Viewing: November 19,2026
Join us Thursday, November 19th at 5:00 p.m. as the Ohio University E.W. School of Journalism presents a special advance screening of the latest film from Oscar-winning British director Danny Boyle!
Admission is FREE and open to the Public – Tickets are required
About the film
In November 1969, 30-something outcast British journalist Larry Lamb (Jack O’Connell) met a young Australian media baron named Rupert Murdoch (Guy Pearce) and a partnership began that changed the face of the news forever.
In the London of that era, the media had its home on the iconic Fleet Street, a hotbed of betrayal, backstabbing, and bad behavior, where it was ruled by the establishment. Lamb and Murdoch took a different approach, publishing editions of “The Sun” loaded with lurid headlines and outlandish puns, and covering everything from sports to television to sex, pushing ethical concerns to the sidelines, and revolutionizing the media landscape.
This is the period that Academy Award-winning director Danny Boyle’s film – written by James Graham, whose original stage play Ink won awards on both sides of the Atlantic – covers, one that saw a succession of firsts that would alter the trajectory of today’s 24/7, clickbait news landscape and take Lamb and Murdoch down a dark path.
This event was made possible with support from The Ohio University E.W. Scripps School of Journalism
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