Main Cast: Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes, Gerard Kennedy, Chris Haywood, John Ewart, Angela Punch, Don Crosby, Bryan Brown, John Clayton, Lorna Lesley, John Dease
Release Year: 1978
Country: AU
Run Time: 110 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
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, All Movie Guide
Drew Forsythe - Bruce the Second Editor; Tony Barry - Greasy the Sound Mixer; Mark Holden - Len's New Assistant; Alexander Archdale - Sir Charles; Bill Lyle - Macka the Projectionist; Paul Jones - Charlie's assistant; Bruce Spence - Redex Trial Driver; Les Foxcroft - Redex Trial Driver; Robyn Moase - Dinah; John Flaus - Father Coughlan; Chad Morgan - Redex Singer
Credit
Lawrence Eastwood - Art Director, Richard Brennan - Associate Producer, David Elfick - Conception, Norma Moriceau - Costume Designer, Phillip Noyce - Director, John Scott - Editor, William Motzing - Composer (Music Score), Lissa Coote - Production Designer, Vincent Monton - Cinematographer, David Elfick - Producer, Kimble Hilder - Special Effects, Tim Lloyd - Sound/Sound Designer, Bob Ellis - Screen Story, David Elfick - Screenwriter, Bob Ellis - Screenwriter, Philippe Mora - Screenwriter, Phillip Noyce - Screenwriter
The plot of the movie is about photographers and cameramen who will do anything to get footage. Set between the years 1949 and 1956, 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. Frank Maguire is constitutionally resistant to change, while his younger brother Len Maguire welcomes any alterations in his own life and in the world around him.
