Switching Channels (1988)

Released: 1988-03-05 Duration: 1hr 45min

Genres: Comedy

Rating 6.1

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

Overview

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

Production Companies

TriStar Pictures

Additional Info

Budget	$18,000,000.00
Revenue	$9,129,999.00
Original Language	en
Popularity	1.57475

Directed By

Ted Kotcheff

Crew

Writer
Ben Hecht

Director
Ted Kotcheff

Writer
Charles MacArthur

Utility Stunts
Shelley Cook

Producer
Martin Ransohoff

Art Direction
Charles Dunlop

Screenplay
Jonathan Reynolds

Production Design
Anne Pritchard

Costume Design
Mary E. McLeod

Executive Producer
Don Carmody

Set Decoration
Mark S. Freeborn

Casting
Lynn Stalmaster

Stunt Coordinator
Dwayne McLean

Set Decoration
Rose Marie McSherry

Editor
Thom Noble

Third Assistant Director
Janet Spiegel

Assistant Art Director
Ed Hanna

Second Second Assistant Director
Stephen Andrzejewski

Scenic Artist
Tristan Tondino

Property Buyer
Gustave Meunier

Sound Editor
Richard Cadger

Supervising Sound Editor
Wayne Griffin

Director of Photography
François Protat

Assistant Makeup Artist
Teresa Robinson

Boom Operator
Steve Switzer

Assistant Costume Designer
Gail Filman

Scenic Artist
Reet Puhm

Assistant Hairstylist
Diana Ladyshewsky

Carpenter
Tony Parkins

Wardrobe Master
Stacey Coker

Production Manager
Joyce Kozy King

Assistant Sound Editor
Michael Rea

Key Hair Stylist
David R. Beecroft

Assistant Set Decoration
Daniel R. Bradette

Assistant Sound Editor
John Laning

Color Timer
Larry Engelmann

Gaffer
Steve Danyluk

Clapper Loader
Dave Sheridan

Extras Casting
Peter Lavender

Assistant Editor
Patricia A. Galvin

Original Music Composer
Michel Legrand

Hairstylist
Philip Leto

Production Secretary
Cindy Burden

Production Accountant
Jim Mathews

Key Makeup Artist
Katherine Southern

Property Master
Don Miloyevich

Painter
Frances Semple

Sound Editor
Robin Leigh

Wardrobe Master
Kim W. Chow

Assistant Editor
Joan E. Chapman

First Assistant Director
Jim Kaufman

Second Assistant Director
Blair Roth

Camera Operator
Andy Chmura

Continuity
Susanna David

Production Coordinator
Deborah Zwicker

Still Photographer
Chris Helcermanas-Benge

Sound Editor
Jane Tattersall

Assistant Sound Editor
Donna Powell

Assistant Editor
Peter Ransohoff

Gaffer
Ray Boyle

Still Photographer
Bruce Macaulay

Assistant Editor
Susan Maggi

Focus Puller
Thom Ryan

Foley Artist
Peter McBurnie

Key Grip
Michael Kohne

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