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Newsfront is a american film of genre Drama directed by Phillip Noyce with Bill Hunter
Newsfront (1978)
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Add to a movie listNewsfront 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.
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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.Actors
Bill Hunter
(Len Maguire)
Wendy Hughes
(Amy Mackenzie)
Bryan Brown
(Geoff)
Chris Haywood
(Chris Hewitt)
Gerard Kennedy
(Frank Maguire)
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