With the centennial of former president richard nixons birth upon us, we put together a list of the top five movies on the president. Watergate reporters object to new films focus on deep throat. All the presidents men 1976 the washington post reporters bob woodward. Not only did the post win a pulitzer for its watergate coverage, but this film was also. Where to watch all the presidents men and 9 other films. If, for some reason, you have watergate on your mind. They wrote about their experience reporting on watergate in all the presidents men, which later became a movie starring dustin hoffman and robert redford. The post and the forgotten security guard who discovered. Even when the story of watergate was made into the blockbuster movie all the presidents men. After winning a pulitzer prize in 1973, they wrote the bestselling books all the presidents.
The washington post reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein uncover the. All the presidents men bluray 1976 us this film tells the story realistically of president nixons watergate sacndal and the way the newspaper reporters obtained the startling revelations of the presidents involvement. Watergate reporter carl bernstein hails journalism film. All the presidents men is a 1976 american political thriller film about the watergate scandal. All the presidents men is truer to the craft of journalism than to the art of storytelling, and thats its problem. Charles fergusons extensive documentary 4 12 hours sets out to detail the history of watergate from the breakin through nixons resignation. More than four decades after hal holbrook stood smoking in a darkened parking lot, urging robert redfords bob woodward to follow the money, the famed watergate source deep throat is. He teamed up with another young reporter, carl bernstein, to investigate the watergate affair. I could watch this movie a thousand times and never be bored by it. New watergate series gaslit adds julia roberts, sean. The tactics woodward and bernstein used to follow the story are helpful for any aspiring journalist or young reporter in understanding just how far you have to go.
How to stream all the presidents men and 9 other films about nixon. Thats the movie, but the reallife watergate scandal didnt have just two. Carl bernstein, another post reporter, is assigned to cover the watergate story with woodward. The true story behind the new movie about watergate and deep throat. The true story behind the new movie about watergate and deep throat this image released by sony pictures classics shows liam neeson in mark felt. From academy award r winning director charles ferguson, comes the full story of the conspiracy led by president richard nixon and his white house staff and how they were brought to justice.
William goldman turned reporters into heroes in all the. In 1977, three years after the watergate scandal that ended his presidency, richard nixon frank langella selects british tv personality david frost michael sheen to conduct a oneonone. Pakula with a screenplay by william goldman, it is based on the 1974 nonfiction book of the same name by carl bernstein and bob woodward, the two journalists investigating the watergate scandal for the washington post. Bob woodward on covering watergate and investigative. An oral history forty years ago this month, the premiere of all the presidents men upended dcs notion of celebrity. Write a report about how the movie depicts the role of the press in politics. The film begins, as did the watergate affair, with five men breaking. Naturally, robert redford and dustin hoffmans all the presidents men makes an appearance, alongside steven spielbergs latest.
Viewers of cable news network msnbc frequently see host chris hayes in a promotional spot where he stands outside the watergate. How deep throat took down nixon from inside the fbi. All the presidents men 1976 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Watergate reporter s advice restraint always works. And, in the movie s final lines, after the reporters have learned that. The 10 best journalism movies including steven spielbergs the post, ranked. The true story behind the new movie about watergate and. Watergate is not the story of two reporters, he told time. It led to impeachment hearings, president nixons resignation from office, and a spate of new political ethics laws. Robot, sam esmail and robbie pickering, comes a new television series revolving around the watergate scandal that rocked the american political landscape of the 1972.
The first official image from the post was released on october 31, 2017. This video tells the story of the watergate scandal and coverage of it through primary source news footage. Carl bernstein and bob woodward, the washington post reporters who first revealed that the watergate breakin was more than a simple. The most common device is to use washington post reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein as the conduit. Alan pakula does an incredible job of keeping the movie suspenseful and. The movie is as accurate about the processes used by investigative reporters as we have any right to expect, and yet process finally overwhelms narrative were adrift in a sea of names, dates, telephone numbers, coincidences, lucky breaks, false leads, dogged footwork.
