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ABSENCE OF MALICE

Director:

  Sidney Pollock
  

Year Released:

  1981

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4.5 out of 5

4 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Bob Balaban
  Wilford Brimley
  Melinda Dillon
  Sally Field
  Paul Newman
Movie Haiku:Filmed in our favorite movie palette (overlapping shades of gray), MALICE is the story of a Justice Department probe gone bad, told from the POV of the reporter caught in the middle. A union organizer disappears, the trail runs cold, & an ambitious prosecutor decides to pressure a potential informant.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2003