Newsfront (1978)
- Starring:
- Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes, (more)
- Director(s):
- Phillip Noyce
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Newsfront
Set between the years 1949 and 1956, Newsfront tracks the destinies of two brothers, their adventures and misadventures placed in the context of sweeping social and political changes in their native Australia. Both of the protagonists are newsreel photographers. Frank (Gerard Maguire) is constitutionally resistant to change, while Len (Bill Kennedy) welcomes any alterations in his own life and in the world around him. The film fluctuates between black and white and color, between actual news footage and reconstructed events. Newsfront is what The Way We Were might have looked like on a tiny budget with a cast of unknowns. The film represented a laudable feature-film directorial debut for one-time documentary filmmaker Philip Noyce. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 110 mins
Complete Cast of Newsfront
- Bill Hunter - Len Maguire
- Gerard Kennedy - Frank Maguire
- John Ewart - Charlie Henderson
- Don Crosby - A.G. Marwood
- John Clayton - Cliff the Production Manager
- John Dease - Ken, the Narrator
- Tony Barry - Greasy the Sound Mixer
- Alexander Archdale - Sir Charles
- Paul Jones - Charlie's assistant
- Les Foxcroft - Redex Trial Driver
- John Flaus - Father Coughlan
- Wendy Hughes - Amy McKenzie
- Chris Haywood - Chris Hewett
- Angela Punch - Fay Maguire
- Bryan Brown - Geoff the Editor
- Lorna Lesley - Ellie
- Drew Forsythe - Bruce the Second Editor
- Mark Holden - Len's New Assistant
- Bill Lyle - Macka the Projectionist
- Bruce Spence - Redex Trial Driver
- Robyn Moase - Dinah
- Chad Morgan - Redex Singer
- Director(s):
- Phillip Noyce
- Writer(s):
- Bob Ellis, Phillip Noyce, David Elfick
- Producer(s):
- David Elfick
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Brief Nudity, Adult Language, Questionable for Children, Adult Situations)
- 1978 - Australian Film Institute Awards - Best Picture
- 1978 - Australian Film Institute Awards - Best Actor
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