Switching Channels (1988)
- Starring:
- Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, (more)
- Director(s):
- Ted Kotcheff
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
Synopsis of Switching Channels
The 1920s-era play The Front Page was about a Chicago reporter who wants to retire and get married but is tricked by his editor into doing one last story -- which proves to be complicated. It was made into a classic film in 1931 and inspired the 1940 hit movie His Girl Friday, in which the reporter was changed into a woman. Billy Wilder also remade the original film in 1974. Switching Channels is a 1988 remake of His Girl Friday, with Kathleen Turner in the starring role, which has now morphed into that of a cable television network news anchor, Christy Colleran. She wants to marry a rich and handsome sporting goods manufacturer, Blaine Bingham (Christopher Reeve) and move out of town. But her ex-husband, John L. Sullivan IV (Burt Reynolds), who is also her producer and boss, gives her one final assignment to try to keep her around. Her reporting leads her into an investigation of a jail escape that follows a botched-up execution. Writer Jonathan Reynolds updated the original material. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi
Complete Cast of Switching Channels
- Kathleen Turner - Christy Colleran
- Christopher Reeve - Blaine Bingham
- Henry Gibson - Ike Roscoe
- Al Waxman - Berger
- Barry Flatman - Zaks
- Anthony Sherwood - Carvalho
- Charles Kimbrough - Governor
- Cheryl Wilson - Barbara
- Allan Royal - Obregon
- Angelo Rizacos - Ridnitz's Sidekick
- Bill Randolph - Eric
- Monica Parker - Jessica
- Patrick Patterson - Guard
- Andre Mayers - Jesse
- James Loxley - Anchorman
- Katya Ladan - Reporter
- Noel Gray - Nancy
- Jack Duffy - Emil, The Waiter
- Megan Smith - Booking Secretary
- Chick Roberts - Cop
- Rex Hagon - Reporter
- Eric Fink - Butler
- John Dee - Old Man in Lobby
- Bill Cotterell - Rusty
- Richard Comar - Governor's Aide
- Robert Morelli - Waiter
- Ida Carnevali - Poor "Yuppie" Mother
- Burt Reynolds - John L. Sullivan IV
- Ned Beatty - Roy Ridnitz
- George Newbern - Siegenthaler
- Ken James - Warden Terwilliger
- Ted Simonett - Tillinger
- Joe Silver - Morosini
- John Welsh - Chaplain
- Tony Rosato - Joker
- Laura Robinson - Karen Ludlow
- Fiona Reid - Pamela Farbrother
- Laurie Paton - Reporter
- Jackie Richardson - Abigail
- Arlene Mazerolle - Hotel Receptionist
- Philip Malotte - 6'8" Cameraman
- Ray Landry - SNN Anchorperson
- Corrine Koslo - Yvonne
- John S. Davies - Aide
- Peter Walachy - Tattooee
- Jane Schoettle - Booking Secretary
- Judah Katz - Tillinger Sound Man
- Wayne Fleming - Bryce
- Diane Douglass - Uupper-Class Woman
- Grant Cowan - Crannock
- Russell Jasper Gordon - Jasper
- Philip Akin - Guard
- Jason Blicker - Sound Man
- Warren Davis - Reporter
- Director(s):
- Ted Kotcheff
- Writer(s):
- Jonathan Reynolds
- Producer(s):
- Martin Ransohoff, Don Carmody
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Profanity, Suitable for Children, Adult Situations, Adult Language)
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