Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Will Farrell followed up his star-making vehicle Elf, which matched his fine-tuned comic obliviousness to a sweet sincerity, with a more arrogant variation on the same character: Ron Burgundy, a macho, narcissistic news anchor from the 1970s. Along with his news posse--roving reporter Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd, Clueless), sports guy Champ Kind (David Koechner), and dim-bulb weatherman Brick Tamland (Steve Carell, Bruce Almighty)--Burgundy rules the roost in San Diego, fawned upon by groupies and supported by a weary producer (Fred Willard, Best In Show) who tolerates Burgundy's ego because of good ratings. But when Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate, View from the Top) arrives with ambitions to become an anchor herself, she threatens the male-dominated newsroom. Anchorman has plenty of funny material, but it's as if Farrell couldn't decide what he really wanted to mock, and so took smart-ass cracks at everything in sight. Still, there are moments of inspired delirium. --Bret Fetzer

Genre: Comedy
Production: Dreamworks
  1 win & 13 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
63
Rotten Tomatoes:
66%
PG-13
Year:
2004
94
$84,136,909
Website
13,526 Views
They bring you the news—so you don't have to get it yourself.
THEY BRING YOU THE NEWS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET IT YOURSELF
If Ron Burgundy says it, it's the truth!
His news is bigger than your news.

Brian:
I mean, come on, Ed, it's bullcrap! D - Don't get me wrong, I loves the ladies. I mean, they rev my engines, but they don't belong in the newsroom!

Champ:
It is anchorman, not anchorlady! And that is a scientific fact!

Brian:
Uh-huh.

Brick:
I don't know what we're yelling about!

Brian:
You're with us, Ron. What do you think?

Ron:
Sh*t! Sh-- it's terrible! She has beautiful eyes, and her hair smells like cinnamon!

Brian:
Mm-hmm.

Brick:
Loud noises!

Ed:
All right, everyone relax. She's not gonna take anyone's airtime, okay?

Brick:
I heard somewhere that their periods attract bears. The bears can smell the menstruation.

Brian:
Well, that's just great. You hear that, Ed? Bears. Now, you're putting the whole station in jeopardy.

Champ:
I will say one thing for her, Ed. She does have a nice, big old behind.

[He laughs.]

Champ:
I'd like to put some barbecue sauce on that butt and just bite, bite, bite, bite, munch, munch, munch! Ah-woo!

[Ed and Brian are cracking up.]

Ed:
Stop it! Oh, Jesus.

[Champ continues barking and does not see Veronica enter the room. Ed and Brian stop laughing upon realizing that she is there.]

Champ:
Oh, oh, oh, look at the full-moon butt! Look at it!

[He continues barking.]

Brian:
Champ! Champ! Champ, Champ!

[Brian motions to Champ to be quiet, and Champ turns and sees Veronica and becomes silent.]

Veronica Corningstone:
Mr. Harkin, I was just wondering if you knew when my office would be ready.

Edward "Ed" Harkin:
Well, that might take some time. For now, why don't you just grab a desk in the bullpen?

Ron:
You can use my office! Then, afterwards, maybe we can go to lunch!

Ed:
Lower your voice, Ron.

Ron:
Mm-hm!

Veronica:
All right. Well, thank you, Mr. Harkin. I'll go get my desk set up.

[Veronica leaves Ed's office, and Champ and Brian crack up again.]

Champion "Champ" Kind:
Oh, she is a saucy mama!

Champ:
What's this?

Wes:
Well, well, well. Ron Burgundy and the Channel Four News team.

Ron:
Hello, Wes Mantooth. Hello, Evening News team.

Wes:
Hey, nice clothes, gentlemen. I didn't know that the Salvation Army was having a sale.

[Wes and his news team laugh, and Wes flicks his cigarette at Ron.]

Wes:
Am I right? Am I right? Look at these guys!

[They continue laughing.]

Brick:
Hey! Where did you get those clothes? At the toilet store?

We:
What are you doing on our station's turf, Burgundy? You're about to get a serious beat down.

Champ:
I will smash your face into a car windshield and then take your mother, Dorothy Mantooth, out for a nice seafood dinner and never call her again!

[Wes's colleagues are forced to restrain an enraged Wes while Brick restrains Champ. Ron puts himself between Champ and Wes]

Wes:
Dorothy Mantooth is a saint! You understand me? Dorothy Mantooth is a saint!

Ron:
Hey, leave the mothers out of this. All right?

[Ron adjusts Champ's collar while Brian makes fighting motions at the Evening News team.]

Ron:
It's unnecessary. Besides, I'm sure Wes here is just upset about finishing second in the ratings again.

[Brian winces.]

Brian:
Ooh!

[He laughs.]

Wes:
That's completely uncalled for, Burgundy. You know those rating systems are flawed. They don't take in account houses that have, uh, more than two television sets and other - other things of that nature.

Ron:
I guess I have to take you at your word, number two.

[Ron, Brian, Champ, and Brick laugh at this, and Brian holds up a number two sign on his hand.]

Ron:
You have a great day, fellas. We'll see you around the bend.

[They walk off while Wes hits his news team's van.]

Wes:
Son of a b*tch!

Brian:
Excusez-moi, numéro two.

Wes:
Hey, Burgundy. You know those sample audiences aren't big enough! Stop hiding behind those phony numbers, Burgundy! I'm coming after you! I hate you, Ron Burgundy. I hate you! [to his news team] Can't say - can't say one word? Even the guy who can't think says something! You just stand there? Come on!

Brian:
Well, I'll give this little cookie an hour before we're doing the no-pants dance.

[Brian and Ron.]

Brian:
Time to musk up.

[He opens the door to reveal different types of colognes.]

Ron:
Wow. Never ceases to amaze me.

[He laughs.]

Ron:
What cologne are you gonna go with? London Gentleman or . . . wait. No, no, no. Hold on. Blackbeard's Delight?

Brian:
No. She gets a special cologne. It's called Sex Panther by Odeon. It's illegal in nine countries. Yep. It's made with bits of real panther, so you know it's good.

Ron:
It's quite pungent.

Brian:
Oh yeah.

Ron:
It's a formidable scent.

[He cringes while Brian daubs the cologne on his neck.]

Ron:
It stings the nostrils.

[He laughs.]

Ron:
In a good way.

Brian:
Yeah.

Ron:
Brian, I'm gonna be honest with you. That smells like pure gasoline.

Brian:
They've done studies, you know? 60% of the time, it works every time.

Ron:
That doesn't make any sense.

Brian:
Well, let's go see if we can make this little kitty purr.

[Brian growls, leaves the office, and approaches Veronica.]

Brian:
Hey, sweet cheeks. Got an invite I'd like to extend your way.

Veronica:
My God. What is that smell? Oh!

Brian:
That's the smell of desire, my lady.

Veronica:
God no, it smells like - like a used diaper filled with Indian food. Oh! Excuse me.

Brian:
You know, desire smells like that to some people.

[Other people start reacting to the cologne.]

News station employee:
What is that? It smells like a turd covered in burnt hair!

[Another woman passes by Brian and reacts in disgust.]

Woman:
It smells like Bigfoot's dick!

[Almost all of the employees flee the office to avoid the smell, and a woman starts screaming. Brian looks at his watch.]

Brian:
Oh.

[The smell is so strong that it sets off the fire alarm. Brian tries acting casual and walks away.]

Brian:
Oh, what's that smell, huh?

[The scene cuts to Brian being jet-hosed in the parking lot.]

Hoser:
This is worse than the time the raccoon got in the copier!


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