All the President’s Men (1976)
Yes, there was a time when cold, hard, carefully reported information could change the world.
No one does sentiment-free uplift like screenwriter William Goldman, who wins over any cynics by treating the story of Woodward and Bernstein vs. Nixon like a gritty procedural. It’s the reporters against the president, but also against an overwhelming deluge of misinformation and lies. The reporters win. No, seriously: It’s a true story.
The events in All the President’s Men are true, but William Goldman made up a few things — like the famous phrase “Follow the money.”
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