Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1977-04-27) |
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| Awards: | 4 wins & 1 nomination |
| BoxOffice: | $15,383 |
| Screen: | Fred Barron, David Helpern |
| Productions: | Midwest Films |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Crews
- 97646: Joan Micklin Silver - Director - Directing
- 166816: Fred Barron - Screenplay - Writing
- 1572234: Kenneth Van Sickle - Director of Photography - Camera
- 18274: Michael Haley - Assistant Director - Directing
- 143066: Tom Hurwitz - Lighting Manager - Lighting
- 2504555: Joseph E. Petruccio - Construction Manager - Art
- 92377: Lee Dichter - Sound Mixer - Sound
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The twenty-something staff of the erstwhile quite radical newspaper "Mainline" are struggling to keep their work relevant as the 1970s give way to the 1980s. I don't know if anyone remembers a television drama called the "Paper Chase" (1973) but a lot of the style and characterisatio ....
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