Absence of Malice (1981)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.8/10   

Director:

Sydney Pollack

Guionista:

Kurt Luedtke (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

18 diciembre 1981 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

Suppose you picked up this morning's newspaper and your life was a front page headline... And everything they said was accurate... But none of it was true.

Plot:

Michael Colin Gallagher is the son of a long dead Mafia boss who is a simple liquor warehouse owner...

Plot Keywords:

Reporter | Murder | Mafia | Slander | Media

Premios:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Clever script, excellent performances, and a wry sense of humor

Reparto

Paul Newman	...	Michael Colin Gallagher
Sally Field	...	Megan Carter
Bob Balaban	...	Elliott Rosen
Melinda Dillon	...	Teresa Perrone
Luther Adler	...	Uncle Santos Malderone
Barry Primus	...	Bob Waddell
Josef Sommer	...	McAdam
John Harkins	...	Davidek
Don Hood	...	Dist. Atty. James A. Quinn
Wilford Brimley	...	Asst. U.S. Atty. Gen. James A. Wells
Arnie Ross	...	FBI Agent Eddie Frost
Anna Marie Napoles	...	Nickie
Shelley Spurlock	...	Sarah Wylie
Shawn McAllister	...	Santos Hood 1
Joe Petrullo	...	Santos Hood 2

También conocida como:

Ausencia de malicia (Argentina) (Spain) [es]

Duración:

116 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Stereo

Clasificación:

South Korea:12 | USA:PG (certificate #26332) | Australia:PG | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-12 | Norway:12 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | West Germany:12 | Peru:14 | Singapore:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Coral Gables, Florida, USA

Compañía:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivialidades:

Luther Adler's last film.

Errores:

Errores cometidos por los personajes (posiblemente errores deliberados por los cineastas): Megan, a reporter who would make a good editor according to her colleague, sends Michael a note containing two spelling errors. It reads "Michael: This is tomorrow's page one -- just in case you've cancelled your sibscription -- I'm happy for you."

Citas:

James A. Wells, Assistant U.S. Attorney General: Tell you what we're gonna do. We're gonna sit right here and talk about it. Now if you get tired of talking here, Mr. Marshal Elving Patrick there will hand you one of them subpoenas he's got stuck down in his pocket and we'll go downstairs and talk in front of the grand jury... Elliot? Jim?... Fine. All right, Elving, hand whichever one of these fellas you like a subpoena and we'll go on downstairs and talk in front of the grand jury.
District Attorney James A. Quinn: Gallagher's a government witness.
James A. Wells, Assistant U.S. Attorney General: Wonderful thing, a subpoena.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Seinfeld: The Junk Mail (#9.5)" (1997)

Clever script, excellent performances, and a wry sense of humor

This one hit too close for comfort for critics and the news organizations for whom they work. Paul Newman gives one of his top 15 lifetime performances (and for him, that's excellent) as Tommy Gallagher, the owner of a shipping company in Florida. When the joint murder investigation by the federal and state authorities goes nowhere, D. A. Elliot Rosen (Bob Balaban) sets up reporter Sally Field with evidence seemingly linking Gallagher to the murder.

What follows is fast-paced, wry, and very well actor. Don't miss the chance to see the great Luther Adler in his last performance as Newman's mob-linked uncle.