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Absence of Malice is a 1981 film which tells the story of Michael Gallagher (Paul Newman), the son of a dead Mafia boss who discovers that he has become a front-page story in the local Miami newspaper, indicating that he is being investigated for a murder he didn't commit. Sally Field is the reporter who creates the story. As their worlds start to coincide, the ethics of journalism are tested, including how close a reporter should get to his or her source. The movie also stars Bob Balaban as an... full article at wikipedia
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  • Dec 18, 1981
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  • Suppose you picked up this morning's newspaper and your life was a front page headline... And everything they said was accurate... But none of it was true.
  • The D.A., Feds and the police set her up to write the story that explodes his world. Now he's going to write the book on getting even.
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