The Journalist (1979 film)

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[td]The film was very poorly received critically and commercially. Thornhill:[/td]
[td]The film was very poorly received critically and commercially. Thornhill:[/td]
[td]<blockquote>''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.<ref>[https://archive.today/2013022216284...lone/tiki-index.php?page=Michael+Thornhill&bl Interview with Michael Thornhill, Signist, 2 November 1998]. Retrieved 14 October 2012</ref></blockquote>[/td]
[td]<blockquote>''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.<ref>[https://archive.today/2013022216284...lone/tiki-index.php?page=Michael+Thornhill&bl Interview with Michael Thornhill, Signist, 2 November 1998]. Retrieved 14 October 2012</ref></blockquote>[/td]
[td]The ''Sun Herald'' called it "a medicore story that is sometimes slapdash in its execution... an unambitious failure."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald|date=18 November 1979|page=48|title=New local film fails}}</ref>[/td]
[td]The ''Sun Herald'' called it "a mediocre story that is sometimes slapdash in its execution... an unambitious failure."<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Sunday Sydney Morning Herald|date=18 November 1979|page=48|title=New local film fails}}</ref>[/td]
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[td]Robert Macklin wrote a novelisation of the script for $5,000.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127285081 |title=Damned if you win, damned if you don't |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=71 |issue=22,080 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=30 September 1995 |accessdate=3 September 2018 |page=44 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>[/td]
[td]Robert Macklin wrote a novelisation of the script for $5,000.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article127285081 |title=Damned if you win, damned if you don't |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=71 |issue=22,080 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=30 September 1995 |accessdate=3 September 2018 |page=44 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>[/td]

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