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The copy that Mordesini wants to photocopy (and is charged 25 cents for) is a page of the script.
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Michael Caine originally had the lead role but was held up by production delays on Jaws: The Revenge.
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When on the phone inquiring about the train tickets Blaine (Christopher Reeve), mentions something about it "Being like North by Northwest". Cary Grant, who starred in His Girl Friday (like Switching Channels, one of many remakes of The Front Page), starred in North by Northwest.
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Christopher Reeve apparently regretted making this movie. He said that he took the project on only because he was suffering post-divorce depression and believed that he had "made a fool of himself" in the film.
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None of the dialogue from the Ben Hecht - Charles MacArthur source play "The Front Page" was used in this film.
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The movie was a modern updating of The Front Page and His Girl Friday to a television setting just as Up Close & Personal would later also be a form of modern updating to the television world of "A Star is Born".
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This movie uses only the basic premise and set-up of the earlier movie versions of The Front Page and His Girl Friday.
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None of the characters' names are the same as in the Ben Hecht -Charles MacArthur source play "The Front Page". All the character names have been changed.
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For productions made for big screen theatrical release, this movie was the third remake (or fourth version of) The Front Page. The others were His Girl Friday and The Front Page.
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This movie is one of only two remakes of The Front Page which do not use "The Front Page" title. The other is His Girl Friday.
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This movie was made and released following on the heels of the 7-time multi-Academy Award nominated and more successful picture, Broadcast News, which had been released a few months earlier.
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David Letterman asked Kathleen Turner on his NBC show Late Night with David Letterman whether this movie was like Broadcast News in which she replied that it was better than Broadcast News.
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This movie was filmed in four major cities in North America, two in Canada and two in the USA. The cities were Chicago, Illinois, USA ; Miami, Florida, USA ; Montréal, Québec, Canada and Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Variety maintained that this movie was "more specifically" a remake of His Girl Friday compared to The Front Page.
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Charles Kimbrough, playing The Governor in this movie, ended up playing a reporter regularly on Murphy Brown.
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The American RCA/Columbia VHS video-cassette release of this movie included a promo spot for NBC shows such as Dear John; Empty Nest and Baby Boom.
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Kathleen Turner received top first billing whilst Burt Reynolds received second billing for this picture. Christopher Reeve received third billing. Except for City Heat, this was the first picture for Reynolds, who after being a number No. 1 box-office star during the 1970s and 1980s, didn't receive top first billing.
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Burt Reynolds had long been a fan of Cary Grant and it inspired his performance in Rough Cut. In doing the role of John L. Sullivan IV in this picture, Reynolds got to play a part once played by his idol Grant who had played the same role (as Walter Burns) in Howard Hawks earlier filmed version of the Ben Hecht -Charles MacArthur play "The Front Page", His Girl Friday.
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Both Burt Reynolds and Christopher Reeve were once considered for James Bond. Reynolds was considered for Bond for Live and Let Die and Reeve was considered for The Living Daylights.
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In his biography, Christopher Reeve claims this film's failure, along with Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, The Aviator, and Street Smart, knocked him off the A-list in Hollywood and he would have to audition for major roles for the rest of his career.
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There is a famous closing line from this movie's source play, "The Front Page". It is: "The son of a bitch stole my watch!". The line isn't included in this movie's ending.
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