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All the Presidentâs Men (1976)
In the week of Trumpâs second impeachment, hereâs a timely reminder of the investigation that led to Nixonâs resignation back in 1974. Coming up on its 45th birthday, Alan J. Pakulaâs conspiracy thriller is an enthralling dramatisation of the Washington Postâs investigation into the break-in at the Watergate offices. Many Hollywood films of the Watergate era were dyed in disillusionment and paranoia, including Pakulaâs own The Parallax View (1974), but All the Presidentâs Men was the first to tackle the scandal head on. Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman bring starry clout as the Postâs reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, and it was Redford himself whoâd bought the rights to their book and helped bring it to the screen. Long before Spotlight (2015), the results set a high bar for the investigative journalism movie. Itâs a film of forensic atte