Switching Channels

Switching Channels
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTed Kotcheff
Written byJonathan Reynolds
Based onThe Front Page (play)
by Ben Hecht
Charles MacArthur
Produced byMartin Ransohoff
Starring
CinematographyFrançois Protat
Edited byThom Noble
Music byMichel Legrand
Distributed byTri-Star Pictures
Release date
  • March 4, 1988 (1988-03-04)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million[1]
Box office$9,129,999

Switching Channels is a 1988 American comedy film remake of the 1928 play The Front Page, the 1931 film of the same name, and the 1940 film His Girl Friday.[2] It stars Kathleen Turner as Christy Colleran, Burt Reynolds as John L. Sullivan IV, Christopher Reeve as Blaine Bingham, Ned Beatty as Roy Ridnitz, Henry Gibson as Ike Roscoe, and George Newbern as Sigenthaler. The film was notorious for its harsh infighting between Reynolds and Turner during filming. The film was a box office failure and received mixed reviews from critics.

It is available on DVD in Regions 2 and 4. It is also available as a burn-on-demand DVD-R in Region 1.

  1. ^ "The Unstoppables". Spy. November 1988. p. 92.
  2. ^ Canby, Vincent (March 4, 1988). "Film: Turner in 'Switching Channels'". The New York Times.

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