NEWSFRONT

Details

• Release Year: 1978
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Phillip Noyce (Patriot Games, Dead Calm) Newsfront tells the story of the previously unsung newsreel cameramen, who raced to beat deadlines and dangers to capture on film, for a voracious audience of cinemagoers, the historic moments that were shaping a young nation. But their days were numbered as a new technology called television threatened to bring the world into the living room instantaneously.; ; Featuring one of the finest Australian casts ever assembled, including Bill Hunter (Muriel's Wedding, Strictly Ballroom), Wendy Hughes (My Brilliant Career) and Brian Brown (F/X, The Thorn Birds), this dynamic drama garnered raves from critics around the globe and won eight Australian Film Institute Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. Newsfront has been fully restored and re-mastered in High Definition from original vault materials, and is now presented with exciting Extras for the first time in America!
• Cast: Chad Morgan, Don Philps, Peter Carroll, Rob Steele, Brian Blain, Gerry Duggan, Joan Winchester, Ken Bernard, Allan Penney, Slim DeGrey, Kay Eklund, Kit Taylor, Ray Marshall, Graeme Smith, Steve Bisley, Brian Anderson, Bunny Brooke, Anne Haddy, Sue Walker, Jude Kuring, Ray Meagher, David Elfick, Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes, Gerard Kennedy, Chris Haywood, John Ewart, Don Crosby, Angela Punch McGregor, John Clayton, John Dease, Bryan Brown, Lorna Lesley, Mark Holden, Drew Forsythe, Tony Barry, Alexander Archdale, Bill Lyle, Paul Jones, Bruce Spence, Les Foxcroft, Robyn Moase, John Flaus, Phillip Noyce
• Director: Phillip Noyce
• Runtime: 1:50
• Company: Blue Underground
• Media Format: Movie