• Source: The Journalist (1979 film)

      • The Journalist is a 1979 Australian sex comedy about the romantic adventures of a journalist (Jack Thompson). It has the reputation as one of the worst Australian films of all time.


      Plot


      Journalist Simon Morris has trouble with his love life. He is separated from his wife Wendy and daughter Suzie and lives with his girlfriend Liz.


      Cast


      Jack Thompson as Simon Morris
      Sam Neill as Rex
      Elizabeth Alexander as Liz Corbett
      Carol Raye as Maggie
      Bud Tingwell as Sid Mitchell
      Penne Hackforth-Jones as Gillie Griffiths
      Frank Wilson as Vic Parson
      Dennis Miller as Junior Interviewer
      Chard Hayward as Barry
      Martyn Sanderson as Bert
      Jane Harders as Wendy Morris


      Production


      Money came from Roadshow, who wanted Jack Thompson to play the lead, and the New South Wales Film Corporation. The shoot started January 1979 and went for four weeks.


      Reception


      The film was very poorly received critically and commercially. Thornhill:

      The Journalist was a misfire completely and I think it was my fault entirely. We should never have had Jack Thompson. He was just miscast. He's not a comedian. He's a serious, solid actor. We should have had Sam Neill in the lead role and you would have had a debonair roue - it was meant to be a debonair roue. It was meant to be a piece of fluff, a piece of effervescent fluff that came out feeling like lard.
      Robert Macklin wrote a novelisation of the script for $5,000.


      References




      External links


      The Journalist is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
      The Journalist at Oz Movies
      The Journalist at IMDb
      The Journalist at National Film and Sound Archive

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