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Between the Lines (1977)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1977 Wide

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Director Joan Micklin Silver's follow-up to her acclaimed debut, Hester Street, is a more ambitious film that manages to be both an entertaining comedy and a pointed look at the corrupting power of money on an idealistic enterprise. Writer Fred Barron's characters are all associated with a weekly alternative newspaper in Boston, modeled after the Phoenix. (Silver did once work on the Village Voice, but this enterprise is several rungs below that esteemed paper.) Harry (John Heard) is an

R, 1 hr. 41 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Joan Micklin Silver

Written By: Fred Barron

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1977 Wide

Midwest Films

Cast

John Heard
Harry
Lindsay Crouse
Abbie
Jeff Goldblum
Max
Jill Eikenberry
Lynn
Bruno Kirby
David
Gwen Welles
Laura
Stephen Collins
Michael
Lewis J. Stadlen
Stanley
Michael J. Pollard
Hawker
Lane Smith
Roy Walsh
Marilu Henner
Danielle
Susan Haskins
Sarah
Raymond J. Barry
Herbert Fisk
Douglas Kenney
Doug Henkel
Jon Korkes
Frank
Joe Morton
Ahmed
Richard Cox
Wheeler
Gary Springer
Jason
Charles Levin
Paul
Guy Boyd
Austin
Allison Argo
Dancer
Robert Costanzo
Austin's Men

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The film serves more as a showcase for its talented performers (John Heard, Jeff Goldblum, Lindsay Crouse) than as critical view of the underground press or a compelling study of disenchantment among 1960s radicals.

May 1, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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Enjoyable film.

December 20, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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