The Image (1990)
Directed by Peter Werner
Genres - Drama, Culture & Society |
Sub-Genres - Media Satire |
Run Time - 120 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Jason Ankeny
Albert Finney stars as a TV-news anchorman who wrongly implicates a good friend in a savings-and-loan scandal; when the friend commits suicide, Finney must question his ethics and obsession with high Nielsen ratings.
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behind-the-scenes, broadcasting, disillusionment, false-accusation, investigator, journalism, media, scandal, self-discovery, suicide, telejournalist
