Cold Copy Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: An ambitious journalism student falls under the thrall of an esteemed yet cutthroat news reporter whom she's desperate to impress, even if it means manipulating her latest story... and the very idea of truth itself.
directed by Roxine Helberg
starring Tracee Ellis Ross, Bel Powley, Jacob Tremblay
release date January 26, 2024 (in theaters and on VOD/Digital)
directed by Roxine Helberg
starring Tracee Ellis Ross, Bel Powley, Jacob Tremblay
release date January 26, 2024 (in theaters and on VOD/Digital)
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Short filmTranscript
00:00 [BELL RINGS]
00:01 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:03 Journalism isn't a vocation.
00:05 It's a persona.
00:06 Sources are adamant that you push for his resignation.
00:09 Each of you will research and produce investigative segments.
00:13 Whichever one of you bring me the best story--
00:15 Hi, my name is Mia.
00:16 Mia Scott.
00:16 Mia Scott.
00:17 Your segment will air on the night report.
00:19 [BELL RINGS]
00:21 I think I have nothing.
00:22 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:26 If you want to drop the class, there's no shame.
00:28 No.
00:28 No, no, no.
00:29 I put you in a really tough spot,
00:31 giving you a place when I wasn't sure if it was for you.
00:33 It's for me.
00:34 It's for me.
00:36 You're going to have to take a risk, Mia.
00:39 Have you ever taken a risk?
00:40 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:42 Oh my god.
00:44 Are you OK?
00:44 You live here?
00:51 You sound surprised.
00:53 You should see the other guy.
00:56 Did you draw these?
00:58 Like--
00:58 They're incredible.
01:00 Hey, do you remember Charlotte Novak?
01:04 The famous children's author?
01:06 Didn't she accidentally overdose?
01:07 Turns out he's Charlotte Novak's kid.
01:10 He's this amazing artist.
01:11 That's not a story.
01:12 What is?
01:13 Charlotte killed herself.
01:14 That they hid it.
01:16 Why?
01:18 He has a secret, and it's burning him up inside.
01:21 What you do becomes the story.
01:26 If you act like he's fine, he'll look fine.
01:29 How I act tells people how to perceive you.
01:32 Maybe they see a mother-daughter, or a friend.
01:35 Maybe more.
01:38 Shouldn't you be in school?
01:42 I go sometimes.
01:43 I don't care if your subjects end up hating you.
01:45 What would your mom say about that?
01:47 You're there to do whatever it takes to get the truth.
01:53 Turn it off.
01:55 Turn it off.
01:56 It doesn't matter the bridges that you burn to get there.
01:59 You don't know what I had to do.
02:01 Do what has to be done.
02:08 [MUSIC PLAYING]
02:11 [MUSIC PLAYING]