All The President’s Men

[quote]Eldergays: tell us about this time in our nation.

It was pretty boring. It droned on and on.

Much like the film.

[quote]On Netflix until 10/1/2019.

You mean TOMORROW?

Yes, it’s an excellent movie to watch.

You know how Trump complains about “Anonymous” news sources? They’ve used anonymous sources for decades. They withhold printing unless they get two independent and reliable sources. The may be anonymous to the public, but they aren’t anonymous to the journalists. They don’t like to print corrections but will, if they find a material error.

Also, there is competition within and without a given newspaper, for accuracy and for being first. This is why they don’t just make things up.

So watch the movie.

A more appropriate movie would be Seven Days in May.

The film is timeless, and will remain as such. We're currently living in a mix between Network and All the President's Men. Filmmakers in the 70s knew what was up.

R6, I love film in general, however, the 70s hold a special place in my heart.

It’s a good reminder that top White House officials and the former attorney general went to prison.

It’s pretty accurate. The book All the President’s Men, which the movie is based on, was a bestseller and it’s really good. It was written by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the two reporters that uncovered Watergate. It’s practically a history book, and they wrote it. They’re good writers. They’ve been appearing on CNN from time to time recently. Listen to them, they know what the hell they’re talking about.

I watched the movie fairly recently and it was entertaining all the way through. The Washington Post editor then, Ben Bradley, is a hero in my book.

The movie is worth watching. It will help with the chronology of events. I found Magruder's book, [italic]An American Life[/italic], readable and not too self serving. I started reading [italic]Blind Ambition[/italic] by John Dean, but that really was self serving. I gave up early on.

Bump. It’s on HBO Max now

Some Watergate documentaries are 10 times more interesting than seeing Hoffman and Redford's bland acting.

R12 I’m tired of your chickenshit games!

Which do you like, r12?

It has a nice performance from Ned Beatty in a small role, with help from Polly Holliday.

Reputations: The Secret World of Richard Nixon, Part One (BBC, 2000)

Reputations: The Secret World of Richard Nixon, Part Two (BBC, 2000)

It’s SUCH a good movie. It’s one of those films I love more and more every time I see it actually because you pick up on a lot of “little things” that you may have not gotten the first time out. Or even mistakes that they keep in, like where Redford says “does anyone speak Eng...I mean Spanish.”

Also certain human touches you would never see today, like Seeing Redford doodling and scribbling all over his notes.

And his comment about the “perfect” Chevy Chase houses not being so perfect...very interesting coming from the director of Ordinary People.

Lots of things like that. And top notch performances, and I love how it ends with that type writer going.

Alan J Pakula was the master of the “slow burn.” I can’t believe the gruesome way he died. So sad.

Our parents were the incredible World War II generation. They only knew to respect whoever the President was and to serve and sacrifice if we entered a war. So there was a huge gulf between them and young people. They were aghast at the protestors. It was bitter. But slowly some people like my father, who read the Wash Post religiously - started to get a clue. It took a while but he became anti-war. And he ended up telling us how corrupt Richard Nixon was.

Media was not like today. And Katherine Graham took a huge risk backing these two reporters.