Newsfront Movie Review 1978

A story about two brothers, both newsreel filmmakers, and their differing approaches to life and their craft in the 1940s and '50s. Tribute to the days of newsreel film combines real stories and fictionalized accounts with color and black and white photography. Noyce's feature film debut.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 110 minutes.
Originally from Australian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Front Page, Period Piece: 1950s

Cast

Bill Hunter, Gerard Kennedy, Angela Punch McGregor, Wendy Hughes, Chris Haywood, John Ewart, Bryan Brown

Director

Phillip Noyce

Producer

David Elfick

Awards

Australian Film Inst. 1978: Actor (Hunter), Film.