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The Journalist
Comedy about a womanizing journalist on a Sydney newspaper who confronts job problems and impotence in the context of Australian media and politics of the 1970's. A somewhat lesser Australian film comparable to the American film Shampoo.
Cast
- Jack Thompson as Simon Morris
- Sam Neill as Rex
- Elizabeth Alexander as Liz Corbett
- Penne Hackforth-Jones as Gillie Griffiths
- Charles Tingwell as Sid Mitchell
- Carol Raye as Maggie
- Frank Wilson
- Stuart Wagstaff
- Ray Meagher
- Anna Hruby
- Ken Goodlet
- Frankie J. Holden
Details
- Director
- Michael Thornhill
- Released
- November 15, 1979
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Studio
- New South Wales Film Corp. and FJF Promoters
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 4.8 / 10 from 4 votes
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