Page One: Inside the New York Times (2011)

Unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom yields a complex view of the transformation of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity.

Director:

Andrew Rossi

Writers:

Kate Novack, Andrew Rossi

Stars:

David Carr, Sarah Ellison, Larry Ingrassia

3 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sarah Ellison	...	Self
Larry Ingrassia	...	Self
David Carr	...	Self
Dennis Crowley	...	Self
Bruce Headlam	...	Self
Evan Williams	...	Self
Richard Perez-Pena	...	Self
Paul Steiger	...	Self
Clay Shirky	...	Self
Markos Moulitsas	...	Self
Brian Stelter	...	Self
Seth Mnookin	...	Self
Alex S. Jones	...	Self
Nicholas Lemann	...	Self
Ian Fisher	...	Self

Storyline

During the most tumultuous time for media in generations, filmmaker Andrew Rossi gains unprecedented access to the newsroom at The New York Times. For a year, he follows journalists on the paper's Media Desk, a department created to cover the transformation of the media industry. Through this prism, a complex view emerges of a media landscape fraught with both peril and opportunity, especially at the Times itself.

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Plot Keywords:

new york times | journalist | tablet computer | news media | false news story | 

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Taglines:

This year, the biggest story is their own.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language including some sexual references

Did You Know?

Quotes

Shane Smith: I'm a regular guy and I go to these places and I go, "OK, everyone talked to me about cannibalism, right? Everyone talked about cannibalism." Now I'm getting a lot of shit for talking about cannibalism. Whatever. Everyone talked to me about cannibalism! That's fucking crazy! So the actual... our audience goes, 'That's fucking insane, like, that's nuts!' The New York Times, meanwhile, is writing about surfing, and I'm sitting there going like, 'You know what? I'm not going to talk about surfing,...
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Connections

Featured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Episode #1.22 (2011)

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Soundtracks

Make the road by walking
Written by Gabriel Roth, Leon Michels, Michael Deller, David Guy', Thomas Brenneck', and Homer Steinweiss
Performed by Menahan Street Band
Published by Defend Songs, Inc.
Administered by Kobalt Music Publishing America, Inc.

User Reviews

A documentary about a dying industry

Page One is a documentary that follows the newspaper business, a business that is being beat out by the internet and mobile devices. The film follows one year at The New York Times and the people who work there. The main focus of the film is David Carr, a journalist with a rough exterior but a good heart and a great wit. Carr is a former drug addict and a New York Times reporter for many, many years. Carr has been writing for so long that he even says during the film "If you write about media long enough, eventually you type your way to your own doorstep." Carr is a fascinating character. This summer, we have gotten Thor, Captain America, The Green Lantern, Mr. Popper, ETC, but nothing beats watching a real guy with real strengths and genuine flaws go through every day life. Carr is an incredibly smart and humorous man with quick responses to just about everything. There is a scene, for example, when David Carr is looking at an I Pad with a fellow employee. Carr says "Wow, this is a great reading experience," in which he follows up with "you know what this reminds me of?..a newspaper." There are a lot of funny lines like that from Carr throughout the film. While there are a lot of people we get to meet and share experiences with in Page One, Carr is the only one worth reviewing because he is the only one who brings a realism to his role as a reporter. I must add that seeing how all of these people live is fascinating, but Carr is truly the only one who makes Page One worth reading into.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 September 2011 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

Untitled New York Times Project

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$28,911, 19 June 2011

Gross USA:

$1,067,028

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,077,982

Company Credits

Production Co:

Participant, History Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color