Politcal corruption and two good-looking fellas.

Okay so this week we were asked to do a movie critique on one of them that was on the list. Well I chose to do mine on "All the President's Men." Not only does this movie give some insight to the Nixon case but it also features a couple of guys who did a great job depicting the two men from The Washington Post, by the name of Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. Robert Redford lead the film by playing Bob Woodward while Dustin Hoffman played the supporting actor and played Carl Bernstein. They could not have picked better actors, not only do they look like the guys they were acting but they are two darn good actors. This movie was based on a book that was wrote by these same two gentlemen, Woodward and Bernstein.

This movie starts off slow but picks up rapidly. At first these two writers were not grouped together for this assignment but were eventually paired up. After swallowing their pride they decided to hit this story head-on. They turned out to bust open a huge can of worms, so huge in fact it made the President at the time, Nixon, resign. This was known as the Watergate Scandal. If only we had sources as good as Deep Throat. Deep Throat was one of Woodward's prime people to go to for information. They'd set up reclusive meetings around the city and meet up to get the scoop on this new political story they were bound to bust open. On May 31, 2005 Mark W. Felt admitted to being the whistle blower "deep throat." At the time Felt was Deputy Director for the FBI and denied any contact with Woodward. Just two years ago Felt passed away on December 18, 2008. This movie takes place from the Break in that happened at Watergate until Nixon's re-election. As Woodward and Bernstein soon found out, this little break in was a small fish in a big pond. They soon unraveled the whole story which caused the resignation of President Nixon.

The movie's director, Alan J. Pakula, did a fantastic job of directing this film. He did such a superb job it won 4 Oscars and another 10 wins. Pakula adds an interesting touch on the people that Woodward and Bernstein went to get info about this story. Pakula added a somewhat of a gloomy and dull, almost spooky tone to their sources. Of course since this was getting to be a bigger and bigger story every day the people they talked to had to be more and more confidential. Added a more mysterious tone to the people, as if they hadn't already had a dull enough mood to begin with. Most people they tried to talk to just slammed the door in their face. After all was said and done, I don't remember how many resignations they forced but I do remember the main one. President Nixon's resgination will always be a big part in history till this day. There is still, however, Political corruption going on today but I think they're more sneaky than they were back in the 70s. That is the movie critique for this week, stay tuned for other cool... stuff.

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