Kathleen Turner as Christy Colleran, Burt Reynolds as John L. Sullivan IV, Christopher Reeve as Blaine Bingham, Ned Beatty as Roy Ridnitz, Henry Gibson as Ike Roscoe, and George Newbern as Sigenthaler. The film was notorious for its harsh ...
