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)

References

Category:2017 drama thriller movies
Category:2010s historical movies
Category:American drama thriller movies
Category:American historical movies
Category:Movies set in the 1970s
Category:Movies directed by Steven Spielberg
Category:Movies composed by John Williams