Just watched ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

Great film. Funny, and yet really rather horrifying, when you think about all those motherfucking crooks. Nonetheless, I love Redford and Hoffman and I love the dialogue--so fast-paced and witty, really.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Richardo]

1. One of my all-time favorites

Since I was in high school during the whole Watergate affair, it actually explained a lot of what I was reading in the paper.

Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee is one of the best performances ever. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Glad you liked it - another political film by the same director (Alan J. Pakula) is 'The Parallax View' with Warren Beatty. That one did not age as well as ATPM by it's still a good political thriller.

[stuntcat]

2. :thumbsup: for sure

The first time I saw it was outside on the National Mall with a huge screen & thousands of people, I couldn't pay attention so I just didn't get it. But then I saw it on PBS lately and it's just gripping, this time I couldn't move until it ended.

And I'll totally crush on Hoffman :blush:

Wonder if films like that will someday be made showing exactly what's gone on behind the scenes lately, wonder which of our current 'journalists' will investigate people that important.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

3. I'm about to read the book.

Don't tell me how it ends! :P

[Richardo]

4. Also excellent

You're in for a treat.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

10. LOL.

:rofl:

[regnaD kciN]

5. A great double-bill...

...All the President's Men and Dick. (You have to show them in that order, though.)

[SeattleGirl]

6. Great movie! Just great! I was in high school, and then in just-graduated

status during the Watergate years. I was rivited by it, so when the movie came out, I went to see it. Have a copy of it, too. Great stuff.

And the book is awesome.

So glad you got to see it.

It's definitely :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[supernova]

7. Great movie

I was 10-12 when Watergate was going on.

I remember watching the Watergate hearings with my mom one summer. We were sewing (I was making a dress) and glued to the gavel-to-gavel coverage... on network TV, no less!

[Oeditpus Rex]

8. I wish it were longer

Say, 30 hours. :D

Seriously, every time I've watched it, which is a dozen or so, I've wondered in about three-fourths of the scenes, "What actually happened?" I want the mundane deets, which aren't mundane to a journo.

As docudramas go, it's up there with "Tora! Tora! Tora!" for authenticity. Even a lot of the dialogue is correct, such as my favorite, Ben Bradlee's "I can't do the reporting for my reporters, which means I have to trust them, and I hate trusting anybody. (pause) Run that baby."

(Second favorite: "Take out 'her tit' and give it to the desk. This is a family newspaper.")

[Richardo]

9. I like when he says:

"...and I come on all sage and say 'Just wait, you'll see.' But the truth is I don't know what we got."