Between the Lines

Between the Lines

Year: 1977

Runtime: 101 mins

Language: English

Director: Joan Micklin Silver

ComedyDrama

Set in 1970s Boston, the quirky team behind the Back Bay Mainline—an influential underground paper from the ’60s—juggles dwindling budgets of $75 a week, shifting cultural tides, and a looming takeover by a media conglomerate, all while navigating humor, adventure and a budding romance among staff.

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