All the President's Men is a biographical political thriller directed by Alan J. Pakula, with a screenplay by William Goldman. The film is based on the 1974 non-fiction book by journalists Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. It dramatizes the Watergate scandal that led to Richard Nixon’s resignation. Actors Robert Redford plays Woodward while Dustin Hoffman plays Bernstein, following their investigation of the scandal for The Washington Post. Produced by Walter Coblenz for Redford's Wildwood Enterprises, the film was met with widespread critical acclaim.
Production/Filming: Redford became interested in the Watergate scandal while promoting The Candidate and reading Woodward and Bernstein’s Washington Post stories. He first contacted Woodward in November 1972 after the reporters’ mistake regarding Hugh Sloan’s testimony. In 1974, Redford purchased the rights to their book for $450,000 with plans to adapt it into a $5 million film. Ben Bradlee, editor of The Washington Post, supported the project, hoping it would show the newspaper’s commitment to responsibility.
Redford hired William Goldman to write the screenplay, but was unhappy with his first draft. Woodward and Bernstein disliked it too, and Bernstein and Nora Ephron wrote their own version. Redford showed it to Goldman, who later criticized his decision to accept their draft. Eventually, Alan J. Pakula was hired as director and requested rewrites from Goldman. Despite changes, a 2011 analysis concluded that Goldman’s original vision remained the dominant influence on the final script.
Hoffman and Redford spent months at The Washington Post, attending news conferences and conducting research. Although the Post denied permission to film in its newsroom, set designers meticulously recreated it on two Hollywood soundstages at Burbank Studios, spending $200,000. They even sourced outdated phone books and bought nearly 200 desks identical to those in the real newsroom. A brick from the Post’s main lobby was also replicated for authenticity. Principal photography began on May 12, 1975, in Washington, D.C.
Box Office: All the President's Men earned $7,016,001 in its opening week from 604 theaters, topping the U.S. box office. It went on to gross a total of $70.6 million.
Nominated for multiple Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and BAFTAs, All the President's Men earned Jason Robards an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Ben Bradlee. In 2010, it was added to the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Source: Wikipedia
Production/Filming: Redford became interested in the Watergate scandal while promoting The Candidate and reading Woodward and Bernstein’s Washington Post stories. He first contacted Woodward in November 1972 after the reporters’ mistake regarding Hugh Sloan’s testimony. In 1974, Redford purchased the rights to their book for $450,000 with plans to adapt it into a $5 million film. Ben Bradlee, editor of The Washington Post, supported the project, hoping it would show the newspaper’s commitment to responsibility.
Redford hired William Goldman to write the screenplay, but was unhappy with his first draft. Woodward and Bernstein disliked it too, and Bernstein and Nora Ephron wrote their own version. Redford showed it to Goldman, who later criticized his decision to accept their draft. Eventually, Alan J. Pakula was hired as director and requested rewrites from Goldman. Despite changes, a 2011 analysis concluded that Goldman’s original vision remained the dominant influence on the final script.
Hoffman and Redford spent months at The Washington Post, attending news conferences and conducting research. Although the Post denied permission to film in its newsroom, set designers meticulously recreated it on two Hollywood soundstages at Burbank Studios, spending $200,000. They even sourced outdated phone books and bought nearly 200 desks identical to those in the real newsroom. A brick from the Post’s main lobby was also replicated for authenticity. Principal photography began on May 12, 1975, in Washington, D.C.
Box Office: All the President's Men earned $7,016,001 in its opening week from 604 theaters, topping the U.S. box office. It went on to gross a total of $70.6 million.
Nominated for multiple Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and BAFTAs, All the President's Men earned Jason Robards an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Ben Bradlee. In 2010, it was added to the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."
Source: Wikipedia
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