Welcome to the sister article to Comedy Clicks! Each week, we will be taking an in depth look at some of the best comedy films that the world of cinema can offer! Today we will be looking at Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
About the Film
Summary of Plot
Ron Burgundy is San Diego’s top-rated newsman in the male-dominated broadcasting of the 1970s, but that’s all about to change for Ron and his cronies when an ambitious woman is hired as a new anchor. – iMDB
Year Of Release
2004
Running Time
1 Hour 34 Minutes
Director
Adam McKay
Tagline
His news is bigger than your news.
Box Office Opening Weekend
$28,416,365
Trailer
Starring
Will Ferrell – Ron Burgundy Christina Applegate – Veronica Corningstone Steve Carrell – Brick Tamland Paul Rudd – Brian Fantana David Koechner – Champ Kind Fred Willard – Ed Harken Chris Parnell – Garth Holliday Kathryn Hahn – Helen
Song From the OST
Trivia
The Mexican restaurant Veronica visits with the girls from the station is named “Escupimos en su Alimento”. In Spanish, that means, “We spit on your food”.
Many of the actors and actresses were good at improvisation. They would sometimes do up to 20 different versions of reaction lines, trying out the first thing that popped into their heads.
Will Ferrell graduated from college with a degree in Journalism. He anchored the local news a few times before breaking into comedy.
Will Ferrell has played flute since elementary school.
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