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American 1976 Film All The President's Men

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All the President’s Men is an iconic American 1976 film by director Alan J. Pakula. Starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, the film depicts the events which led to the resignation of Richard Nixon from the office of president of the United States.
The film begins with the arrest of five burglars who break into the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) headquarters. Reporter for The Washington Post Bob Woodward is assigned to cover this story, eventually leading him to the courthouse in which the burglars are being tried. At the courthouse, Woodward discovers that the majority of the burglars have connections with the Central Intelligence Agency, and that they were caught in the DNC headquarters with bugging equipment. Using his findings and the findings of a fellow reporter, Woodward connections the burglars with White House officials E. Howard Hunt and Charles Colson.
The incident, known as Watergate, is a larger than expected, and Woodward is allowed to continue his investigation of it along with his assigned partner, Carl Bernstein. The duo at first unsuccessfully attempts to gather information from sources within the Committee to Re-elect the President (CREEP), and are only making leads through a source code-named …show more content…

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