How 'All the President's Men' Became an Unlikely Blockbuster
All the President’s Men was an unlikely hit, but they were unlikely times. When Robert Redford set out to dramatize the way in which two junior journalists pulled down a corrupt U.S. administration, he wasn’t thinking in terms of the success he achieved. But All the President’s Men won four Oscars after its release on April 9, 1976 – and it’s generally accepted that it should have won more. On the surface, it sounded like a worthy project. The narrative followed Washington Post newsmen Bob Woodward (Bernstein) and Carl Bernstein (Dustin Hoffman) – relatively low-key local report...
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