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WUSA

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WUSA

PG-13

Released Aug 19, 1970

1h 55m

Drama

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Rheinhardt (Paul Newman) has failed in his marriage and career, and has become a cynical alcoholic. When he gets a job reading the news at right-wing radio station WUSA, he goes through the motions because it pays well, though he disagrees with the station's viewpoint. After a shy activist named Rainey (Anthony Perkins) starts inquiring about a political conspiracy centered at the station, Rheinhardt becomes troubled by what he discovers and must decide whether or not to take action.

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Alberto Abuín

Espinof

Rosenberg... in his second collaboration with the most famous blue-eyed actor in film history, has rarely been so inspired. [Full Review in Spanish]

May 14, 2020

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

It's too bad that the execution of this Paul Newman starring film is so poor for it raises some interesting social and political issues

Rated: C

May 31, 2011

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Philip Martin

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

...serves as a nostalgia-inducing oddity, a kind of scrapbook of American sensibility at the end of the 1960s, a time when there really were people ... who believed we were on the brink of revolution

Rated: 83/100

Mar 4, 2011

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Sean Axmaker

Parallax View

... the film hammers home its politics with blunt force yet leaves the conspiracy drama vague, more symbolic gesture of outrage than convincing plot.

Feb 13, 2011

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Steve D

A bit slow but the acting keeps it engaging.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/20/23

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Martin B

Seems to have relevance to what we are experiencing these days. Seeing Newman as a cynical, pseudo intellectual that gave up on his values was interesting. Joanne Woodward, not her best work but OK. Otherwise it was terribly depressing so my recommendation is to take a pass on this one.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/11/22

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Audience Member

good political drama

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

This film's only merits are capturing late 60's New Orleans and watching Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. The film itself is heavy-handed and dated.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Whunh...? Too obtuse for me! I kept waiting for somebody to say something that didn't seem like a non-sequitur, but it didn't happen. One of the characters spends a lot of the movie asking, "What the hell is going on here?" and I shared his frustration. I knew I was in trouble when I saw at the beginning that it was based on a book called A Hall of Mirrors.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

Deeply dark and cynical counterculture effort that often too on-the-nose for my tastes, but features an OUTSTANDING performance from Paul Newman, an actor who's such a great movie star that you often overlook what a truly gifted actor he was. He's surrounded by a stellar supporting casting standout performances from Anthony Perkins, Pat Hingle, and Cloris Leachman, but the highlight is Mrs. Newman - Joanne Woodward who proves once again that she was one of the most overlooked and under-appreciated actresses of her era.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Synopsis

Rheinhardt (Paul Newman) has failed in his marriage and career, and has become a cynical alcoholic. When he gets a job reading the news at right-wing radio station WUSA, he goes through the motions because it pays well, though he disagrees with the station's viewpoint. After a shy activist named Rainey (Anthony Perkins) starts inquiring about a political conspiracy centered at the station, Rheinhardt becomes troubled by what he discovers and must decide whether or not to take action.

Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Producer: John Foreman, Paul Newman
Screenwriter: Robert Stone
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount
Rating: PG-13 (Violence|Mature Thematic Elements|Sexual Content|Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 19, 1970, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 12, 2020
Runtime: 1h 55m

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