Newsfront

Newsfront
Newsfront
Režija	Phillip Noyce
Producent	David Elfick
Scenario	Phillip Noyce; Bob Ellis
Predložak	a concept by David Elfick; Philippe Mora
Uloge	Bill Hunter; Wendy Hughes; Bryan Brown; Gerard Kennedy
Muzika	William Motzing
Fotografija	Vince Monton
Montaža	John Scott
Distribucija	Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)
Datum(i) premijere	29. 7. 1978
Trajanje	110 min.
Zemlja	Australija
Jezik	engleski
Budžet	600.000 AU$ (proc.)
Bruto prihod	1,576.000 AU$ (Australija)

Newsfront sh. Fronta vijesti) je australijski igrani film snimljen 1978. godine u režiji Phillipa Noycea kome je to predstavljao cjelovečernji igrani debi. Po žanru je drama, a protagonisti, koje tumače Bill Hunter i Gerard Kennedy, su dva brata koja krajem 1940-ih i početkom 1950-ih rade u filmskim studijima za produkciju filmskih žurnala. Radnja, smještena u period od 1949. do 1956. godine prikazuje dramatične društvene promjene u zemlji, odnosno način na koji braća prikazuju autentične historijske događaje, a koji će kulminirati dolaskom televizije. Film, koji je kombinirao igrane sa dokumentarnim scenama, je dobio brojne pohvale i osvojio niz prestižnih nagrada.

Glavne uloge

Bill Hunter ... Len Maguire
Wendy Hughes ... Amy Mackenzie
Gerard Kennedy ... Frank Maguire
Chris Haywood ... Chris Hewitt
John Ewart ... Charlie
John Clayton ... Cliff
Angela Punch McGregor ... Fay
Don Crosby ... A.G. Marwood
Bryan Brown ... Geoff
Mark Holden ... Len's new assistant
Drew Forsythe ... Bruce
Ray Meagher ... Len's second brother
Bruce Spence ... Redex trial driver
Brian Blain ... Fred
Jude Kuring ... Geoff's wife
John Flaus ... Father Coughlan
Tony Barry ... Greasy
Gerry Duggan ... Len's father

Izvori

↑ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p207-211

Vanjske veze

Newsfront na sajtu IMDb
Newsfront na AllMovie-u (en)
Newsfront Arhivirano 2017-12-01 na Wayback Machine-u at Oz Movies
Newsfront at the National Film and Sound Archive^{[mrtav link]}

[stratton-1] David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p207-211

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