Fuck it, let’s stand by the boys.
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Regie Alan J. Pakula
An acclaimed, grounded drama.
Zwei junge Reporter verfolgen eine Spur und lösen damit eine Kette von Ereignissen und Enthüllungen aus, die schließlich dem Präsidenten der USA das Amt kosten. In der Nacht vom 17. Juni 1972 schleichen sich fünf Männer in das Hauptquartier der Demokratischen Partei in Washington und beginnen, Wanzen anzubringen und Dokumente zu fotografieren. Das Licht geht an, Revolver werden gezogen und eines der dramatischsten und folgeschwersten Kapitel in der Geschichte der USA beginnt...
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Fuck it, let’s stand by the boys.
[whispers]: i’ve seen this movie twice and still don’t really understand the watergate scandal and at this point i’m too afraid to ask
One thread that stood out on this watch: A quiet but brutal critique of television to rival the far louder satire of Network, which was released the same year. The film repeatedly shows televisions, mostly around the Washington Post newsroom, presenting a counterfactual narrative of the Nixon administration that stands in complete opposition to the one assembled by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. While they search for the facts, the Post TVs mostly regurgitate the Nixon party line and publicize their “non-denial denials” of the latest Post story, propagating an illusion of a moral, lawful President unfairly attacked by a politically motivated newspaper and its agenda-driven journalists. TV obscures the truth while newspapers expose it, an idea neatly encapsulated in the final scene where Nixon is inaugurated on television in the foreground, while Woodward and Bernstein pound away on their typewriters in the background.
The film follows two Washington Post reporters as they painstakingly uncover the truth behind the 1972 Watergate scandal, eventually leading to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
The film was directed by Alan J. Pakula, an American filmmaker known for his paranoia trilogy, which includes this film.
Yes, the film won four Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor for Jason Robards and Best Adapted Screenplay.