Director: Adam McKay

Writers: Adam McKay; Will Ferrell

Keywords: Comedy

Official Website:
http://www.anchorman-themovie.com/

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Judd Apatow	Film Director	6-Dec-1967		Anchorman, The 40 Year Old Virgin
Christina Applegate	Actor	25-Nov-1971		Married With Children
Fred Armisen	Actor	4-Dec-1966		Saturday Night Live
Steve Carell	Comic	16-Aug-1962		Office manager at Dunder-Mifflin
Will Ferrell	Comic	16-Jul-1967		Saturday Night Live alumnus
Kathryn Hahn	Actor	23-Jul-1974		Lily Lebowski on Crossing Jordan
Jay Johnston	Comic	22-Oct-1968		Mr. Show with Bob and David
Laura Kightlinger	Comic	13-Jun-1964		Comedienne
Bill Kurtis	Journalist	21-Sep-1940		Shoulder-shrugging host of American Justice
Chris Parnell	Actor	5-Feb-1967		Saturday Night Live
Ian Roberts	Actor	29-Jul-1965		Upright Citizens Brigade
Seth Rogen	Actor	15-Apr-1982		Knocked Up
Paul Rudd	Actor	6-Apr-1969		The Shape of Things
Paul F. Tompkins	Comic	12-Sep-1968		Mr. Show
Danny Trejo	Actor	16-May-1944		Ex-con turned character actor
Fred Willard	Actor	18-Sep-1933		Fernwood 2night
Luke Wilson	Actor	21-Sep-1971		Owen Wilson's handsome brother

REVIEWS

Review by Richard Conner (posted on 5-Sep-2007)

Styled as a parody of the modern television scene in, and featuring competent actors such as Christina Applegate, this movie falls short of its goal for some, including me. It is set in the 1970s and centers around the attempt by the Applegate character to achieve anchorwoman status in a southern California TV market. Will Ferrell plays the title character, a carefully dressed and coifed anchorman, but one who is dense and sexist. Several other actors play sterotypical roles depicting the presumed extremes of TV journalism in that era. I found it strained in its attempts at humor and not a good depiction of the ambiance it attempted to parody. No doubt appreciated by many Saturday Night Live devotees, I do not join them and would be reluctant to recommend this movie to anyone.

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