Characters & Themes
The Journalist (1979) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1979 · 83 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Michael Thornhill
- Starring
- Sam Neill, Jack Thompson, Elizabeth Alexander, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Charles Tingwell, Carol Raye
Set in 1970s Sydney, the film follows a charismatic womanising newspaper reporter who faces career setbacks and a sudden loss of sexual confidence, all against the turbulent Australian media and political backdrop of the era. Its sharp satire and personal crisis echo the tone of the American classic Shampoo, though on a modest Australian scale.
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