The Paper

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The Paper

Directed by	Ron Howard
Produced by	Brian Grazer Frederick Zollo
Written by	David Koepp Stephen Koepp
Starring	Michael Keaton Robert Duvall Glenn Close Marisa Tomei Randy Quaid Jason Robards
Music by	Randy Newman
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	March 18, 1994
Running time	112 min.
Language	English
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For other uses see The Paper (disambiguation)

The Paper is a 1994 film directed by Ron Howard that stars Michael Keaton. The movie depicts 24 hours in a newspaper editor's professional and personal life.

1 Plot
2 Cast
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4 External link

[edit] Plot

Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton) is the metro editor of the New York Sun, a fictional,^[1] New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, the paper's publisher, Graham Keighley (Jason Robards) faces financial straits, and has hatchetman managing editor Alicia Clark (Glenn Close), Henry's nemesis, impose unpopular cutbacks. Henry's wife Martha (Marisa Tomei), a hugely pregnant former reporter of his, is fed up because he has so little time for his family. He is therefore considering an offer from Paul Bladden (Spalding Gray) to serve as an assistant managing editor at the New York Sentinel, a fictional newspaper based on The New York Times, which would mean more money, shorter hours, more respectability ... but might also be a bit boring for his tastes. But a hot story soon confronts Henry with tough decisions.