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Absence of Malice is a 1981 American drama neo noir thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Paul Newman, Sally Field, Wilford Brimley, Melinda Dillon and Bob Balaban.
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama. Sally Field. 1982 Nominee Golden Globe. Best Screenplay - Motion Picture. Kurt Luedtke. Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards. 1981 Winner KCFCC Award. Best Supporting Actress. Melinda Dillon.
Dec 18, 1981 · Absence of Malice: Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon. When a prosecutor leaks to a Miami reporter that a liquor wholesaler is suspected in the murder of a union head, the man's life begins to unravel.
- (15K)
- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Sydney Pollack
- 1981-12-18
The first approach, no doubt, would be to criticize this film's portrait of an investigative newspaper reporter -- to say that no respectable journalist would ever do the things that Sally Field does about, to, and with Paul Newman in this movie.
Absence of Malice is an ethical and moral term used to describe the decision a journalist must make about whether or not to write and print a newspaper story that may or may not ultimately prove to be true and that may or may not damage an individual's reputation.
An ambitious Miami reporter, Megan Carter, tries to stay on top of a breaking story about the mysterious disappearance of a local long-shore labor leader for her newspaper. Meanwhile, Elliot Rosen, the head of a federal task force investigating the same disappearance case, believes that a little pressure on Michael Gallagher, the son of a dead ...
Absence of Malice is a 1981 American drama film starring Paul Newman, Sally Field, and Bob Balaban, directed by Sydney Pollack. The title refers to the legal definition of one of the requirements of proof against libel defamation, and is used in journalism classes to illustrate the conflict between disclosing damaging personal information and ...
