Newsfront

Newsfront
RežijaPhillip Noyce
ProducentDavid Elfick
ScenarioPhillip Noyce
Bob Ellis
Predložaka concept by David Elfick
Philippe Mora
UlogeBill Hunter
Wendy Hughes
Bryan Brown
Gerard Kennedy
MuzikaWilliam Motzing
FotografijaVince Monton
MontažaJohn Scott
DistribucijaRoadshow Entertainment (Australia)
Datum(i) premijere29. 7. 1978 (1978-07-29)
Trajanje110 min.
Zemlja Australija
Jezikengleski
Budžet600.000 AU$ (proc.)[1]
Bruto prihod1,576.000 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

  1. 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]
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