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In light of National Newspaper Week, The Ranger recommends these journalistic films.
Citizen Kane (1941) - Starring Orson Wells Charles Foster Kane is a publishing tycoon. Following his death, newspaper reporters try to find meaning in his final words.
Shattered Glass (2003) Starring Hayden Christensen Based on a true story, Stephen Glass is a young journalist whose life falls apart when it is discovered more than half his articles were fabricated.
Newsies (1992) - Starring Christian Bale Jack "Cowboy" Kelly, a disgruntled newsboy, organizes a strike to protest rising newspaper prices.
All the President's Men (1976) - Starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward are two Washington Post reporters who uncover the Watergate scandal that led President Nixon to resign.
His Girl Friday (1940) Starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell Walter Burns, a Chicago newspaper editor, tries to keep his best reporter and ex-wife Hildegaard "Hildy" Johnson from marrying another man and quitting.
Deadline U.S.A. (1952) Starring Humphrey Bogart Ed Hutcheson, a newspaper editor, rushes to finish an exposé on a local gangster before his paper is sold to competitors and likely closed.
Superman (2006) - Starring Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth The mild-mannered reporter who becomes a man of steel returns to Earth to find that while some things have changed, Lex Luthor is still up to his tricks.
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