When Hello America invites him to New York, he takes his daughter, Shelly (Gemmenne de la Peña), with him and bonds with her by helping her shop for a more suitable wardrobe. The job would nearly quadruple his salary, but means relocating to New York City. To prove himself to his father and possibly reconcile with Noreen ( Hope Davis), his estranged wife, Dave pursues a weatherman position with a national talk show called Hello America. David appreciates this advice but struggles to implement it. As he becomes more and more depressed, Dave takes up archery, finding the activity a way to build his focus and calm his nerves.ĭavid later remembers a conversation between himself and his father, where his father explains to him that "the harder thing to do and the right thing to do are often the same thing" and that "nothing that has meaning is easy".
The situation worsens when Robert is diagnosed with lymphoma and given only a few months to live. Dave also feels overshadowed by his father, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Spritzel ( Michael Caine), who is disappointed in Dave's apparent inability to grow up and deal with his two children. It received mixed reviews upon release.Ī successful weatherman at a Chicago news program, David Spritz ( Nicolas Cage) is well paid but garners little respect from people in the area who throw fast food at him, David suspects, because they're resentful of how easy his high-paying job is. The film was released on October 28, 2005, and grossed $19 million worldwide. It tells the story of a weatherman in the midst of a mid-life crisis. Sure it's a joke, but the scenario still begs the question, why don't meteorologists get to stand outside in good weather?Įven when you know it's a fake, a sense of unease still lingers as your brain tells you this is on live TV, but not so much that you won't get have a sensible chuckle or two while watching.The Weather Man is a 2005 American dark comedy-drama film directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Steve Conrad, and starring Nicolas Cage in the lead role and Michael Caine and Hope Davis in supporting roles. The "weatherman" is really a comedian named John Crist, who, in this instance, is taking observational comedy to a different level. If you're thinking, "How can the anchor stay so calm? Why don't they cut back to the studio because of "technical difficulties?" The answer, of course, is that this is all a setup. But arguably the most poignant complaint is how they only ask him to do live shots in bad weather, and they'll never send him out to stand by a lake or pool when the weather is a pleasure. He airs a lot of frustrations, and each is as true and funny as the last. He's supposed to be talking about severe winter weather, but when the anchor throws to him, Marshall goes immediately into a rant about his life as a weatherman. Marshall is on the side of the road, looking cold in a short-sleeved shirt and a vest emblazoned with the station's logo.
#Weatherman melts down on live tv tv
Let's take a look at this video starring our new friend Ryan Marshall, who is doing a live TV weather report in Denver.
But some people just have poor luck or bad timing. In the best case scenario, you don't take it out on people or have a public meltdown. LIVE TV - Look, we all have our bad days, and most people at some point start to heavily question a life choice or two. Reading or replaying the story in itsĪrchived form does not constitute a republication of the story. Only for your personal, non-commercial use.
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