Comedy · Australia · 1979 · 1h 23m

The Journalist

Director

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

Crew

Donald McAlpine — Director of Photography Ron Williams — Editor Tim Wellburn — Editor Wayne Kent-Healing — Original Music Composer Michael Thornhill — Writer Edna Wilson — Writer

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Michael Thornhill Director Donald McAlpine Director of Photography Ron Williams Editor Tim Wellburn Editor Wayne Kent-Healing Original Music Composer Michael Thornhill Writer Edna Wilson Writer Pom Oliver Producer Jenny Green Production Design Anna Senior Costume Design

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