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The Front is a 1976 American drama film directed by Martin Ritt. The screenplay was written by Walter Bernstein, and the film features a cast including Woody Allen, Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, and Michael Murphy. Production involved companies such as Columbia Pictures, Devon/Persky-Bright, Persky-Bright Productions, and Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions. The narrative is set in New York City, where filming also took place.
The movie explores themes of friendship, politics, and the movie business. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures and is available on video on demand. The film received an award from the National Board of Review as one of the Top Ten Films and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay. The music was composed by Dave Grusin. The runtime is 95 minutes, and the original language is English.
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7.0A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Cast
- Woody Allen as Howard Prince
- Zero Mostel as Hecky Brown
- Herschel Bernardi as Philip Sussman
- Michael Murphy as Alfred Miller
- Andrea Marcovicci as Florence Barrett
- Remak Ramsay as Hennessey
Themes
- friendship
- fight
- politics
- movie business
- screenwriter
- mccarthy era
- front
- writer
- communism
- mccarthyism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Martin Ritt
- Screenwriter
- Walter Bernstein
- Cast member
- Sam McMurray
- Composer
- Dave Grusin
- Producer
- Jack Rollins
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Q487094
- Narrative location
- New York City
- Filming location
- New York City
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 176299
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1979-04-20
- title
- The Front
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
- distributed by
- Columbia Pictures
- review score
- 68%
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