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Actors: Michael Keaton, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Randy Quaid
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Paper |
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Henry Hackett (Keaton), the metro editor of the tabloid New York Sun, is a workaholic. His wife Martha is very pregnant and has taken off time from her reporting job, but she's also fed up with Henry's long hours and comparatively low pay. She wants him to take a job being offered by the staid New York Sentinel. But a breaking story about the murder of two out-of-town businessmen and the arrest of two young blacks grabs Henry's attention, right about the time the executive editor Bernie White (Duvall) has ordered managing editor Alicia Clark (Close) to perform cutbacks for financial reasons; there's a power struggle at the paper (mainly between Hackett and Clark) over its editorial direction; AND Henry goes in to the Sentinel for a job interview with Paul Bladden (Spalding Gray in a delightful cameo). Jason Robards appears briefly as the publisher, and Jason Alexander as the New York Parking Commissioner, a hapless victim of the tabloid's coverage. Director Ron Howard presents a brisk, lively story written by David Koepp (later to write Panic Room, Mission: Impossible, and Spider-Man) and his brother Stephen. This 1994 film is not entirely successful but has been somewhat overlooked and underrated.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Paper |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- journalist
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- business executive
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- blonde
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- dangerous
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
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