All the President's Men

Rating: 7/10 (15 June 2005)

I can't remember much of the story, but personally this is a bit weird and hard to understand in places, well, actually nearly all the film I didn't understand, from Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated director Alan J. Pakula (Sophie's Choice). Its about some kind of murder and two detective-like newspaper writers are brought together to find the reason why and the killer, or something to do with Watergate. BAFTA nominated Dustin Hoffman is Carl Bernstein and Robert Redford is Bob Woodward in this true story based on the books by these two real characters. The only tiny problem with Robert Redford as Bob Woodward was that he stole quite a few of the key scenes, especially on the phone, there was not that much Dustin Hoffman in my opinion. Also starring Jack Warden as Harry M. Rosenfeld, BAFTA nominated Martin Balsam as Howard Simons, Hal Holbrook as Deep Throat, Oscar winning, and BAFTA and Golden Globe nominated Jason Robards as Ben Bradlee and Oscar nominated Jane Alexander as Judy Hoback. It won the Oscars for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Sound and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, and it was nominated for Best Film Editing and Best Picture, it was nominated the BAFTA for Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Production Design/Art Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Sound Track and Best Film, and it was nominated the Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture - Drama and Best Screenplay - Motion Picture. Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were number 27 on 100 Years, 100 Heroes & Villains, Robert Redford was number 61, and Dustin Hoffman number 24 on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, and Hoffman was number 21 on The World's Greatest Actor, the film was number 57 on 100 Years, 100 Thrills, and it was number 34 on 100 Years, 100 Cheers. Very good, at least once (in my opinion)!