The idea for the film was born when producer Laura Ziskin and story co-writer Alvin Sargent were watching the 1988 presidential primaries. They became intrigued by television's power to instantly create identity and reputation with a single act or image. When Ziskin later saw television news reports of a plane crash, in which people were rescued by "a man who came out of nowhere", she gave the scenario a comic spin: "What if a truly wonderful act were performed by a person who's actually pretty crummy, a lowlife, a criminal, a Bernie LaPlante?" Director Stephen Frears added: "The press are treated as a fact of contemporary life--powerful, pervasive, and often highly amusing in their feverish pursuit of a story."

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