| | | His News is Bigger Than Your News.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, English, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby
Will Ferrell (Old School, Elf) is Ron Burgundy, a top-rated 1970's San Diego anchorman who believes women have a place in the newsroom - as long as they stick to covering fashion shows or late-breaking cooking news. So when Ron is told he'll be working with a bright young newswoman (Christina Applegate) who's beautiful, ambitious and smart enough to be more than eye candy, it's not just a clash of two TV people with really great hair - it's war! Filled with wicked wit and slapstick humor, Anchorman is the year's most wildly irreverent, must see comedy hit!
"...a welcome splash of breezy, at times jaw-droppingly bizarre summer fun." Brian Lowry, Variety
"It strides above its crudeness like a colossus. It's smart people telling dumb jokes with a brilliant sense of irony." David Edelstein, Slate
"Wonderfully silly all the time." Desson Howe, The Washington Post
"Full force Will Ferrell at his best...one of the funniest movies of the year..." Eric Campos, Film Threat
"You will laugh. Then you will laugh some more. Then you will laugh still again." Stephen Hunter, The 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 | Audio: English Dolby Digital True HD 5.1 Surround Sound, Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: French, Spanish Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround Sound | | Dubbed: French, Spanish | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese | | This Is An HD-DVD Made For HD-DVD Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture & Sound |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 11/27/2007 |
| Running Time: 94 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 13141 | | UPC: 00097361314143 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Nominee (2005) | | | MTV Award, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy, Best Fight | | | MTV Award, Will Ferrell, Best Comedic Performance | | | MTV Award, Will Ferrell, et. al., Best Musical Performance | | | MTV Award, Will Ferrell, et. al., Best On-Screen Team | | | People's Choice, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy, Favorite Movie Comedy |
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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 ReelViews 8 of 10
Anchorman is a very funny motion picture, but it also has a good sense of the time (the 1970s) and how the medium of TV news was changing. Like Network and Broadcast News, the film turns a satirical eye towards the behind-the-scenes goings-on at a station. Anchorman is more over-the-top and intentionally silly than either of the aforementioned movies, but it still makes the point. In addition, it explores how difficult a period it was for serious women journalists with on-air aspirations. Here, the Jessica Savitch-type is Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), who encounters a wall of male chauvinism on her way to becoming KVWN's first female anchorperson. And the strongest opposition comes from Ron Burgundy, who, along with his cohorts, insists that news is a man's world. All of this is presented in the most farcical manner imaginable, but it's possible to get a sense of what it was like for women in this industry during the '70s. (Four notable local, long-time anchors were used as consultants for the film, so the sense of verisimilitude underlying the satire is well-founded.) - James Berardinelli
Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
Sometimes the key to satire is to stay fairly close to the source. "Anchorman," like "This Is Spinal Tap," works best when it's only a degree or two removed from the excesses of the real thing. When the news director goes ape over stories about cute animals at the zoo, when the promos make the news "team" look like a happy family, the movie is right on target. But when rival local news teams engage in what looks like a free-for-all from a Roman arena, it doesn't work. Most of the time, though, "Anchorman" works, and a lot of the time it's very funny...The movie contains a lot of cameo appearances by other stars of the current comedy movie tour. Their names I will not reveal. Well, a character's name I will reveal: An anchorman named Wes Mantooth is Burgundy's arch-enemy. When the news teams clash in a free-for-all, it's over the top. But a lot of the quieter moments of rivalry are on target. I have known and worked with a lot of anchorpersons, even female anchorpersons, over the years, and I can tell you that almost all of them are good people -- smart professionals who don't take themselves too seriously. But every once in a while you get a Ron Burgundy, and you kind of treasure him, because you can dine out on the stories for years. - Roger Ebert
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