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The Post( 2017)

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Truth be told

Overview

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Meryl Streep

      Kay Graham

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      Tom Hanks

      Ben Bradlee

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      Sarah Paulson

      Tony Bradlee

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      Bob Odenkirk

      Ben Bagdikian

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      Tracy Letts

      Fritz Beebe

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      Bradley Whitford

      Arthur Parsons

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      Bruce Greenwood

      Robert McNamara

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      Matthew Rhys

      Daniel Ellsberg

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      Alison Brie

      Lally Graham

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      Carrie Coon

      Meg Greenfield

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      Jesse Plemons

      Roger Clark

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      David Cross

      Howard Simons

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      Zach Woods

      Anthony Essaye

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      Pat Healy

      Phil Geyelin

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      John Rue

      Gene Patterson

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      Rick Holmes

      Murray Marder

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      Philip Casnoff

      Chalmers Roberts

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      Jessie Mueller

      Judith Martin

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      Stark Sands

      Don Graham

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      Michael Cyril Creighton

      Jake

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      Will Denton

      Michael

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      Deirdre Lovejoy

      Debbie Regan

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      Michael Devine

      Copy Chief

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      Kelly Miller

      Copy Editor

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      Jennifer Dundas

      Liz Hylton

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      Austyn Johnson

      Marina Bradlee

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      Brent Langdon

      Paul Ignatius

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      Michael Stuhlbarg

      Abe Rosenthal

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      Deborah Green

      Ann Marie Rosenthal

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      Gary Wilmes

      Punch Sulzberger

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      Christopher Innvar

      James Greenfield

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      Luke Slattery

      NY Times Runner

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      Justin Swain

      Neil Sheehan

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      Robert G. McKay

      NY Times Staffer

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      Sasha Spielberg

      Woman with Package

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      Bryan Burton

      Lafayette Protester

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      Coral Peña

      Nancy

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      Dan Bittner

      Government Lawyer

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      Kenneth Tigar

      Solicitor Griswold

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      David Aaron Baker

      Alexander Bickel

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      Gannon McHale

      Judge Gurfein

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      Kevin Loreque

      Waiter (F Street Club)

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      Francis Dumaurier

      Head Waiter (Oakroom)

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      Stephen Mailer

      Exchange President

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      Ned Noyes

      Lazard Banker

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      John Henry Cox

      Lazard Banker

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      Dan Bucatinsky

      Joe Alsop

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      David Costabile

      Art Buchwald

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      Johanna Day

      Ann Buchwald

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      Annika Boras

      Mrs. Alsop

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      Carolyn McCormick

      Mrs. McNamara

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      Susan Blackwell

      Dinner Wife

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      Jordan Baker

      Dinner Wife

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      Lauren Lim Jackson

      Eastern Air Stewardess

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      Peter Van Wagner

      Harry Gladstein

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      Angus Hepburn

      Judge Gessell

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      James Riordan

      Vice Admiral Blouin

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      Kelly AuCoin

      Kevin Maroney

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      Cotter Smith

      Under Secretary William Macomber

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      Ben Livingston

      Dennis Doolin

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      Stephen Rowe

      Judge Robb

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      Rick Crom

      Supreme Court Marshall

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      Fenton Lawless

      Linotype Printer

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      Cullen Oliver Johnson

      Linotype Printer

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      JaQwan J. Kelly

      Watergate Security Guard

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      Brett G. Smith

      Platoon Leader

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      Brett Diggs

      G.I.

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      Anthony M Walker

      G.I

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      Saul Alvarez

      G.I.

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      Theis Weckesser

      Military Advisor

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      David Beach

      Robert Komer

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      Shawn Allen McLaughlin

      Reporter (Andrews AFB)

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      Shaun O'Hagan

      Harry Rowen (RAND)

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      Thaddeus Daniels

      Rand Corp Guard

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      Brendan Burke

      Rand Corp Guard

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      Celeste Arias

      Lynda Sinay

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      Sonny Valicenti

      Tony Russo

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      Patrick Noonan

      LA Cop

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      Will Blomker

      LA Cop

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      Amy Russ

      White House Assistant

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      Aaron Roman Weiner

      Bob Haldeman

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      Catherine Wolf

      RAND Receptionist

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      Joel Nagle

      Man on Phone

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      Tom Bair

      Rehnquist (Asst AG)

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      Walter Brandes

      18th Street Protester

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      Juliana Davies

      Katherine

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      Hazel Mason

      Pamela

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      Ginger Mason

      Pamela

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      Sawyer Spielberg

      Plaza Protester

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      Mark Jacoby

      Chief Justice Burger

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      Jon Donahue

      Bertram Plain

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      Seth Barrish

      Layout Editor

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      Clarke Thorell

      Layout Editor

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      Joseph Tudisco

      Delivery Man

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      Steve Witting

      NY Times Staffer

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      Gary Galone

      NY Times Staffer

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      Frank Ridley

      NY Times Staffer

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      Jeremiah Wiggins

      NY Times Staffer

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      Alexander Sage Oyen

      Protest Singer

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      Brittney Johnson

      Protest Singer

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      Caleb Eberhardt

      Protest Singer

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      Don McCloskey

      Protest Singer

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      Estelle Bajou

      Protest Singer

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      Kaylyn Scardefield

      Protest Singer

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      Leslie Kujo

      Protest Singer

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      Lilli Cooper

      Protest Singer

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      Odiseas Georgiadis

      Protest Singer

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      Sean Meehan

      Suspicious Man

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      Steven Kearney

      Ehrlichman

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      Curzon Dobell

      Nixon

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      Matthew Piazzi

      Newscaster

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      Armand Schultz

      WTOP-AM Reporter

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      Jerry Lobrow

      G.I. #4

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      Mark Pinelli

      AMEX Photographer

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    Review 4Discussion

    A review by Gimly

    5
    Written by Gimly on Wed Jan 31 2018
    Firing on all Oscar-bait cylinders, _The Post_ is much more about the facts of the events than an insight into the people involved in them. It has some laughs in it, but it's far from a comedy. It's all "what" and no "why", but also, _The Post_ is built on this HUGE will-they-wont-they question with massive ramifications ("Will Nixon and LBJ be exposed") and it's what the whole 108 minute runtime is building up to, but... We already know. The things that happen in _The Post_ are real events that are common knowledge. So it's kind of... The mystery of the moral quandary was answered before yo...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    50000000.00

    Revenue

    179769467.00

    Keywords

    • vietnam war
    • newspaper
    • journalist
    • washington dc, usa
    • politics
    • 1970s
    • journalism
    • biography
    • based on true story
    • richard nixon
    • pentagon papers
    • government cover-up
    • publisher
    • political thriller