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- Set in 1971, The Post depicts the true story of attempts by journalists at The Washington Post to publish the infamous Pentagon Papers, a set of classified documents regarding the 20-year involvement of the United States government in the Vietnam War and earlier in French Indochina back to the 1940s.
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December 26, 2017 5:41 PM EST. T he feverishly debated decision behind The Washington Post ‘s 1971 publication of top-secret information in the Pentagon Papers comes to life in the new movie...
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No. In the movie, Bradley Whitford portrays Washington Post board member/adviser Arthur Parsons, who expresses the board's concern about having a woman in charge of the paper. "Kay, people are concerned, about having a woman in charge of the paper," says Parsons in the movie. "That she doesn't have the resolve to make the tough choices." He later v...
Daniel Ellsberg had been working at the RAND corporation when he made the decision to leak the Papers. RAND is a nonprofit government-financed think tank that at that time focused on conducting research and analysis to improve decision making with regard to the military, the nuclear arms race, healthcare, and other government programs. It had taken...
In addition to her memoir, get a firsthand account of the true story behind The Postmovie by watching the Katharine Graham Pentagon Papers interview below. 1. Read the Pentagon Papers Online at the National Archives
Jun 11, 2020 · In the spring of 1971, Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee and publisher Katharine Graham heard rumors of a big story in the works at the New York Times.But it wasn't until June 13, 1971, that they ...
Feb 26, 2018 · Editor's note: Have you ever wondered if the movie you just saw — that claimed to be based on a real story or historical events — was really accurate? So have we.
Sep 11, 2021 · While there are some misleading aspects of the movie, in minimizing the important role others played in the true story, the movie does do a relatively good job in showing perhaps the most important battle that tested First Amendment rights and government's attempts to repress a story by the press.
The Post is a 2017 American political thriller film about The Washington Post and the publication of the Pentagon Papers. It was directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, and written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer.
Dec 22, 2017 · Drama, Suspense, Thriller. OSCAR® winners Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, and Tom Hanks team up for the first time in this thrilling film based on a true story. Determined to uphold the nation’s civil liberties, Katharine Graham (Streep), publisher of The Washinton Post, and hard-nosed editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks) join forces to expose a ...
