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All the President’s Men

138 minutes

Cast

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Dustin Hoffman Carl Bernstein
Robert Redford Bob Woodward
Jack Warden Harry M. Rosenfeld
Martin Balsam Howard Simons
Hal Holbrook Deep Throat
Jason Robards Ben Bradlee
Jane Alexander The Bookkeeper
Stephen Collins Hugh W. Sloan Jr.
Ned Beatty Martin Dardis
Meredith Baxter Deborah Murray Sloan
Penny Fuller Sally Aiken (based on Marilyn Berger)
Penny Peyser Sharon Lyons
Lindsay Crouse Kay Eddy
Robert Walden Donald Segretti
F. Murray Abraham Sergeant Paul Leeper
David Arkin Eugene Bachinski
Richard Herd James W. McCord
Henry Calvert Bernard Barker (Watergate Burglar)
Dominic Chianese Eugenio Martínez

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Most Rewatchable Scene

Bradlee’s closing scenes and Woodward’s six-minute phone call lead a wide field

In the discussion (11)
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  • Bernstein trying to take over Woodward’s story is nominated for establishing their complementary talents and rivalry
  • Woodward’s six-minute, single-take calls to Dahlberg and McGregor are nominated; a mistaken name at the end was retained
  • The gentle post-interview exchange about Sloan’s new baby is appreciated because it shows the reporters returning to ordinary human conversation
  • The Library of Congress research montage is nominated for depicting labor now replaced by digital search
  • Bradlee first buying into the story is nominated
  • Bernstein’s coffee interview with the bookkeeper is nominated
  • The final Deep Throat garage meeting and visit to Bradlee’s home are nominated
  • The first Bradlee red-pen edit is nominated for showing the newsroom hierarchy through costume and body language
  • Bradlee’s final speech is selected as the favorite Robards scene Chris Ryan
  • The visit to Bradlee’s house and speech are separately selected for their tension and management style
  • The six-minute Redford phone call is selected as best for difficulty, while the Robards scene remains a favorite

What’s Aged the Best?

Newspaper craft, accountability reporting, political paranoia, Washington, and Gordon Willis

In the discussion (5)
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  • The fully reconstructed Washington Post newsroom, period desks, ambient typewriters, phones, and chatter are praised
  • Political suspicion and the role of journalists in challenging power are praised as enduring
  • The story’s patient, stepwise reporting and high cost of error are praised
  • Washington is praised as a character created through locations and Gordon Willis’s shadowed cinematography
  • Gordon Willis’s 1970s work is credited with shaping collective visual memory of the decade

What’s Aged the Worst?

Newsroom homogeneity and pervasive smoking

In the discussion (2)
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  • The newsroom leadership is criticized as entirely white and male through a contemporary lens
  • Smoking in elevators, cars, and throughout the newsroom is placed in both Aged Worst and Aged Best

Apex Mountain

Redford, Robards, Watergate, Pakula, and Goldman

In the discussion (6)
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  • Robert Redford is assigned an apex because his earlier star run enabled him to produce this major success
  • Dustin Hoffman is rejected in favor of later Kramer vs. Kramer, Tootsie, or Rain Man peaks
  • Jason Robards is debated between his stage legacy and this first of consecutive supporting Oscars
  • Watergate is proposed as being at its cultural apex
  • Alan J. Pakula is assigned an apex for his 1970s run and the enduring influence of his films
  • William Goldman is assigned an apex for combining this film, Marathon Man, top stars, earnings, and an Oscar

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