| | | His news is bigger than your news.
Features: DVD, Unrated, Extended Edition, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound, Feature Commentary, Bloopers, Making of, Music Video, Deleted Scenes, Production Notes, Trailers, English, Spanish, French Subtitled
Will Ferrell (Elf, Old School) stars as Ron Burgundy, the top rated anchorman in San Diego in the 70's. When feminism marches into the newsroom in the form of ambitious newswoman Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate, TV's "Married With Children"), Ron is willing to play along at first--as long as Veronica stays in her place, covering cat fashion shows, cooking, and other "female" interests. But when Veronica refuses to settle for being eye candy and steps behind the news desk, it's more than a battle between two perfectly coiffed anchor-persons...it's war.
"Wonderfully silly all the time." Desson Howe, Washington Post
"Full force Will Ferrell at his best. And as an added bonus, we all get one of the funniest movies of the year...that is if you don't mind your humor on the rude and crude side." Eric Campos, Film Threat
"You will laugh. Then you will laugh some more. Then you will laugh still again." Stephen Hunter, Washington Post
Editor's Note
It's the early 1970s and the local anchorman is not only a source of news but a revered local hero. In San Diego, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), a mustachioed bachelor with a taste for scotch, unparalleled passion for the jazz flute, and a near-telepathic connection with his spirited mutt, Baxter, is that man. Rounding out Ron's testosterone-heavy news team are his close friends--cologne-obsessed man-on-the-street Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd), sports reporter Champ Kind (Dave Koechner), and mentally challenged weatherman Brick Tamland (Steve Carrell). Their male camaraderie is challenged, though, when producer Ed Harken (Fred Willard), pressured by changing times, brings the first female reporter, ambitious Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), to the team. Ron finds his chauvinistic ideals compromised further when he starts falling in love with her.Fueled by Ferrell's singularly loopy persona, ANCHORMAN joins the long list of comedies which have successfully poked fun at the styles and mores of the '70s. Here, with Ferrell's script and Adam McKay's direction, the character of Ron Burgundy becomes a full-bodied comic creation whose possibilities for laughs aren't nearly exhausted by the end credits. The result is an often hilarious celebration of moustaches, wide neckties, alcohol abuse, and good, old-fashioned sexism.
| Features | "Afternoon Delight" Recording Session Featurette | | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; English Dolby Digital Stereo | | Interactive Menus | | Making Of Featurette | | Music Video "Afternoon Delight" | | Scene Selection | | Filmmakers | | Production Notes | | Trailers | | ESPN Audition | | Deleted Scenes | | Cast | | Afternoon Delight Music Video | | A Conversation with Ron Burgundy | | Ron Burgundy at the MTV Movie Awards | | Feature Commentary with Adam McKay, Will Ferrell and guests Lou Rawls, Andy Richter, Kyle Gass, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Christina Applegate | | Bloopers | | The Making of Anchorman | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, English, French Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo | | Widescreen Presentation | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Dreamworks (Universal) |
| Release Date: 8/22/2006 |
| Running Time: 98 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 91677 | | UPC: 00678149167726 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"The movie is funny when it's nasty..." 07/16/2004 p.52-3Rolling Stone
"Will Ferrell is the go-to guy if you want to laugh yourself silly....ANCHORMAN slaps a goofy smile on your face." 08/05/2004 p.121 Uncut
"[E]xecuted with amiable good humour." 10/01/2004 p.144 Sight and Sound
"[E]ndearingly daft....[With] a terrifically silly WEST SIDE STORY-style scrap between rival news teams..." 10/01/2004 p.42 Los Angeles Times
"[I]t's a hoot..." 07/09/2004 p.E1 Chicago Sun-Times
"Funny and sometimes wicked." 12/31/2004 p.13 Uncut
"[T]his is wonderfully stupid stuff with many glorious moments of inspired slapstick....Sublime." 03/01/2005 p.135 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 7 of 10
Anchorman's satirical bent makes the comedy seem richer. One of the areas where the film has
Rolling Stone 7 of 10
If you sense the presence of recycled jokes from Animal House onward, you'd be right. But you'd be w - Peter Travers
Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
Sometimes the key to satire is to stay fairly close to the source. Anchorman, like This Is - Roger Ebert
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