All The President's Men Analysis

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Film Review: “All the President’s Men” All the President’s Men, a film has won many awards including an Academy Award, a Golden Globes award, and many others for categories such as best director, best actors, best screenplay, and best picture. Warner Bros. Entertainment and Wildwood Enterprises produced and released the film in April of 1976. All the President’s Men is based on a non-fictional book written in 1974 by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, two journalists who worked at The Washington Post (IMDB). Alan Pakula directs a film that has political thrills and mystery drama and William Goldman writes the screenplay respectively. The film captures the audiences’ attention through its excitement and fascination of the director’s creativity,…show more content…
A real life security guard, Frank Wills, who actually played himself in the film discovered the break-in. The investigation begins as a minor incident that was first investigated by Bob Woodward. However, soon he learns that “everyone was involved,” after he discovered an incredible amount of information about the break-in. The executive editor of The Washington Post, Jason Robards played as Ben Bradlee considers and allows Woodward to continue working on the case. Another reporter, Dustin Hoffman, who played as Carl Bernstein also works on this case with Woodward. Both Woodward and Bernstein begin working hard and trying to find the truth about break-in with the help from Hal Holbrook, who played as Deep Throat, a high government official whistleblower. Woodward and Bernstein find out the truth after confirming with many other sources, which ultimately leads President Nixon to resign, as well the indictments against his colleagues who were involved with the Nixon’s Administrations…show more content…
His lack of experience at work has inspired him to become “hungry” for work. This shows when he tries to talk to the editor of The Washington Post, Ben Bradlee, played by Jason Robards, that he wants to work on the case of the Watergate break-in (all). In addition, he also takes the imitative to investigate and find information to tell the editor at the post, showing he is responsible, determined, and confident in what he does. Moreover, when it comes to meeting others to get information, Woodward presents himself as a straightforward, good manner, and organized person. His character traits create a tension and excitement for the audience because he is “very ambitious and a dog for details”

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