Between the Lines
Between the Lines is a 1977 ensemble romantic-comedy-drama from Midwest Films. It was directed by Joan Micklin Silver and produced by her husband Raphael D. Silver. The film was nominated for three awards at the 27th Berlin International Film Festival, winning two of them. Micklin Silver won the 1977 Los Angeles Film Critics Association New Generation Award as writer and director of Between the Lines.
Plot
The story revolves around a group of people who work at The Back Bay Mainline, an alternative newspaper in Boston, as it is bought out by a major corporation. This involves Harry Lucas (Heard), a disillusioned lead reporter with an on-and-off again girlfriend in Abbie (Crouse), flaky music critic Max (Goldblum), writer/author Michael (Collins) who plans to move to New York, an eager cub reporter in David (Kirby), and Frank, a beleagured editor in chief (Korkes).
More details
| author | Fred Barron |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Boston |
| director | Joan Micklin Silver |
| editor | John Carter |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | alternative newspaper bloody nose dart disillusion end meet move music critic sale shoot sleep struggle suction cup toy pistol walk |
| musicBy | Michael Kamen |
| producer | Raphael D. Silver |
| publisher | Midwest Films Vestron Video |