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All the President's Men is a 1976 American biographical political thriller film about the Watergate scandal that brought down the presidency of Richard Nixon.Directed by Alan J. Pakula, with a screenplay by William Goldman, it is based on the 1974 non-fiction book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the two journalists investigating the scandal for The Washington Post.
The film depicts how Felt became the anonymous source nicknamed "Deep Throat" for reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein and helped them in their investigation of the Watergate scandal, which resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon. [4] The film stars Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, Tony Goldwyn, and Maika Monroe.
The Final Days is a 1989 television movie adaptation of the 1976 book written by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. The movie is directed by Richard Pearce and follows the events in the Nixon White House after the Washington Post's Watergate revelations.
Legendary Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein describe how they uncovered the existence of a secret slush fund used by President Richard Nixon's campaign for nefarious deeds.
The FBI's appearance at the crash scene was also regarded by some as unusually fast. [14] [15] Skeptics of the official narrative speculated that the plane was targeted due to Hunt's presence on board, and that sabotage of the flight was covered up by government agencies. As a result, the accident became known as "the Watergate crash.". [14] [15]
The four-part series, “Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal,” features the firsthand accounts of Nixon counsel John Dean.
The scandal has spawned movies starring Robert Redford and Kirsten Dunst. Any political incident with even the hint of scandal now has "gate" tacked onto the end.
The 2008 movie Frost/Nixon is a media depiction of this. In the aftermath of Watergate, "follow the money" became part of the American lexicon and is widely believed to have been uttered by Mark Felt to Woodward and Bernstein.