Switching Channels
“There's a lot more going on around here than news, weather, and sports.”
A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
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Cast
57 people
Kathleen Turner
Christy Colleran
Known for
Marley & Me
Romancing the Stone
Burt Reynolds
John L. Sullivan IV
Known for
Boogie Nights
The Longest Yard
Christopher Reeve
Blaine Bingham
Known for
Superman
Village of the Damned
Ned Beatty
Roy Ridnitz
Known for
Rango
Toy Story 3
Henry Gibson
Ike Roscoe
Known for
Wedding Crashers
Around the World in 80 Days
George Newbern
Siegenthaler
Known for
Justice League Unlimited
Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam
Al Waxman
Berger
Known for
Cagney & Lacey
The Hurricane
Ken James
Warden Terwilliger
Known for
Fly Away Home
Youngblood
Barry Flatman
Zaks
Known for
The Andromeda Strain
Saw III
Ted Simonett
Tillinger
Known for
Night of the Twisters
Forever Mine
Anthony Sherwood
Carvalho
Known for
Airwolf
Christmas Inheritance
Joe Silver
Mordsini
Known for
Shivers
Rabid
Ted Kotcheff Director · Jonathan Reynolds Screenplay Ben Hecht Writer
Worldwide gross $9.1M · Budget $18M · United States release March 5, 1988
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Budget
$18,000,000
Worldwide gross
$9,129,999
Gross vs. budget
0.5×
Production
TriStar Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 5, 1988
Theatrical
Czechia
July 1, 1993 · Physical
Denmark
September 2, 1988 · Theatrical
Germany
September 8, 1988 · Theatrical
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