Switching Channels

6.1
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Run time: 105 min
  • Premiere: 1988. March 5.

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

Discover

Kathleen Turner

Christy Colleran

Burt Reynolds

John L. Sullivan IV

Christopher Reeve

Blaine Bingham

Ned Beatty

Roy Ridnitz

Henry Gibson

Ike Roscoe

George Newbern

Siegenthaler

Al Waxman

Berger

Ken James

Warden Terwilliger

Ted Simonett

Tillinger

Joe Silver

Mordsini

Charles Kimbrough

The Governor

Allan Royal

Obregon

Fiona Reid

Pamela Farbrother

Laura Robinson

Karen Ludlow

Angelo Rizacos

Ridnitz's Sidekick

Laurie Paton

Reporter

Katya Ladan

Reporter

Judah Katz

Tillinger Sound Man

Jason Blicker

Sound Man

Diane Douglass

Upper Class Woman

Noel Gray

Nancy

Jane Schoettle

Booking Secretary

Ida Carnevali

Poor 'Yuppie' Mother

Megan Smith-Harris

Booking Secretary

Cheryl Wilson

SNN Anchor Person

Arlene Mazerolle

Hotel Receptionist

C.J. Lusby

Round Card Girl (uncredited)

Richard Comar

Governor's Aide

Grant Cowan

Crannock

Jonathan Welsh

Chaplain

Jack Duffy

Emil, the Waiter

Warren Davis

Reporter

Rex Hagon

Reporter

Diana Douglas

Upper Class Woman

Megan Smith-Harris

Booking Secretary (as Megan Smith)

Philip Malotte

6'8' Cameraman

James Loxley

Anchorman

Cheryl Wilson

SNN Anchor Person (as Cheryl S. Wilson)

Ray Landry

SNN Anchor Person

John Dee

Old Man in Lobby

Peter Walachy

Tattooee

Eric Fink

Butler

Heather Holmberg

Business Woman (uncredited)

Marlon Sterling Long

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Art

Charles Dunlop

Art Direction

Anne Pritchard

Production Design

Mark S. Freeborn

Set Decoration

Rose Marie McSherry

Set Decoration

Ed Hanna

Assistant Art Director

Gustave Meunier

Property Buyer

Daniel R. Bradette

Assistant Set Decoration

Don Miloyevich

Property Master

Camera

François Protat

Director of Photography

Dave Sheridan

Clapper Loader

Andy Chmura

Camera Operator

Chris Helcermanas-Benge

Still Photographer

Bruce Macaulay

Still Photographer

Thom Ryan

Focus Puller

Michael Kohne

Key Grip

Costume & Make-Up

Mary E. McLeod

Costume Design

Teresa Robinson

Assistant Makeup Artist

Gail Filman

Assistant Costume Designer

Diana Ladyshewsky

Assistant Hairstylist

Stacey Coker

Wardrobe Master

David R. Beecroft

Key Hair Stylist

Philip Leto

Hairstylist

Katherine Southern

Key Makeup Artist

Kim W. Chow

Wardrobe Master

Crew

Shelley Cook

Utility Stunts

Dwayne McLean

Stunt Coordinator

Tristan Tondino

Scenic Artist

Reet Puhm

Scenic Artist

Tony Parkins

Carpenter

Directing

Ted Kotcheff

Director

Janet Spiegel

Third Assistant Director

Stephen Andrzejewski

Second Second Assistant Director

Jim Kaufman

First Assistant Director

Blair Roth

Second Assistant Director

Susanna David

Continuity

Editing

Thom Noble

Editor

Larry Engelmann

Color Timer

Patricia A. Galvin

Assistant Editor

Joan E. Chapman

Assistant Editor

Peter Ransohoff

Assistant Editor

Susan Maggi

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Ray Boyle

Gaffer

Production

Don Carmody

Executive Producer

Joyce Kozy King

Production Manager

Peter Lavender

Extras Casting

Cindy Burden

Production Secretary

Jim Mathews

Production Accountant

Deborah Zwicker

Production Coordinator

Sound

Richard Cadger

Sound Editor

Wayne Griffin

Supervising Sound Editor

Steve Switzer

Boom Operator

Michael Rea

Assistant Sound Editor

John Laning

Assistant Sound Editor

Michel Legrand

Original Music Composer

Robin Leigh

Sound Editor

Jane Tattersall

Sound Editor

Donna Powell

Assistant Sound Editor

Peter McBurnie

Foley Artist

Writing

Ben Hecht

Writer

Jonathan Reynolds

Screenplay

Art

Charles Dunlop

Art Direction

Anne Pritchard

Production Design

Mark S. Freeborn

Set Decoration

Rose Marie McSherry

Set Decoration

Ed Hanna

Assistant Art Director

Gustave Meunier

Property Buyer

Daniel R. Bradette

Assistant Set Decoration

Don Miloyevich

Property Master

Camera

François Protat

Director of Photography

Dave Sheridan

Clapper Loader

Andy Chmura

Camera Operator

Chris Helcermanas-Benge

Still Photographer

Bruce Macaulay

Still Photographer

Thom Ryan

Focus Puller

Michael Kohne

Key Grip

Costume & Make-Up

Mary E. McLeod

Costume Design

Teresa Robinson

Assistant Makeup Artist

Gail Filman

Assistant Costume Designer

Diana Ladyshewsky

Assistant Hairstylist

Stacey Coker

Wardrobe Master

David R. Beecroft

Key Hair Stylist

Philip Leto

Hairstylist

Katherine Southern

Key Makeup Artist

Kim W. Chow

Wardrobe Master

Crew

Shelley Cook

Utility Stunts

Dwayne McLean

Stunt Coordinator

Tristan Tondino

Scenic Artist

Reet Puhm

Scenic Artist

Tony Parkins

Carpenter

Directing

Ted Kotcheff

Director

Janet Spiegel

Third Assistant Director

Stephen Andrzejewski

Second Second Assistant Director

Jim Kaufman

First Assistant Director

Blair Roth

Second Assistant Director

Susanna David

Continuity

Editing

Thom Noble

Editor

Larry Engelmann

Color Timer

Patricia A. Galvin

Assistant Editor

Joan E. Chapman

Assistant Editor

Peter Ransohoff

Assistant Editor

Susan Maggi

Assistant Editor

Lighting

Ray Boyle

Gaffer

Production

Don Carmody

Executive Producer

Joyce Kozy King

Production Manager

Peter Lavender

Extras Casting

Cindy Burden

Production Secretary

Jim Mathews

Production Accountant

Deborah Zwicker

Production Coordinator

Sound

Richard Cadger

Sound Editor

Wayne Griffin

Supervising Sound Editor

Steve Switzer

Boom Operator

Michael Rea

Assistant Sound Editor

John Laning

Assistant Sound Editor

Michel Legrand

Original Music Composer

Robin Leigh

Sound Editor

Jane Tattersall

Sound Editor

Donna Powell

Assistant Sound Editor

Peter McBurnie

Foley Artist

Writing

Ben Hecht

Writer

Jonathan Reynolds

Screenplay