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Actors: Sally Field, Paul Newman, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Barry Primus, Wilford Brimley
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Absence of Malice |
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ABSENCE OF MALICE is a movie produced and directed by Sydney Pollack in 1981. Three nominations for the Academy Awards.
Sally Field is a journalist working for a Miami newspaper. She's covering the vain efforts of the D.A. in order to solve the murder of a union leader. She is soon manipulated by Bob Balaban who's in charge of a special task force and writes a paper involving Paul Newman, the son of a bootlegger, in the murder. Suddenly thrust into the front page, Newman, an honest small businessman, loses his clients and can not obtain from Sally Field the identity of her sources. Shunted between her growing love for Newman and her professional duty, Sally Field doesn't know any more what to think of the case. Meanwhile, Newman imagines a way to get even with the D.A. and Balaban by setting them against themselves.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- police corruption
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- journalist
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- journalist
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- white/grey
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Southeast
Water?
Yes
Water:
- pleasure/love boat
City?
Yes
City:
- Miami
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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