VidMate
Free YouTube video & music downloader
ACTOR
John HeardLindsay CrouseJeff GoldblumJill Eikenberry
DIRECTOR
Joan Micklin Silver
SYNOPSICS
Between the Lines (1977) is a English movie. Joan Micklin Silver has directed this movie. John Heard,Lindsay Crouse,Jeff Goldblum,Jill Eikenberry are the starring of this movie. It was released in 1977. Between the Lines (1977) is considered one of the best Comedy,Drama,Romance movie in India and around the world.
Story of an underground newspaper in Boston about to be taken over by big business.
Between the Lines (1977) Trailers
Same Actors
Between the Lines (1977) Reviews
Wonderful Comedy on Ideals & Love & Writing
This is a movie very much of it's time. The hippie underground newspaper is in financial trouble and might be bought by a big time publisher. The in-fighting, bickering, jealousies and bed hopping by the young, idealistic staff make up the main, simple plot of the film but the cast and the sharp script make it a pleasure to watch. The film is CHOCK FULL of some of the best, young American actors doing some of their earliest film work: Jeff Goldblum is hystercial as the constantly stoned music critic who is always dead broke, Bruno Kirby (pre-Godfather II, When Harry Met Sally) is almost unrecognizable, pre- L.A. Law Jill Eikenberry, Lindsay Crouse, Joe Morton (Terminator II, Lone Star, City of Hope), a very young pre-TAXI Marilu Henner as a stripper and TV's 7th Heaven, Stephen Collins who plays a real jerk in the film. In fact, there is a scene on a park bench between John Heard and Stephen Collins as two rival writers that is one of the best things I have ever seen about petty jealousy between scribes. Terrific fun.
Between the Lines
I had never heard of this movie until about two months ago when I was looking up actor John Heard. I had just watched 'Cutter's Way (1981)' and was extremely impressed by his performance having previously only recognized him as the dad in 'Home Alone.' Not only does 'Between the Lines' have John Heard delivering another excellent performance but it also has a terrific ensemble cast of some great actors before they gained popularity; notably Jeff Goldblum, Linsay Crouse, and Marilu Henner. 'Between the Lines' is set up very much the same way as Robert Altman's 'Nashville' with the plot (what little there is) taking a backseat to a picturesque look at a time period and delightful characters. In a nutshell the film is about an independent newspaper group who is about to be bought out by a large company; but more so it's about the relationships between all these people. An absolute breeze to watch because the actors are having so much fun. There are many random funny moments; including an absurd scene where an abstract artist comes into the office and starts wrecking the place referring to each action as art, but the movie also has a great deal to say. A charming time capsule for the late 70's and also for the displaying the talents of the young actors. ***1/2 out of ****
A Great Ensemble cast in a 1970's Period Piece from Joan Micklin Silver
Joan Micklin Silver's ensemble masterpiece is watchable again and again! This is one of those rare films for which we can name 10 cast members. It captures the fading press counterculture of the late 60's and 70's in a memorable way. If you see it more than a few times, you will enjoy blurting out lines of dialog right before they are spoken... i.e. "some say 'whither rock 'n roll?...not at my house--I don't have the room" from Jeff Goldblum. I'll wait a year or two, then watch it again. It's a 'cult' movie--at least with some friends I know-- along the lines of "Head Over Heels" a.k.a. "Chilly Scenes of Winter" another gem from Joan Micklin Silver.
Underrated when it came out, but prescient and influential to this day.
This note perfect film really must be seen. It is one of the best ensemble pieces ever made. Viewed as an exercise in character, is is a strong enough . As a comment on its times, it was accurate and prescient. It was once possible to have a newspaper, music, a life that was not co-opted by corporatism. Some of weaknesses in our culture are manifested in the sell-out, the opportunist, the survivor, the careerist. The real politician who changes political parties out of expedience, even if it means laying down with the dogs, could have stepped out of this picture. The once progressive believer who becomes a lapdog of the powerful was portrayed here. This movie was too smart and knowing for Hollywood.
Jeff Goldblum!
They don't make em like this any more - a low-budget commercial character comedy about the dissolution of an underground newspaper. Yes, it is pretty disappointing that the newsroom milieu gets largely shunted aside to make room for the romantic vagaries, even if these are fairly amusing and insightful in and of themselves. And at this late date nobody in the world needs this much Southside Johnny. But - with all due respect to Silver who really handles the ensemble quite brilliantly - if there's an auteur on hand, it's the casting director, corraling wall-to-wall unknowns who aren't going to stay that way for long: John Heard, Lindsay Crouse, Marilu Henner, Bruno Kirby, and topping them all Jeff Goldblum, whose music-reviewing shyster may actually be more compelling than his human fly (he was tutored by Robert Christgau himself). By the end everyone has fallen victim to their own worst failings; they've overcome nothing, and it's pretty moving how life just goes on anyway.