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Absence of Malice (1981)
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18 December 1981 (USA) moreTagline:
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. morePlot:
Michael Colin Gallagher is the son of a long dead Mafia boss who is a simple liquor warehouse owner... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Paul Newman: 1925 - 2008 (From IMDb News. 27 September 2008, 8:49 AM, PDT)
Stars Pay Tribute To Pollack
(From WENN. 27 May 2008, 5:15 AM, PDT)
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How to outsmart a covey of smartasses moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
116 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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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:PGFun Stuff
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Paul Newman and director Sydney Pollack were both gourmet chefs and had a running culinary competition throughout filming with Sally Field as the judge. Though a good sport at first, Sally grew tired of eating gourmet night after night, and began begging off her judging duties in favor of hamburgers and omelettes at local diners. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: The union workers who struck Michael told him that if their union cards were pulled they would not be able to work anywhere. Florida is a right to work state and you don't need to have a union card to work. They would be considered "scabs" but they would be able to work at any dock in Miami. moreQuotes:
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.
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Mighty good drama depicting corruption in the justice department intending, on the surface, to solve a crime, but, beneath the waters, to further political careers. Sally Field played the self centered, self deluded reporter perfectly against Newman's confused, angry victim. Worth seeing.