Between the Lines

1977
R
1h 41m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

1.5K

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Jeff Goldblum, Lindsay Crouse, and John Heard in Between the Lines (1977)

This zippy, lived-in dramedy chronicles the intersecting lives of a pack of staffers at a Boston alt-weekly thats already full of drama before it kicks into its central plot: what happens when the paper seems destined to fall prey to a corporate takeover. Directed by Joan Micklin Silver; starring Jeff Goldblum, John Heard, Lindsay Crouse, Jill Eikenberry, Marilu Henner, Bruno Kirby, Joe Morton and Gwen Welles.

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The lives and tribulations of a staff of an independent newspaper in Boston who're struggling financially. Unbeknownst to them, they are about to be taken over by a big publisher; an idea th... Read allThe lives and tribulations of a staff of an independent newspaper in Boston who're struggling financially. Unbeknownst to them, they are about to be taken over by a big publisher; an idea they despise.The lives and tribulations of a staff of an independent newspaper in Boston who're struggling financially. Unbeknownst to them, they are about to be taken over by a big publisher; an idea they despise.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

1.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 1 nomination

Trivia
Feature film debut of John Heard.

Goofs
At the staff lunch, after Sarah's last line, her mouth can be seen to continue to move, but without voice, just before the cut.

Quotes
The Hawker: All the news behind the news... and some hippie smut.

Crazy credits
Max and Doug's conversation continues into the early end credits.

Connections
Featured in For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism (2009)

Soundtracks
I Don't Want To Go Home
Written by Steven Van Zandt (as Steve Van Zandt)
Performed by Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
© Blue Midnight Music

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Featured review

7/10

Not quite Altman

The lives and loves of a small Boston newspaper. You have the idealists, the wannabe authors, the photographers, the rock journalists, the editor, the secretary, etc etc. All working and hooking up while facing the possibility that the paper is going to be sold to a big corporation and ruin the counter culture nature of it all.

This is one of those ensemble movies that follows different people for a while then goes onto someone else. It's not nearly as good as Altman but still a nice movie about people. Sure a lot of them are jerks, but you do get a sense of who they are during the run time. Worth seeing for young Goldblum too!