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TriStar Pictures presents

Switching Channels

directed by Ted Kotcheff

“There's a lot more going on around here than news, weather, and sports.”

19881h 45mPGComedy

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TriStar Pictures presents

Switching Channels

directed by Ted Kotcheff

“There's a lot more going on around here than news, weather, and sports.”

19881h 45mPGComedy

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§ Synopsis

Comedy

A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.

§ Keywords

what it's about

ex-husband ex-wife relationship

§ Crew

behind the camera

Director

Screenplay

Jonathan Reynolds

Writers

Charles MacArthur

Cinematography

François Protat

Music

§ Cast

8 of 40

Kathleen Turner

Kathleen Turner

as Christy Colleran

Burt Reynolds

as John L. Sullivan IV

Christopher Reeve

Christopher Reeve

as Blaine Bingham

Ned Beatty

Henry Gibson

George Newbern

as Siegenthaler

Al Waxman

Ken James

as Warden Terwilliger

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§ Source

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1928

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