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I thought it was interesting to find out that the filmmakers went to great lengths to replicate The Washington Post newsroom. In fact, the labels on the filing cabinet were meticulously done and eve more astounding, trash from the real Washington Post newsroom was flown in to Hollywood to put as clutter on the desks (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/stories/ringle.htm). -- Kelly R. | I thought it was interesting to find out that the filmmakers went to great lengths to replicate The Washington Post newsroom. In fact, the labels on the filing cabinet were meticulously done and eve more astounding, trash from the real Washington Post newsroom was flown in to Hollywood to put as clutter on the desks (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/watergate/stories/ringle.htm). -- Kelly R. | ||
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| + | I agree with the above comments. The movie did a nice job portraying the chaotic and confusing Watergate Scandal. It showed how the journalists were struggling to get truths out of those involved in the administration and how scared people were to go against the Presidential administration. Also, the film also did a great job of depicting how touchy of a story this was. If Woodward and Bernstein had been wrong about the scandal, they most certainly would have lost their jobs, as well as Ben Bradley. It did leave me wondering if Bradley was this much of a hard-ass in real life though. --Anna Holman | ||
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