Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Anchorman The Legend of Ron Burgundy, or simply Anchorman, is a 2004 comedy film directed by Adam McKay, produced by Judd Apatow, starring Will Ferrell, and written by McKay and Ferrell. The film is a tongueincheek take on the culture of the 1970s, particularly the new Action News format. It portrays a San Diego TV station where Ferrells title character clashes with his new female counterpart. This film is number 100 on Bravos 100 funniest movies, numberon TimeOuts top 100 comedy films of all time and 113 on Empires 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.
In 1974, Ron Burgundy Will Ferrell is the famous anchorman for a local San Diego television station, fictional KVWN channel 4. He works alongside his friends on the news team lead field reporter Brian Fantana Paul Rudd, sportscaster Champion Champ Kind David Koechner, and intellectually disabled chief meteorologist Brick Tamland Steve Carell. Station director Ed Harken Fred Willard informs the team that they have maintained their longheld status as the highestrated news program in San Diego, leading them to throw a wild party, where Ron unsuccessfully tries to pick up a beautiful, blonde woman Christina Applegate. Ed later informs the team that they have been forced to hire Veronica Corningstone, the same woman whom Ron tried to pick up. After a series of unsuccessful attempts by the team to seduce her, she finally relents and consents to a professional tour of the city with Ron, culminating in a sexual relationship. Despite agreeing to keep the relationship discreet, Ron announces it on air.After a dispute with a motorcyclist Jack Black involving Rons dog, Baxter, being punted off the San DiegoCoronado Bridge, Ron is late to work. Veronica fills in for him onair, and the couple break up. Veronica is made coanchor, to the disgust of the team, and the two coanchors become fierce rivals, both on and off the air. Depressed, the news team decides to buy new suits, but Brick, who was leading the way, gets them lost in a shady part of town. Confronted by main competitor Wes Mantooth Vince Vaughn and his news team, Ron challenges them to a fight. However, when several other news teams converge on the site, a fullon melee ensues, only to be broken up by police sirens and causing them to flee. Realizing that having a woman as a coanchor is straining their reputation, Ron gets in another heated argument with Veronica, and they get in a physical fight after she insults him about his hair, further increasing tensions. ........
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