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    Absence of Malice

    Director: Sydney Pollack Cast: Sally Field

    Sally Field
    , Paul Newman
    Paul Newman
    , Bob Balaban
    Bob Balaban
    , Luther Adler
    Luther Adler
    , Melinda Dillon
    Melinda Dillon


    DVD

    (Wide Screen)

    $9.99
    $9.99

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    • Release Date: 12/07/2010
    • UPC: 0014381684223
    • Original Release: 1981
    • Rating: PG
    • Source: Image Entertainment
    • Region Code: 1
    • Presentation: [Full Frame, Wide Screen]
    • Sound: [monaural]
    • Language: English
    • Runtime: 6960
    • Sales rank: 10,910

    Cast & Crew

    Performance Credits
    Sally Field Megan Carter
    Paul Newman Michael Gallagher
    Bob Balaban Elliot Rosen
    Luther Adler Malderone
    Melinda Dillon Teresa Perrone
    Barry Primus Waddell
    Josef Sommer McAdam
    John Harkins Davidek
    Don Hood Quinn
    Wilford Brimley Wells
    Arnie Ross Eddie Frost
    Anna Marie Napoles Nickie
    Lynn Stalmaster Actor
    Shelley Spurlock Sarah Wylie
    Joe Petrullo Mobster
    Shawn McAllister Mobster
    Rooney Kerwin Walker,Walker
    Oswaldo Calvo John
    Clardy Malugen Donna
    Sharon Anderson Secretary
    Jody Wilson Ragged Lady,Ragged Lady
    Ilse Earl Nun
    Alfredo Calderon Rodriguez
    Patrick Sullivan Meersma
    Bill Hindman Priest
    Timothy Hawkins FBI Agent
    John Archie FBI Agent
    Ricardo Marquez FBI Agent
    Kathy Suergiu Reporter
    Jeff Gillen Reporter
    Diane Zolten Reporter
    Ted Bartsch Beverage Manager
    Sugar Ray Mann Copy Boy
    Richard O'Feldman Driver
    Chuck Lupo Dock Boy
    John DiSanti Longshoreman
    Laurie V. Logan McAdam's Assistant
    Patricia Matsdorff Susan
    Gary Van Auken Marshall
    Jack McDermott News Staff
    Mark Harris News Staff
    Bobbie-Ellyne Kosstrin News Staff
    Lynn Parraga News Staff
    Lee Sandman News Staff
    Barry Hober News Staff
    Dave Grusin Composer
    Phanie Napoli Nickie
    Alfredo ?lvarez Calder?n Rodriquez
    Richard O'Barry Driver

    Technical Credits
    Sydney Pollack Producer
    Kurt Luedtke Screenwriter
    Ronald L. Schwary Executive Producer
    Les Fresholtz Sound Effects

    Scene Index

    Side #1 -- Side 1: Absence of Malice: FULLSCREEN
    0. Scene Selections
    1. Start [6:48]
    2. History Lesson [1:10]
    3. Something Out Of School [2:17]
    4. Elliot Rosen [5:59]
    5. "our Story Is True" [1:58]
    6. Chapter 6 [3:38]
    7. Q & A With Teresa [9:05]
    8. Questioning Mike [3:23]
    9. Questioning Megan [4:09]
    10. Union Problems [2:18]
    11. Going Hunting [8:41]
    12. Megan Meets Teresa [6:39]
    13. The Story Breaks [1:38]
    14. "there's Been An Accident." [2:50]
    15. Details [5:04]
    16. The Funeral [1:42]
    17. A Job To Do [1:09]
    18. Desk Time? [2:44]
    19. His Meeting, His Agenda [2:08]
    20. In Megan's Apartment [3:31]
    21. Terminating The Investigation [1:14]
    22. Elliot's Idea [1:27]
    23. Reconciled [2:29]
    24. Setting Them Up [2:09]
    25. 11 Am Meeting [:58]
    26. "gallagher Paid Off Quinn." [1:37]
    27. Truth [5:55]
    28. The Inquiry [23:13]
    Side #2 -- Side 2: Absence of Malice: WIDESCREEN
    0. Scene Selections
    1. Start [6:48]
    2. History Lesson [1:10]
    3. Something Out Of School [2:17]
    4. Elliot Rosen [5:59]
    5. "our Story Is True." [1:58]
    6. James Quinn [3:38]
    7. Q & A With Teresa [9:05]
    8. Questioning Mike [3:23]
    9. Questioning Megan [4:09]
    10. Union Problems [2:18]
    11. Going Hunting [8:41]
    12. Megan Meets Teresa [6:39]
    13. The Story Breaks [1:38]
    14. "there's Been An Accident." [2:50]
    15. Details [5:04]
    16. The Funeral [1:42]
    17. A Job To Do [1:09]
    18. Desk Time? [2:44]
    19. His Meeting, His Agenda [2:08]
    20. In Megan's Apartment [3:31]
    21. Terminating The Investigation [1:14]
    22. Elliots Idea [1:27]
    23. Reconciled [2:29]
    24. Setting Them Up [2:09]
    25. 11 Am Meeting [:58]
    26. "gallagher Paid Off Quinn." [1:37]
    27. Truth [5:55]
    28. The Inquiry [23:13]

    An ambitious newpaper reporter Megan (Sally Field) is sent to interview Gallagher (Paul Newman), the reclusive business son of a deceased mobster. Though Megan isn't fully aware of it, she is being manipulated by an ambitious FBI investigator (Bob Balaban), who hopes to tie Gallagher to the recent disappearance of a labor leader. Megan gains Gallagher's confidence, then writes a scathing piece suggesting that her subject and the missing man were in cahoots. Events deteriorate from there, and the film concludes with a legal harangue presided over by a sagacious old federal functionary played by Wilford Brimley. The true villain is routed, though there's no guarantee that Gallagher and Megan will ever be able to mend their own emotional fences.

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    Kurt Luedtke translated his own experiences as a big-city newspaper editor at the Detroit Free Press to write his first feature film. He earned an Academy Award nomination for original screenplay for his journalistically credible story about a naïve, eager-beaver young reporter (Sally Field) misled by a federal investigator into fingering the wrong man (Paul Newman) in the murder of a longshoreman's union official. Directed by Sydney Pollack, the film was a box-office hit and also earned Oscar nominations for Newman and supporting actress Melinda Dillon. Most memorable is the scene in which Newman barges into the newspaper's city room to confront Field. Like most Pollack films, Absence of Malice is a showcase for its actors, who give depth and color to a polished though fairly conventional entry in the fading genre of newspaper movies. Luedtke later wrote an Oscar-winning screenplay for Pollack's Out of Africa and had a co-writer credit on the acclaimed Schindler's List.
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