At a Glance

It's the early 1970s and the local anchorman is not only a source of news but a revered local hero. In San Diego, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), a mustachioed bachelor with a taste for scotch, unparalleled passion for the jazz flute, and a near-telepathic connection with his spirited mutt, Baxter, is that man. Rounding out Ron's testosterone-heavy news team are his close friends--cologne-obsessed man-on-the-street Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd), sports reporter Champ Kind (Dave Koechner), and mentally challenged weatherman Brick Tamland (Steve Carrell). Their male camaraderie is challenged, though, when producer Ed Harken (Fred Willard), pressured by changing times, brings the first female reporter, ambitious Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), to the team. Ron finds his chauvinistic ideals compromised further when he starts falling in love with her. Fuelled by Ferrell's singularly loopy persona, ANCHORMAN joins the long list of comedies which have successfully poked fun at the styles and mores of the '70s. Here, with Ferrell's script and Adam McKay's direction, the character of Ron Burgundy becomes a full-bodied comic creation whose possibilities for laughs aren't nearly exhausted by the end credits. The result is an often hilarious celebration of moustaches, wide neckties, alcohol abuse, and good, old-fashioned sexism.

Detailed Information

Egos clash as Ron Burgundy, a chauvinistic top-rated 1970s anchorman, is told that he'll be working with a new partner... a beautiful, but brutally ambitious, young newswoman.

British audiences are finally waking up to the fact that Will Ferrell is one of the funniest men alive. He’s been a star in the States for going on ten years now, thanks largely to his role on cult TV sketch show Saturday Night Live. But we had to wait for his movie career to kick off before we got a taste of that crazy Ferrell magic for ourselves. Here’s a guy who steals every film he’s in, no matter the size of his part, from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back to Zoolander and Old School, though it was his first starring role, in Elf, that really made his name in the UK.

And Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is ten times funnier than that, a smart and silly tale of men being men in the days before equal rights spoiled everything for them forever. Ferrell plays number one San Diego anchorman (American for newsreader) Ron Burgundy, a man of deep, deep shallows with perfect hair and a stone age attitude to women that’s perfectly in keeping with the male dominated, Seventies setting.

Then along comes stunning wannabe anchorlady Veronica Corningstone (Married… With Children’s Christina Applegate) and the sparks begin to fly. Bolstered by an awesome supporting cast and a hoard of all-star cameos – Ben Stiller, Tim Robbins, Vince Vaughan, Luke Wilson and Jack Black among them – Anchorman is comedy gold.