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"All The President's Men"
1976 Movie

Hoffman & Redford in the newsroom, photo from "All The President's Men" [1976] movie           

synopsis & history

books

the movie

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Synopsis

           Days after

History of The Film
           Days after
1976's second biggest hit after One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,

film entry at Wikipedia
film credits at Internet Movie Database
book entry at Wikipedia
'Watergate Scandal' entry at Wikipedia


"All  The  President's  Men" 1974 bestseller
by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward
All The President's Men book  Two intrepid reporters and their editor at the Washington Post track a seemingly simple burglary to the highest members of the Republican Party and to the Nixon White House.
Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [2007 edition] for $10.38
S&S 8½x5½ pb [6/94] for $12.18
Pocket mass pb [6/2005] out of print/130+ used
Touchstone pb [1/87] out of print/90+ used
Warner Paperback Library mass pb [2/75] out of print/used
S&S 25th Anniv 9½x6½ hardcover [7/99] out of print/many used
S&S hardcover [6/74] out of print/hundreds used
Recorded Books audio CD [3/2004] 12 disks for $26.59

book entry at Wikipedia

Related  Fiction  &  Non-Fiction

sequel "The Final Days" [5/1976] chronicled the last months of Nixon's Presidency,
starting around the time that their previous book ended
http://www.amazon.com/The-Final-Days-Carl-Bernstein/dp/0743274067/ [11/2005]
http://www.amazon.com/Final-Days-Bob-Woodward/dp/0671222988/

"Shadow: Five Presidents and The Legacy of Watergate" [6/1999] by Bob Woodward
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Five-Presidents-Legacy-Watergate-ebook/dp/B000FC0U44/
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Five-Presidents-Legacy-Watergate/dp/B001O9CH34/
http://www.amazon.com/Shadow-Five-Presidents-Legacy-Watergate/dp/0684852624/

Secret Man / Watergate's Deep Throat  "The Secret Man: The Story of Watergate's Deep Throat" [2005]
by Bob Woodward, with Carl Bernstein

Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [2005 edition] for $11.02
S&S 8¼x6 pb [5/2006] for $13.88
S&S 9x5¾ hardcover [7/2005] out of print/hundreds used
Last of the President's Men book by Bob Woodward  "The Last of The President's Men" [2015] by Bob Woodward  10/2015
Based on 46 hours of interviews with Nixon aide Alexander Butterfield, supported by thousands of documents, many of them original and not in the presidential archives and libraries
Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [10/2015] for $14.99
Simon & Schuster 9¼x6 hardcover [10/2015] for $17.64


William Goldman won Oscar for Best Script    Jason Robards won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor    won Oscar for Best Sound    won Oscar for Best Art Direction
"All  The  President's  Men"
[Wildwood/Warner Bros. April 1976]

film credits at Internet Movie Database
film entry at Wikipedia
browse DVDs, Blu-ray & Instant Video for "ATPM" at Amazon
watch official trailer [1:50] at YouTube

All The President's Men video  Directed by Alan J. Pakula; screenplay by William Goldman from the bestselling book [below]; starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Jason Robards & Jane Alexander; won Oscars for Best Script, Best Supporting Actor [JR], Best Sound, Best Art Direction, Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress [JA], Best Editing; WGA Award for Best Script; added to National Film Registry (2010)
Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [1/2012] for $14.99
Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2011] for $18.99
Warner Home Video special edition widescreen color DVD [2/2006] 2 disks for $6.50
Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [10/2010] for $4.99
Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [10/97] out of prodn/many used
Warner Home Video color VHS [3/2003] for $2.49

Time Magazine cover of 29 March 1976  
TIME Magazine Cover Story: Watergate On Film (March 1976)
full article requires sign-up
online text at TIME.com {requires signup}

"Telling The Truth About Lies: The Making of All The President's Men" [Warner Bros. Feb 2006]
28-minute widescreen color short co-produced, written & directed by Gary Leva; narrated by Hal Holbrook; featuring Jane Alexander, reporter Carl Bernstein,
Benjamin C. Bradlee, William Goldman, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, cinematographer Gordon Willis & reporter Bob Woodward
available on the 2006 2-disk DVD and on the 2-disk Blu-ray edition above • full credits at IMDb

"All The President's Men Revisited"
[Discovery Channel April 2013]
All The President's Men Revisited   A look back forty years to the events of WaterGate and "All The President's Men", Woodward and Bernstein's dogged investigation that exposed the long, twisted trail of cover-ups and lies.
2-hour documentary co-produced & hosted by Robert Redford; directed by Peter Schnall
DVD/Blu-ray not available (2015)
bare credits at IMDb • official movie site • official trailer [0:30] at Vimeo

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soundtrack combo of "Klute" and "All The President's Men"  "Klute" and "All The President's Men" soundtrack album [2008]
"Klute" score is 49 minutes, composed & conducted by Michael Small;
"ATPM" score is 30 minutes, composed & conducted by David Shire

Warner Bros. Records soundtrack CD [2008] out of prodn/new-used

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"Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr." episode "The Limits of Journalistic Investigation"
Taped on 9 July 1974; starring Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward
http://www.amazon.com/Firing-William-Buckley-Journalistic-Investigation/dp/B00ANCWXW8/

"Redford / Hoffman: A Portrait of All The President's Men" [1976] by Jack Hirshberg
http://www.amazon.com/Redford-Hoffman-portrait-All-presidents/dp/B0006WD20M/
http://www.amazon.com/PORTRAIT-ALL-PRESIDENTS-MEN/dp/B000XHUUWS/

Adventures In The Screen Trade book by William Goldman  "Adventures In The Screen Trade: A Personal View of Hollywood and Screenwriting"
[national bestseller 1983] by William Goldman

Part Two includes chapters on "Charly" [1964, script not used], "Masquerade" [1965], "Harper" [1966], "The Thing of It Is ..." [1967 novel, not filmed], "The Stepford Wives" [1975], "The Great Waldo Pepper" [1975], "All The President's Men" [1976] {Goldman won Oscar for Best Script}, "Marathon Man" [1976], "A Bridge Too Far" [1977], "Grand Hotel" [1980s, not filmed], and "The Right Stuff" [1980s, script not used]; Part Three is about "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid" [1969]; Expanded Edition includes text of the 'BC&TSK' script
Kindle Edition from Grand Central Publng [6/2012] for $8.89
Grand Central Publng 8x5¼ pb [3/89] for $14.85
Warner Books 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/83] for $27.46



Principals

Carl Bernstein, Washington Post reporter

Bob Woodward, Washington Post reporter

'Deep Throat', 30 years later revealed to be W. Mark Felt, Sr. [1913-2008]

Benjamin C. Bradlee, Washington Post executive editor

Richard M. Nixon [1913-94]

director Alan J. Pakula

screenwriter William Goldman

Dustin Hoffman

Robert Redford

Hal Holbrook

Jason Robards



"All The President's Men" Links
film entry at Wikipedia
film credits at Internet Movie Database
book entry at Wikipedia
Woodward-Bernstein Watergate papers at UTexas/Austin

'Watergate Scandal' entry at Wikipedia
Spirit of America Bookstore's Richard M. Nixon [1913-94] Page
Spirit of America Bookstore's WaterGate Conspiracy Page


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