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Journalism film series focuses on the press
The department of journalism and communication at Utah
State University will screen a series of films focusing
on the press, TV news and the role and responsibilities
of the mass media in American society.
"Newsy Movie Night," a series of Wednesday
evening screenings, will feature six classic films about
journalists and the role the mass media play in politics,
society and the everyday lives of individuals.
All movies will be shown beginning at 5:30 p.m. in
Old Main 115. The films, which are free and open to
the public, will be followed by discussions led by members
of the JCOM faculty.
The series kicks off Feb. 9, with Absence of Malice,
one of Hollywood's most engaging examinations of the
power of the press and the thorny ethical decisions
that journalists and editors often confront. Paul Newman
was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Michael Gallagher,
the maverick businessman whose life is turned upside
by a newspaper story by reporter Sally Field that links
him with organized crime.
Other offerings in the film series, which runs through
late April, include: Citizen Kane, Orson Welles'
masterpiece that many call the greatest film ever made;
Watergate exposé All the President's Men
and Howard Hawks' screwball 1940 comedy His Girl
Friday, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell.
In discussions after each film, JCOM faculty and guests
will examine the important press issues that each film
explores, from presidential malfeasance to the mass
media's ability to mislead the public.
For further information on "Newsy Movie Night,"
call the Utah State JCOM department office at 797-3292.
Utah State students, staff and faculty, as well as the
general public, are welcome.
Newsy Movie Night Schedule
Feb. 9 — Absence of Malice (Paul Newman,
Sally Field, 1981)
Feb. 23 — Wag the Dog (Dustin Hoffman,
Robert De Niro, 1998)
March 9 — Citizen Kane (Orson Welles,
Joseph Cotton, Agnes Moorehead, 1941)
March 23 — All the President's Men (Robert
Redford, Dustin Hoffman, 1976)
April 6 — Network (Faye Dunaway, William
Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, 1976)
April 20 — His Girl Friday (Cary Grant,
Rosalind Russell, 1940)
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