In post-war Australia the men and women of Cinetone struggle to produce the weekly news reels for the movie-going public.In post-war Australia the men and women of Cinetone struggle to produce the weekly news reels for the movie-going public.In post-war Australia the men and women of Cinetone struggle to produce the weekly news reels for the movie-going public.
- Awards
- 11 wins & 7 nominations
Angela Punch McGregor
- Fay
- (as Angela Punch)
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- TriviaOne of Harrison Ford's favorite films. When Phillip Noyce was chosen to direct Patriot Games (1992), Ford asked the producers who was the director because he had never heard of him before (and he had the power to veto the director if he didn't like or know). He was told that Noyce directed Dead Calm (1989), which was a big hit but Ford wasn't familiar with the movie. But when he asked about other films directed by Noyce and Newsfront (1978) was mentioned, he said he loved that movie and trusted the studio with their choice of director.
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This movie had excellent cinematography, first in black and white, and a great sense of period. And the acting seemed quite good. The problem is, I had no idea what anyone was saying most of the time. I've seen Australian movies before and haven't had any problems with the language, but this movie was full of strange words spoken in the fast cadence that has long been used to represent old-fashioned newsmen. I tried to watch it for a while, because really, it looks like it would be a really good movie if I understood it, but it was just impossible. I once saw an English movie that was subtitled for Americans, because it was a very slangy sort of English, and I wish they'd done the same thing with this one.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Journalfilmarna
- Filming locations
- Gulgong, New South Wales, Australia(Redex car rally)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- A$600,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $1,511
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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