
Robert Redford, left, and Dustin Hoffman play the Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in All the President’s Men. Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd/Allstar (via@guardian)
Hoffman and Redford fight the powers that be
The twists of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein’s investigative coup that toppled President Nixon are cleverly portrayed by Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman.
All the President’s Men (1976)
Director: Alan J Pakula
Entertainment grade: B+
History grade: B+
In the early 1970s, the Watergate scandal rocked the American administration to its foundations. Two investigative journalists, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of the Washington Post, uncovered a conspiracy to cover up abuses of power leading all the way to the Oval Office.
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