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Director Alan J. Pakula hit the nail on the head with his film, All the President’s Men, which does a fantastic job portraying the events of the Watergate scandal. Filmed in 1976, the movie encompasses the story of reporters Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) from The Washington Post as they try to uncover vital details about the scandal. To keep an engaging audience, Pakula starts his film off with an eerie and controversial scene that portrays a guard ripping off a piece of tape that has been placed in between the door frame.
The film does a wonderful job of realistically retelling the events of the Watergate scandal. Through the story of the investigation regarding the break in at the Democratic Party Headquarters …show more content…

All the President’s Men tends to make a huge deal about reporting, alter facts and leave out a few crucial people within the scandal investigation. With proper background knowledge and further research into the Watergate scandal, the viewer can tell that there are some brief exaggerations. Like the film’s reporters, in today’s world, news reporters are always trying to get the next best story. They will do anything and everything possible to get the truth behind a hot story. Many famous people now a days can’t walk a few steps without being bombarded by the media. Everything celebrities say or do is noted by the media and usually gets leaked to the public very quickly. In comparison to the time and media of the 70’s, in today’s world we are able to pretty much get any information on almost anyone at any given time. The levels of privacy have gone down due to the media engagement and the advancement of technology. The activeness of today’s media can be similar to that of the five thief’s trying to place recording devices in the Democratic Party’s headquarters. With every news story, any piece of information can be blown out of proportion and altered to appeal to a bigger audience. This is just a mere effect from the ever-changing world we live in

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