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Between the Lines

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1977 · 101 min Comedy Drama
5.2 / 10 · TMDB

The staff of the Back Bay Mainline, a Boston underground newspaper that rose to prominence in the 1960s, struggles with the shifting social climate of the '70s amid rumors that the paper is about to be sold to a media giant.

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Year 1977
Country United States of America
Genre Comedy, Drama
Director Joan Micklin Silver
Runtime 101 min.
Rating TMDB: 5.2/10 (26 votes)

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The film constructs an intimate, almost documentary-like portrait of a community at a crossroads, relying on naturalistic, improvised-feeling dialogue and a keen eye for newsroom routine. It explores the ennui and compromises that replace youthful idealism.

What lingers after viewing is not broad satire but a melancholic, witty sketch of how a revolution first becomes a job, and then a commodity. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Joan Micklin Silver

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