The Front (1976)
- Directed by
- Martin Ritt
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 181 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A cashier agrees to act as a front for blacklisted television writers in 1950s Hollywood. He takes credit for their scripts, but the scheme becomes dangerous as the Red Scare intensifies.
somberseriousreflectivesatiricaltensefrustratingnostalgicunderstated
What happens
The Front is a 1976 American drama film set against the Hollywood blacklist in the 1950s, when artists, writers, directors, and others were rendered unemployable, having been accused of subversive political activities in support of Communism or of being Communists themselves. It was written by Walter Bernstein, directed by Martin Ritt, and stars Woody Allen, Zero Mostel and Michael Murphy. Several people involved in the making of the film—including screenwriter Bernstein, director Ritt, and actors Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, and Lloyd Gough—had been blacklisted. The end credits list the year they were blacklisted alongside their respective credits. Bernstein was listed after being named in the Red Channels journal that identified alleged Communists and Communist sympathizers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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