Newsfront
| Newsfront | |
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Original US film poster
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| Directed by | Phillip Noyce |
| Produced by | David Elfick |
| Written by | Phillip Noyce Bob Ellis |
| Based on | a concept by David Elfick Philippe Mora |
| Starring |
Bill Hunter Wendy Hughes Bryan Brown Gerard Kennedy |
| Music by | William Motzing |
| Cinematography | Vince Monton |
| Edited by | John Scott |
| Distributed by | Roadshow Entertainment (Australia) |
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Release date
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29 July 1978 |
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Running time
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110 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | AU$600,000 (est.) |
| Box office | AU$1,576,000 (Australia) |
Newsfront is a 1978 Australian drama film starring Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes, Chris Haywood and Bryan Brown, directed by Phillip Noyce. The screenplay is written by David Elfick, Bob Ellis, Philippe Mora, and Phillip Noyce. The original music score is composed by William Motzing. This film was shot on location in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Incorporating much actual newsreel footage, the film is shot in both black and white and colour.
The plot of the movie is about newsreel cameramen and production staff who will do anything to get footage. Set between the years 1948 and 1956, when television was introduced to Australia, the film tracks the destinies of two brothers, their adventures and misadventures placed in the context of sweeping social and political changes in their native Australia as well as natural disasters. Len Maguire is constitutionally resistant to change, while his younger brother Frank Maguire welcomes any alterations in his own life and in the world around him.
Events recreated in the film include Robert Menzies' return as Prime Minister of Australia, the 1951 referendum to ban the communist party, Post-war immigration to Australia, the combatting of the rabbit plague, the 1955 Hunter Valley floods and the 1956 introduction of television in Australia.
Phil Noyce showed a copy of his short film Castor and Pollux to David Elfick, a magazine publisher who had made a number of successful surf movies. Elfick, along with Mike Molloy and Philippe Mora had been discussing making a film about newsreel cameramen of the 1940s and 1950s who worked for such companies as Movietone and Cinesound Productions.
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