Robert redford left and dustin hoffman played post reporters bob. Frostnixon 2008 a dramatic retelling of the postwatergate television interviews between. The film all the presidents men, starring dustin hoffman and robert redford, canonized the watergate investigation as american myth. Reporters woodward and bernstein uncover the details of the watergate scandal that leads to president nixons resignation. Two hollywood reporters break washington post coverup how a massive coverup was broken by bob woodward and carl bernstein. Watergate reporters weigh in on russia probe cnn video. The trailer for the post premiered exclusively on the late show with stephen colbert, on november 7, 2017, and the films poster, designed by blt communications, was released the next day. It was 30 minutes after midnight on june 17, 1972, when. Two reporters trail the watergate burglary to the doorstep of the white. Learn why filmmaker peter landesman spent 12 years making his new movie about deep throat and the watergate scandal. Frank wills sits on the staircase of an abandoned house near his aunts home june, 1997, in north augusta, sc.
Investigative journalism and the watergate scandal. Watergate reporters object to new films focus on deep. The 1976 film, starring robert redford as woodward and dustin hoffman as bernstein, transformed the reporters into celebrities and inspired a wave of interest in investigative journalism. On state of the union, watergate reporters carl bernstein and bob woodward look back at trumps first year in office and its effect on the country. The two young men are reluctant partners, but work. The washington post reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein uncover the details of the watergate scandal that leads to president richard nixons resignation. These scandals led to numerous government investigations and the eventual resignation of. Here, the story behind the making of the movie that brought tinseltown gloss to washington proceduralism and transformed beltway scribes from inkstained tradesmen to the pinnacle of cool. Reporters bob woodward, right, and carl bernstein, whose reporting of the watergate case won them a pulitzer prize, sit in the newsroom of the washington post may 7, 1973. Watergate may be the most famous story in american investigative journalism history.
How two washington post reporters uncovered the watergate. Watergate burglar eugenio martinez is a key anchor of the third episode and lowell weicker, the last living senator from the watergate committee, is essential to later episodes. Right now, america is in the midst of an exhilarating newspaper war the likes of which has not been seen since the watergate scandal. Get inspired by these great journalism movies for journalists, like reds, capote and state of play.
A new movie about watergate sheds light on mark felt, the mysterious man long known as deep throat. All the presidents men is the urtext of watergate movies, released only two years after nixons resignation and based on the 1974 book by washington post reporters. If youre old enough to remember how watergate played out in real time, the twoplus years between the bumbling breakin of the democratic national committees headquarters at the. How two washington post reporters uncovered the watergate scandal more bob woodward and carl bernstein were working at the paper when they were assigned to cover the breakin at the democratic. Frank wills, the security guard who discovered the watergate breakin, after being honored by the democratic national committee in 1978. With the 1974 release of woodward and bernsteins book about watergate, all the presidents men, followed by the movie by the same name, felt. But 20 years after watergate, all the presidents men remains the best film ever. Watergate burglars arrested in the early morning of june 17, 1972, five men are arrested for breaking into the democratic national committee headquarters at the watergate, an officehotel. Bob woodward and carl bernstein, the famed journalists whose reporting.
Watergate is the story of the system, and when the system broke down, one person had to create a new mechanism. All the presidents men, the oscarwinning 1976 drama about watergate reporters woodward and bernstein, will play on tcm and at enzian. Robert redford recalls the watergate scandal in discovery. With dustin hoffman, robert redford, jack warden, martin balsam. The watergate the condominiumoffice complex along the potomac. Two investigative journalists, carl bernstein and bob woodward of the. The watergate scandal is one of the biggest, if not the biggest presidential scandals in america, ever. Watergate reporter carl bernstein hails journalism film spotlight, a movie reminiscent of all the presidents men. The story was being covered by two young reporters from the washington post, bob woodward and carl bernstein.
The watergate investigation was still ongoing, in 1972, when woodward received a surprise phone call from redford. This past year marked the 30th anniversary of the movie all the presidents men, starring robert redford and dustin hoffman as investigative reporters bob woodward and carl bernstein, respectively. Its impact on american politics has been felt up until present day and it is safe to say that nixon and his scandal will always be relevant. Watergate scandal stages a tv comeback amid the crisis. But the film shows felt meeting more often with time reporter sandy smith, who also covered the watergate investigation and whose. All the presidents men is a 1976 american political thriller film about the watergate scandal, which brought down the presidency of richard m.
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