The Paper Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ron Howard
Genres: Comedy Drama
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Director Ron_Howard's drama follows a beleaguered reporter during a hectic 24 hours at a New York City tabloid. Michael_Keaton stars as Henry Hackett, a metro editor for the struggling New York Sun. Hackett is being wooed by the Sentinel, a more upscale paper, but he's addicted to the adrenaline-stimulating, breakneck pace of the Sun's newsroom, much to the consternation of his pregnant wife Martha (Marisa_Tomei. Hackett is currently pursuing a story of two minority youths who have been arrested for the murders of two men. He learns that the police think that the killings may be a mob hit. In the court of public opinion, however, the innocent suspects are being judged as guilty, and the police may bow to the pressure. As Hackett and his staff desperately work all the story's angles to find the truth, several other dramas unfold. Top editor Bernie (Robert_Duvall) learns that he has prostate cancer, and tough publisher Alicia (Glenn_Close) wonders if her lack of popularity is due to her cost-cutting, her personality, or the fact that she's a woman. In their only collaboration, screenwriter David_Koepp co-wrote the script with his brother Stephen_Koepp, a senior editor at Time magazine. Karl Williams, Rovi
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