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Between the Lines (1977)
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
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From Time Out Film Guide
An odd film. Ostensibly an examination (and celebration?) of the counter-culture from within, in the form of the story of trials and tribulations of the staff of the Back Bay Mainline (a Boston fringe paper) as the '60s edge into the '70s, Between the Lines is soon revealed to be an unabashedly Hollywoodian paean to journalism and the free drink. The various reporters ache for fame and brood about the commercialisation of their craft with cynical detachment. That said, Silver's penny plain direction is surprisingly effective. An odd film.Author: PH
Cast & crew
Director: Joan Micklin Silver
Producer: Raphael D Silver
Cast: John Heard, Lindsay Crouse, Jeff Goldblum, Jill Eikenberry, Bruno Kirby, Gwen Welles, Michael J Pollard full cast
Duration: 101 mins
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