All the President's Men DVD

All the President's Men
Conspiracy film specialist Alan J. Pakula turned journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's best-selling account of their Watergate investigation into one of the hit films of Bicentennial year 1976. While researching a story about a botched 1972 burglary of Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate apartment complex, green Washington Post reporters/rivals Woodward (Robert Redford, who also exec produced) and Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) stumble on a possible connection between the burglars and a White House staffer. With the circumspect approval of executive editor Ben Bradlee (Jason Robards), the pair digs deeper. Aided by a guilt-ridden turncoat bookkeeper (Jane Alexander) and the vital if cryptic guidance of Woodward's mystery source, Deep Throat (Hal Holbrook), Woodward and Bernstein "follow the money" all the way to the top of the Nixon administration. Despite Deep Throat's warnings that their lives are in danger, and the reluctance of older Post editors, Woodward and Bernstein are determined to get out the story of the crime and its presidential cover-up. Once Bradlee is convinced, the final teletype impassively taps out the historically explosive results. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

Cast Dustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein Robert Redford as Bob Woodward Jack Warden as Harry Rosenfeld Martin Balsam as Howard Simons Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat Jason Robards Jr. as Ben Bradlee Jane Alexander as Bookkeeper Stephen Collins as Hugh Sloan, Jr. Ned Beatty as D.A. Dardis Penny Fuller as Sally Aiken John McMartin as Foreign Editor Robert Walden as Donald Segretti Frank Wills as Frank Wills Allyn Ann McLerie as Carolyn Abbot

Crew Art Levinson - First Assistant Director Alan J. Pakula - Director C. Timothy O'Meara - Editor Robert Wolfe - Editor David Shire - Composer (Music Score) George Jenkins - Production Designer Gordon Willis - Cinematographer Walter Coblenz - Producer Robert Redford - Producer Jon Boorstin - Producer George P. Gaines - Set Designer Jim Webb - Sound/Sound Designer Richard Alexander - Sound/Sound Designer Les Fresholtz - Sound/Sound Designer Arthur Piantadosi - Sound/Sound Designer William Goldman - Screenwriter Carl Bernstein - Book Author Bob Woodward - Book Author

All the President's Men
Following Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's book, director Alan Pakula and scripter William Goldman make this film a dynamic detective yarn, even though everyone already knows the ending, by covering only the reporters' investigation of the scandal and keeping the administration criminals offscreen. The reporters may be able to expose the truth this time, but who knows what other government conspiracies remain in the shadows. With a heightened realist style that recreated the Washington Post newsroom down to its garbage, All the President's Men became a popular and critical success, indicating that the public had not yet tired of the Watergate story -- at least when it featured Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman. Despite winning several critics' prizes, All the President's Men lost the Best Picture Oscar to Rocky, although it did pick up awards for Robards, Goldman, and its meticulous art direction. Cannily appealing to both an audience's desire for a "happy" ending and the 1970s knowledge of that ending's limitations, All the President's Men told a true-life suspense tale about the triumph of a free press, even though what Woodward and Bernstein exposed about Richard Nixon's White House was hardly reassuring. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
 

Alan J. Pakula: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Director (nominated) Alan J. Pakula: Directors Guild of America, Best Director (nominated) Alan J. Pakula: National Board of Review, Best Director (winner) Alan J. Pakula: New York Film Critics Circle, Best Director (winner) Arthur Piantadosi: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (winner) Dick Alexander: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (winner) George Jenkins: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Art Direction (winner) George P. Gaines: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Art Direction (winner) Jane Alexander: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Supporting Actress (nominated) Jason Robards, Jr.: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner) Jason Robards, Jr.: Golden Globe, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (nominated) Jason Robards, Jr.: National Board of Review, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner) Jason Robards, Jr.: New York Film Critics Circle, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic (winner) Jim Webb: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (winner) Les Fresholtz: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Sound (winner) Robert Wolfe: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Editing (nominated) William Goldman: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Adapted Screenplay (winner)

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie, Best Picture (nominated) British Academy of Film and Television, Best Picture (nominated) Golden Globe, Best Picture - Drama (nominated) Golden Globe, Best Screenplay (nominated) National Board of Review, Best Picture (winner) New York Film Critics Circle, Best Picture (winner)

General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel Additional Features: Production notes DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1: Pre-1954 Standard 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: PG DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 2 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 139 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- Standard 0. Jump to a Scene 1. President arrives [2:08] 2. Burglary discovery [4:37] 3. At The Post [1:18] 4. The Arraignment [4:12] 5. H.H. at W.H. [5:47] 6. Whose story is it? [1:57] 7. Editorial help [3:21] 8. Huntis book taste [7:06] 9. Harder info needed [2:57] 10. Deep throat [7:29] 11. To Dade County [5:50] 12. The money trail [7:26] 13. The budget meeting [4:14] 14. No luck? Get some [2:24] 15. Target: Committee [7:00] 16. Why not talking [5:49] 17. The bookkeeper [7:31] 18. Alphabet soup [6:10] 19. Slush overseers [3:53] 20. Sure you're right [:56] 21. Mitchell's responds [1:42] 22. A matter trust [4:28] 23. Segretti [5:10] 24. "Mitchell knew" [5:14] 25. Deputy Director [4:30] 26. Nailing fifth man [7:22] 27. Attacks from high [4:36] 28. "Lives in danger" [5:24] 29. Riding on this [2:10] 30. Inauguration Day [2:02] 31. Across teletype [1:22] Side #2 -- Widescreen 0. Jump to a Scene 1. President arrives [2:08] 2. Burglary discovery [4:37] 3. At The Post [1:18] 4. The Arraignment [4:12] 5. H.H. at W.H. [5:47] 6. Whose Story is it? [1:57] 7. Editorial help [3:21] 8. Huntis book taste [7:06] 9. Harder info needed [2:57] 10. Deep throat [7:29] 11. To Dade County [5:50] 12. The money trail [7:26] 13. The budget meeting [4:14] 14. No luck? Get some [2:24] 15. Target: Committee [7:00] 16. Why not talking [5:49] 17. The bookkeeper [7:31] 18. Alphabet soup [6:10] 19. Slush overseers [3:53] 20. Sure you're right [:56] 21. Mitchell's responds [1:42] 22. A matter trust [4:28] 23. Segretti [5:10] 24. "Mitchell Knew" [5:14] 25. Deputy Director [4:30] 26. Nailing fifth man [7:22] 27. Attacks from high [4:36] 28. "Lives in danger" [5:24] 29. Riding on this [2:10] 30. Inauguration Day [2:02] 31. Across teletype [1:22]