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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 185 Fresh: 118  Rotten:67 Average Rating: 6.2/10
 
Consensus: It's a one-joke premise, but the movie is amiably dumb, and there are scenes of inspired goofiness.
 

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Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Theatrical Release: Jul 9, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $84,136,909

Synopsis: Will Ferrell ("Elf," "Old School") stars as Ron Burgundy, the top-rated anchorman in San Diego in the ‘70s. When feminism marches into the newsroom in the form of ambitious newswoman Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate - "View From the Top," TV’s "Married With Children"), Ron is... Will Ferrell ("Elf," "Old School") stars as Ron Burgundy, the top-rated anchorman in San Diego in the ‘70s. When feminism marches into the newsroom in the form of ambitious newswoman Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate - "View From the Top," TV’s "Married With Children"), Ron is willing to play along at first—as long as Veronica stays in her place, covering cat fashion shows, cooking, and other "female" interests. But when Veronica refuses to settle for being eye candy and steps behind the news desk, it’s more than a battle between two perfectly coiffed anchor-persons…it’s war. Will Ferrell co-wrote the screenplay for "Anchorman" with Adam McKay, a former "Saturday Night Live" head writer and founder of the Upright Citizen’s Brigade comedy troupe. McKay is also making his directorial debut on "Anchorman." Judd Apatow ("The Cable Guy," TV’s "Freaks and Geeks") is producing the film, with Shauna Robertson ("Meet The Parents," "Elf"), David O. Russell ("Three Kings," "Flirting With Disaster") and David Householter ("The Core") co-producing. "Anchorman" also stars David Koechner ("A Guy Thing"), Steve Carell ("Bruce Almighty") and Paul Rudd ("The Shape of Things," "The Cider House Rules") as members of Ron’s news team, and Fred Willard ("American Wedding," "A Mighty Wind") and Chris Parnell (TV’s "Saturday Night Live") as news producers. Kevin Corrigan (TV’s "Grounded For Life," "Slums of Beverly Hills"), renowned rap musician Chuck D (of Public Enemy), Tara Subkoff ("The Cell," "American Pie") and Maya Rudolph (TV’s "Saturday Night Live") appear as members of the radical underground group The Alarm Clock, which becomes the big news story of the day. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Paul Rudd, David Koechner, Fred Willard

Director: Adam McKay
Screenwriter: Adam McKay, Will Ferrell
Producer: Judd Apatow
Composer: Alex Wurman

DVD Info

Release:

Nov 27, 2007

[DVD Details]

HD DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Deleted Scenes
  • Outtakes
  • Bonus Feature/Short - 1. Ron Burgundy Interview with Bill Kurtis
  • 2. Ron Burgundy A&E BIOGRAPHY
  • 3. ESPN Audition
  • 4. MTV MUSIC AWARDS Interviews With Jim Caviezel, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Burt Reynolds
  • Featurette - 1. MAKING OF ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY
  • Trailers

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Joe Lozito
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6/10

Most of the comedy is rather obvious--silly and corny--yet it's often so dumb it's intermittently funny.

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11/29/07
John J. Puccio
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A crude, funny satire that tackles local television anchors and their newscasts. Those are easy targets to skewer, but the movie mines more truth from its subject than some in the biz will want to admit.

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Christopher Smith
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Some of Anchorman is the kind of giddy, nonsensical stuff that can only emerge from a genuinely deranged comic brain.

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07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
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Ostensibly modeled on the egomaniacal Ted Baxter of the old Mary Tyler Moore TV series, this adventure's protagonist is less comical, less endearing, and generally grates on the nerves.

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Kam Williams
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09/30/05
Scott Nash
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...somehow Will Farrell manages to hold the whole mess together.

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07/25/05
Uri Lessing
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy shows that the past has bright future in Hollywood comedies.

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07/25/05
Dragan Antulov
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So funny that you won't care that it has no real plot but boasts more bad wigs than The Lord of the Rings...

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Brian Juergens
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Ethan Alter
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Nothing in Anchorman will be mistaken for the work of Preston Sturges, but the occasional chuckle and even a loud guffaw is unavoidable.

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Dan Lybarger
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The screenplay by Ferrell and director Adam McKay revels in political incorrectness

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John Larsen
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Tony Medley
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