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The Journalist

1979
Directed byMichael Thornhill
1h 23m

Comedy about a womanizing journalist on a Sydney newspaper who confronts job problems and impotence in the context of Australian media and politics of the 1970's. A somewhat lesser Australian film comparable to the American film Shampoo.

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Jack ThompsonSimon MorrisSam NeillRexElizabeth AlexanderLiz Corbett
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GENRES
Comedy
STATUSReleased
RATING
4.0

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