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Absence of Malice

starring: Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Luther Adler
directed by: Sydney Pollack

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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767804325
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767804325
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 15, 1998
Running Time: 116 minutes
Sales Rank: 2628
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: December 18, 1981



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Product Description:
High-minded story about the harm that news media can inflict. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/13/2008 Starring: Paul Newman Wilford Brimley Run time: 116 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Sydney Pollack

Amazon.com essential video:
The ethics of the press are roundly slapped around in an entertaining if not always believable drama from director Sydney Pollack. Sally Field is the Miami reporter who is set up to leak information on a dead-end murder investigation. A sneaky government official (a marvelous, rubber-band-spinning Bob Balaban) provides the information that implies liquor distributor Paul Newman is under investigation. When the story runs, it uncorks a legal quagmire that puts the spotlight on presumably innocent lives. As the lawyers explain, the paper's story is accurate, even though it may be untrue. The details of the story are sharply drawn by first-time screenwriter and former reporter Kurt Luedtke (who later went on to win an Oscar scripting Pollack's Out of Africa); the film could be used in a Media Ethics 101 class. Newman secretly counterattacks in a clever plot to derail the process that quickly encompasses his jittery friend (Oscar nominee Melinda Dillon). Field's continuing ethical gaps--including falling in love with her subject--stretch the film's credibility. Then again, who wouldn't fall for Paul Newman in the Florida sun? --Doug Thomas



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - One of the most important movies ever made...
I can't improve on the first sentence from W.Corse's excellent 2/3/05 review:

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Plenty of malice
I enjoyed this movie immensely. It points up the contrast between human beings as they are and as they ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Thoughtful riposte to "investigative journalists"
Paul Newman is cast as a businessman whose only links to organised crime are tenuous at best -via an uncle ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Great movie with silly love story.
How unbelievable is it that Paul and Sally would end up in bed after Newman's friend, (played by Melinda Dillon), ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - An accurate portrayal of journalism
When this movie came out, I was a reporter at a daily newspaper. I went to "Absence of Malice" fully prepared to hate ... Read More

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