Editing Absence of Malice (section)

==Production==
The movie was written by [[Kurt Luedtke]], a former newspaper editor, and [[David Rayfiel]] (uncredited).<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081974/fullcredits#writers "''Absence of Malice'' (1981),"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929115312/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081974/fullcredits#writers |date=September 29, 2017 }} Internet Movie Database. Accessed March 20, 2012.</ref> Newman said that the film was a "direct attack on the ''[[New York Post]]''," which had earlier published a caption for a photo of Newman that he said was inaccurate. Because of the dispute, the ''Post'' banned Newman from its pages, even removing his name from movies in the TV listings.<ref name="digiacomo200412">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2004/12/pagesix200412.print |title=The Gossip Behind the Gossip |magazine=Vanity Fair |date=December 2004 |access-date=September 13, 2011 |author=DiGiaomo, Frank |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929173432/http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2004/12/pagesix200412.print |archive-date=September 29, 2011 }}</ref>