All the President's Men

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All the President's Men

PG

1976

2h 18m

Drama

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Two green reporters and rivals working for the Washington Post, Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman), research the botched 1972 burglary of the Democratic Party Headquarters at the Watergate apartment complex. With the help of a mysterious source, code-named Deep Throat (Hal Holbrook), the two reporters make a connection between the burglars and a White House staffer. Despite dire warnings about their safety, the duo follows the money all the way to the top.

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Critics Consensus

A taut, solidly acted paean to the benefits of a free press and the dangers of unchecked power, made all the more effective by its origins in real-life events.

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Wendy Ide

The Times (UK)

11/13/2023

It's superbly directed on every level, but the sound design is particularly effective. Typewriter key strikes are mixed with the sound of gunshots: words are weapons.

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Richard Combs

Sight & Sound

03/17/2020

A story that has been marshalled with dazzling skill and precision, but lacks the imaginative hooks that might have taken it even further in mood and meaning.

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Joseph Gelmis

Newsday

03/31/2016

All the President's Men is a quintessential American movie: It does a lot of things well and makes it all look simple. It works on several levels.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Nov 3

4/4

This superb film has long been acknowledged as a classic political thriller, but watching it today, at a point when a timid and ineffectual media is par for the course, also reveals its significant value as a time capsule piece.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

08/09/2024

5/5

All the President's Men speaks to the importance of having a free press and investigative journalists--even if it means uncovering crimes at the White House--and remains one of the most important films in cinematic history.

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Romola Costantino

The Sun-Herald (Australia)

10/06/2023

This is a picture to appeal to film star fans and practical thinkers alike.

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Manuel P

Jan 17

Don't you miss the times when government conspiracies were carried out in secrecy, creating an actual atmosphere of paranoia, horror and fear, instead of stupidity, horror and fear?

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rex w

Nov 25

The best newspaper movie ever. Superbly written and directed. Great performances by Redford, Hoffman, Jason Robards and Jane Alexander.

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William w

Nov 3

Superb! A classic film for jornalist

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Stoner J

@Stoner Sep 28

Really good newsroom drama, though the overbearing sound of typewriters, loud ones, is a mistakr

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Georgia L

Sep 26

This film shows how hard it is to penetrate a coordinated cover up and how important our free press is to uncover and eventually lead to reining in government malfeasance. Today there is talk of autocracy as if new. Evidently the roots of illegal activities that are well organized and coordinated by government agencies have a long history and likely at still well entrenched.

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Gareth v

@geewah Sep 19

A masterclass in restrained filmmaking and one of the greatest films about journalism ever made. As relevant today as it was in 1976.

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Synopsis

Two green reporters and rivals working for the Washington Post, Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman), research the botched 1972 burglary of the Democratic Party Headquarters at the Watergate apartment complex. With the help of a mysterious source, code-named Deep Throat (Hal Holbrook), the two reporters make a connection between the burglars and a White House staffer. Despite dire warnings about their safety, the duo follows the money all the way to the top.

Director: Alan J. Pakula
Producer: Walter Coblenz
Screenwriter: Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, William Goldman
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Wildwood, Warner Brothers
Rating: PG
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 1, 1976, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 16, 2010
Runtime: 2h 18m
Sound Mix: Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.66:1)

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