The Post (movie)

***The Post*** is a 2017 American historical-drama-political thriller movie directed and produced by Steven Spielberg and written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer.

It stars Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham, the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee, the executive editor of _The Washington Post_, with Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Carrie Coon, and Matthew Rhys.

It was released for a short time on December 22, 2017 until releasing worldwide on January 12, 2018. It made $178 million worldwide. It got good reviews from the critics with an 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Many critics called the movie as one of the best movies of 2017. It was nominated for Best Picture and Best Actress (for Streep) at the 90th Academy Awards.

## Plot

The film is set in 1971, _The Post_ is about the true story of attempts by journalists at _The Washington Post_ to publish the _Pentagon Papers_, classified documents about the 30-year involvement of the United States government in the Vietnam War. It begins with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara telling the public he supports the war effort but privately telling Ellsberg and Macomber that the war is lost. Years later, Ellsberg secretly makes copies of many classified documents about the Vietnam War. He brings them to Neil Sheehan of the New York Times. Katharine Graham leads the Washington Post and faces a dominant male industry. The Post eventually acquires the same material and begins assembling thousands of documents. Tension arises over whether to publish because the Post could face charges in court. Bradlee and Graham learn former Presidents and friends deceived them. Nevertheless, Graham decides to publish the reports. The Post and The Times appear in court and win. The _New York Times Co. v. United States_ decision allows the media to print the classified documents. The film ends showing the Watergate burglary.

## Cast

- Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham
- Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee
- Sarah Paulson as Antoinette "Tony" Pinchot Bradlee
- Bob Odenkirk as Ben Bagdikian
- Tracy Letts as Fritz Beebe
- Bradley Whitford as Arthur Parsons
- Bruce Greenwood as Robert McNamara
- Matthew Rhys as Daniel Ellsberg
- Alison Brie as Lally Graham
- Carrie Coon as Meg Greenfield
- Jesse Plemons as Roger Clark
- David Cross as Howard Simons
- Zach Woods as Anthony Essaye
- Michael Stuhlbarg as A. M. Rosenthal
- David Costabile as Art Buchwald
- Pat Healy as Philip L. Geyelin
- John Rue as Gene Patterson
- Rick Holmes as Murrey Marder
- Philip Casnoff as Chalmers Roberts
- Jessie Mueller as Judith Martin
- Stark Sands as Donald E. Graham
- Michael Cyril Creighton as Jake
- Brent Langdon as Paul Ignatius
- Gary Wilmes as Punch Sulzberger
- Christopher Innvar as James L. Greenfield
- James Riordan as Vice Admiral Joseph Francis Blouin
- Kelly AuCoin as Assistant Attorney General Kevin Maroney
- Tom Bair as William Rehnquist (voice)
- Cotter Smith as William Macomber
- Jennifer Dundas as Liz Hylton
- Justin Swain as Neil Sheehan
- Will Denton as Michael (The Runner)

## Infobox (film)

- **director**: Steven Spielberg
- **producer**: Steven Spielberg
Kristie Macosko Krieger
Amy Pascal
- **writer**: Liz Hannah
Josh Singer
- **starring**: Meryl Streep
Tom Hanks
Sarah Paulson
Bob Odenkirk
Tracy Letts
Bradley Whitford
Bruce Greenwood
Matthew Rhys
- **music**: John Williams
- **cinematography**: Janusz Kamiński
- **editing**: Michael Kahn
Sarah Broshar
- **studio**: 20th Century Fox
DreamWorks Pictures
Participant Media[
Amblin Partners
Amblin Entertainment
Pascal Pictures
Star Thrower Entertainment
- **distributor**: 20th Century Fox
- **released**: December 14, 2017 (Newseum)
December 22, 2017 (United States)
- **country**: United States
- **language**: English
- **budget**: $50 million
- **gross**: $179.8 million