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Sydney Pollack
Director -
Else Blangsted
Music Editor -
Owen Roizman
Director of Photography -
Neil Burrow
Sound Editor -
Chester Slomka
Sound Editor -
Edward Aiona
Property Master -
Lynn Stalmaster
Casting -
Dave Grusin
Original Music Composer
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Peter McGinn 6/23/2021 3:58:44 PM
Sidney Pollack has directed a lot of excellent movies but Absence of Malice, one of his lower profile efforts, is my favorite Pollack film. Paul Newman is excellent, of course, and Sally Fields holds her own portraying a reporter who is both ambitious and caring. The supporting cast is also good, especially the late Wilford Brimley as the razor sharp tobacco chewing “aw shucks“ Officer of the court late in the movie. In a way, this is a thinking man’s revenge film, without the violence. The Paul Newman character attempts to use the ambition and the zeal of those who have targeted him against them. There are traces of humor to be found also, and pockets of romance. I have watched it a few times and probably will again.
Sally Field
Megan CarterPaul Newman
Michael Colin GallagherWilford Brimley
James J. WellsMelinda Dillon
Teresa PerroneBarbara Keegan
News StaffBob Balaban
Elliott RosenBarry Primus
Robert WaddellLuther Adler
Santos Malderone