The sensational reporter
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| German title | The sensational reporter |
| Original title | Absence of Malice |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1981 |
| length | 116 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Sydney Pollack |
| script | Kurt Luedtke |
| production | Sydney Pollack |
| music | Dave Grusin |
| camera | Owen Roizman |
| cut | Sheldon Kahn |
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The sensational reporter (original title: Absence of Malice ) is an American film from 1981 by Sydney Pollack with Paul Newman and Sally Field in the leading roles. The German dubbing was done by the dubbing company Berliner Synchron GmbH Wenzel Lüdecke and Arne Elsholtz was responsible for the dialogue book and the dialogue direction.
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The union leader Joey Diaz has disappeared without a trace for half a year . The investigation into the case is led by Elliot Rosen and he has not the slightest trace. He tells reporter Megan Carter that Mike Gallagher is under investigation. Gallagher operates a liquor wholesaler in Miami . His late father was an alcohol smuggler and a member of the local mafia . Rosen believes that he can get to the missing Diaz through him. Carter is writing an article about the Gallagher investigation. The completely innocent Gallagher is suddenly in public pillory and has no opportunity to prove his innocence. The scandal almost drives him to economic ruin. Carter senses he's innocent and meets with him regularly. She falls in love with the handsome man.
A conversation with the insecure Teresa, whom Gallagher has looked after since childhood, gives her the opportunity to publicly wash her clean. Teresa was in Atlanta with Gallagher on the day Diaz disappeared , where she had an abortion performed. Gallagher has an alibi . However, the Catholic girl asks Carter not to publish her story with the details that are shameful for her. But it is precisely these details that prove Gallagher's innocence. On the day the article was published, Teresa took her own life. Carter realizes her guilt for the girl's death and reveals to Gallagher that Rosen was her informant.
Now Gallagher begins a campaign of revenge against the investigating authorities. He lures Prosecutor Quinn into a trap. He forces him to admit at a press conference that the investigation against him has been stopped and that the authorities have made mistakes. Gallagher gets the article that washes it clean. However, Rosen is now unofficially investigating the prosecutor. Gallagher has laid a trail through donations that make the prosecutor appear to be corrupt. Carter is given a look at the files, which again cast doubt on Gallagher's innocence. Again she writes an article that makes the alleged scandal public.
Now federal officer Wells takes over the investigation and invites everyone involved to an interview. Wells realizes the story is bogus but receives no evidence to back it up. Gallagher is released because the bribery cannot be proven. The prosecutor will be discredited and lose his job and Rosen will be dismissed and charged for his methods. Wells also ensures that the press now reports on the case as it played out, and so Carter is also discredited by her own colleagues as a journalist due to her relationship with Gallagher and her inadequately researched sensational story.
Carter plans to leave town and return to their Berkshire homeland, and Gallagher has decided to take his boat off to unknown territory.
Reviews
“An exciting and intelligently constructed socially critical film on the subject of media ethics, which emphasizes the responsibility of the individual; perfectly staged and played. "
“The socially critical film by Oscar winner Sydney Pollack is one of his lesser-known films. The criticism threw him at times exaggerated representation that poor Gallagher was sketched too one-sidedly as "the last decent person in all of America" (Chicago Reader). But even the opponents of the film have to praise the highly professional design and the good actors. "
"A timelessly strong political film on the subject of journalistic ethics with outstanding leading actors."
Awards
The film took part in the 1982 Berlinale competition. Sydney Pollack received an Honorable Mention from the jury. The Berliner Morgenpost readers' jury selected the film as the best film of the festival. Sally Field and Kurt Luedtke were nominated for a Golden Globe Award that same year . In 1982 Luedtke received an Oscar nomination for his screenplay , and Paul Newman and Melinda Dillon were nominated for an Oscar.
Web links
- Malice in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The sensational reporter in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Die Sensationsreporterin (1981) German synchronous index . Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ↑ The sensational reporter. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed July 9, 2017 .
- ↑ The sensational reporter Prisma . Retrieved December 17, 2017.
- ↑ The sensational reporter ARD . Retrieved December 17, 2017.