Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)

With the 1970s behind them, San Diego's top-rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York City's first twenty-four-hour news channel by storm.

Director:

Adam McKay

Writers:

Will Ferrell, Adam McKay

Stars:

Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd

1 win & 23 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Will Ferrell	...	Ron Burgundy
Steve Carell	...	Brick Tamland
Paul Rudd	...	Brian Fantana
David Koechner	...	Champ Kind
Christina Applegate	...	Veronica Corningstone
Dylan Baker	...	Freddie Shapp
Meagan Good	...	Linda Jackson
Judah Nelson	...	Walter Burgundy
James Marsden	...	Jack Lime
Greg Kinnear	...	Gary
Josh Lawson	...	Kench Allenby
Kristen Wiig	...	Chani Lastnamé
Fred Willard	...	Ed Harken
Chris Parnell	...	Garth
Harrison Ford	...	Mack Tannen

Storyline

Having left San Diego for New York City, Ron Burgundy is living the high life with his wife Veronica Corningstone and son Walter Burgundy. However, when the boss decides to promote Veronica to full time lead anchor and fire Ron, everything changes. Now heading back to San Diego, Ron is washed up and working part time at Sea World. His shot at redemption though comes in the form of a man named Freddie Schapp, who's an executive producer at the Global News Network, the world's first 24 hour round the clock news channel. He hires Ron, who proceeds to reunite the news team of Champ, Brick, and Brian, and head back to New York City. While there Ron and his news team are given the graveyard shift and a challenge. Ron comes up with a radical new idea to transform the news and that puts him at the top of the game once again. But how long will Ron's newfound fame last? And will Brick finally find true love?

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Plot Keywords:

father son relationship | interracial relationship | interracial kiss | interracial sex | kicked in groin | 

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Taglines:

It's Kind of a Big Deal

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, drug use, language and comic violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Taste of Home and PIL Magazines have published recipes for bat wings, which is actually chicken wings, for their Halloween issues.

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Goofs

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy was set in the mid-1970s, close to 1976. Walter Burgundy wasn't born yet in that film, yet in the sequel, set in 1979-1980, Walter is now 7 years old.

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Quotes

Ron Burgundy: [when coming up with name suggestions for Jack Lime] How about this one? You can call yourself Dick Fuck.

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Crazy Credits

After the end credits finish, we return to the scene where the news team scrambled for ideas for the "graveyard shift". Brick eats cookies under the table and waves goodbye to the audience.

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Alternate Versions

Five different cuts of the film exist, which was specially prepared for certain territories:

• The US Theatrical Version (running for around 119 mins)
• The UK/Australian Theatrical Version (running for around 118.5 mins)
• The International Theatrical Version (running for around 113 mins)
• The Extended Version (running for around 123 mins)
• The Super-Size Version (running for around 143 mins)

The US Theatrical Version version does not appear on any Blu-ray releases outside of the United States. Similarly, the UK/Australian Theatrical Version is only available on Blu-ray in those two territories. Non-US and non-UK home video releases include only the International Theatrical Version, although the UK and Australia editions also include the Super-Size Version.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Funniest Movie Quotes of the 2010s (2016)

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Soundtracks

Jet Airliner
Written by Steve Miller
Performed by Steve Miller Band
Courtesy of Capitol Records, LLC
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Terribly disappointed

Liking the first movie a lot, I was looking forward for months the second movie. The trailers and hype built up was huge. I saw it last night and it was awful. No story line, jumps from scene to scene. The jokes weren't funny, and when you do laugh it was minor. Steve's role was stupid as all he does is mumble words. I was happy when it was over and feel bad they ruined a good thing. How it got over a 7 rating here is beyond me.

They could have had any story line better than the one they did. It bounced all over so much it was horrible. How about a GNN launch but a battle with another news team for the lead. This was minimal in the movie. Please save your money for a movie well made and an ounce of thought put into it.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 December 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Anchorman: The Legend Continues

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$50,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$26,232,425, 22 December 2013

Gross USA:

$127,352,707

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$173,649,931

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures, Apatow Productions, Digital Image Associates

Technical Specs

Runtime:

119 min 143 min (supersize edition)

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1