Switching Channels
| Switching Channels | |
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| Directed by | Ted Kotcheff |
| Written by | Jonathan Reynolds |
| Based on | The Front Page (play) by Ben Hecht Charles MacArthur |
| Produced by | Martin Ransohoff |
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| Cinematography | François Protat |
| Edited by | Thom Noble |
| Music by | Michel Legrand |
| Distributed by | Tri-Star Pictures |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $9,129,999 |
Switching Channels is a 1988 American comedy film that is a cable television newsroom-based retelling of newspaper-based 1928 play The Front Page, the 1931 film of the same name, and the 1940 film His Girl Friday. 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.