Cast & crew
Broadcast News (1987)
Directed by James L. Brooks Written by James L. Brooks
Cast
| William Hurt | Tom Grunick |
| Holly Hunter | Jane Craig |
| Albert Brooks | Aaron Altman |
| Peter Hackes | Paul Moore |
| Robert Prosky | Ernie Merriman |
| Lois Chiles | Jennifer Mack |
| Joan Cusack | Blair Litton |
| Christian Clemenson | Bobby |
| Robert Katims | Martin Klein |
| Ed Wheeler | George Wein |
| Stephen Mendillo | Gerald Grunick |
| Jack Nicholson | Bill Rorich |
| Dwayne Markee | Young Aaron |
| Gennie James | Young Jane |
| Kimber Shoop | Young Tom |
| Jane Welch | Anne Merriman |
| Leo Burmester | Jane's Dad |
| Amy Brooks | Elli Merriman |
| Jonathan Benya | Clifford Altman |
| Sally Knight | Lila |
| Manuel Alvarez | Spanish Cameraman |
| Frank Doubleday | Mercenary |
| Luis Valderrama | Guerilla Leader |
| Francisco Garcia | Guerilla Soldier |
| Richard Thomsen | General McGuire |
| Nat Benchley | Commander |
| Marita Geraghty | Date-Rape Woman |
| Nicholas D. Blanchet | Weekend News Producer |
| Maura Moynihan | Makeup Woman |
| Chuck Lippman | Floor Manager |
| Nannette Rickert | Paul's Secretary |
| Peggy Pridemore | Tom's Soundwoman |
| Emily Crowley | Emily |
| Timothy W. White | Edward Towne |
| Gerard Ender | Newsroom Worker |
| David Long | Donny |
| Joshua Billings | Chyron Operator |
| Glenn Faigen | Technical Director |
| Robert Grevemberg Jr. | Technical Director |
| Richard Pehle | Control Room Director |
| James V. Franco | Weekend News Director |
| Raoul N. Rizik | Assistant Director |
| Mike Skehan | Technician |
| Jimmy Mel Green | Assistant Director |
| Franklyn L. Bullard | Audio Visual Engineer |
| Glen Roven | News Theme Writer |
| Marc Shaiman | News Theme Writer |
| Alex Mathews | Lecture Host |
| Steve Smith | Aaron's Cameraman |
| Cynthia B. Hayes | Mother in Hall |
| Martha Smith | Aaron's Soundwoman |
| Phil Ugel | Young Tough |
| Dean Nitz | Young Tough |
| Lance Wain | Young Tough |
| Susan Marie Feldman | Ellen |
| Jean Bourne Carinci | Tom's Female Colleague |
| M. Fekade-Salassie | Cab Driver |
| Gerald F. Gough | Uniformed Cop |
| Robert Rasch | Defense Dept. Spokesman |
| Robert V. Walsh | NATO Spokesman |
| John Cusack | Angry Messenger |
Crew
| Bill Conti | Original Music Composer |
| Michael Ballhaus | Director of Photography |
| James L. Brooks | Producer |
| Richard Marks | Editor |
| Beth Bergeron | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Polly Platt | Executive Producer |
| Frank Smathers | Dialogue Editor |
| James L. Brooks | Director |
| Bruce J. Gfeller | Construction Coordinator |
| Charleen Richards-Steeves | ADR Recordist |
| Mark P. Stoeckinger | Foley Editor |
| Jessica Gallavan | ADR Editor |
| Dave Kulczycki | Dialogue Editor |
| David Sardi | Second Assistant Director |
| Jerry DeBlau | Best Boy Electric |
| Anne Marie Stein | Unit Publicist |
| Cindy Marty | Foley Editor |
| Jeff Rosen | ADR Editor |
| Peggy Pridemore | Location Assistant |
| Mark Wade | Property Master |
| John Lowry | Dolly Grip |
| Dennis Gamiello | Key Grip |
| Yudi Bennett | First Assistant Director |
| Stuart Neumann | Location Manager |
| Harold Fuhrman | Set Designer |
| Joseph F. Brennan | Boom Operator |
| Bob Hagans | Color Timer |
| Steve Callas | Construction Foreman |
| Barbara Harris | ADR Voice Casting |
| Donah Bassett | Negative Cutter |
| Ellen Chenoweth | Casting |
| Karen I. Stern | First Assistant Editor |
| Jery Hewitt | Stunt Coordinator |
| Cynthia Streit | Production Coordinator |
| David M. Dunlap | Camera Operator |
| Carl Fullerton | Makeup Artist |
| Colleen Callaghan | Hairstylist |
| Kevin O'Connell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Charles Rosen | Production Design |
| Molly Maginnis | Costume Design |
| John W. DeBlau | Gaffer |
| Gábor Kövér | First Assistant Camera |
| Mary Bailey | Script Supervisor |
| David V. Lester | Unit Production Manager |
| Kerry Hayes | Still Photographer |
| Jane Bogart | Set Decoration |
| Bob Badami | Music Editor |
| Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Linda Whittlesey | Sound Effects Editor |
| Susan Zirinsky | Associate Producer |
| Kristi Zea | Associate Producer |
| Robert Grieve | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Rick Kline | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Patrick Drummond | Sound Effects Editor |
| Jacqueline Cristianini | Dialogue Editor |
| Penney Finkelman Cox | Co-Producer |
| David Siegel | Transportation Coordinator |
| Saul Bass | Title Designer |
| Thomas Causey | Sound Mixer |
| James L. Brooks | Writer |