Honorary Oscar for actress Bacall Nov 17, 2009
Cinematographer Gordon Willis - who worked on the Godfather trilogy, All The President's Men and Woody Allen films including Manhattan and Annie Hall - was the third person to be honoured this year. His award was presented by Jeff Bridges. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Lots of action at honorary Oscars Nov 17, 2009
Willis, whose cinematography credits include The Godfather, Annie Hall and All the President's Men, was honoured for his decades of work. The presenter, Jeff Bridges, noted Willis's ''unsurpassed mastery of light, shadow, colour and motion. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Lauren Bacall, 2 Others Receive Early Oscars Nov 16, 2009
" Ever feisty, the 85-year-old actress shooed away an escort who tried to help her to the podium to accept her Oscar. She spoke of her late husband, "my great love" Humphrey Bogart, and her dashing leading men: Douglas, Gregory Peck and Henry Fonda. Bacall said she did not expect to receive an Oscar but gratefully welcomed the honor. "The thought when I get home that I'm going to have a two-legged man in my room is so exciting," she quipped. Willis, whose cinematography credits include "The... (Click2Houston, TX)
Bacall gets lifetime Oscar Nov 16, 2009
Willis, whose cinematography credits include The Godfather, Annie Hall and All the President's Men, was honoured for his decades of work. He was nominated for an Oscar twice: For Allen's Zelig in 1983 and The Godfather: Part III in 1990. (The Age, Australia)
Lauren Bacall Receives Honorary Oscar Nov 16, 2009
Willis, one of the masters of cinematography whose credits include "The Godfather" films, "All the President's Men" and "Manhattan," is a two-time Academy Award nominee, for "Zelig" and "The Godfather, Part III.". Presenter Jeff Bridges noted Willis' "unsurpassed mastery of light, shadow, color and motion.". (CBS News)
Oscars honor 3 greats, hint at show to come Nov 16, 2009
Gordon Willis, nicknamed The Prince of Darkness for his shadowy cinematography in trilogy, and All the President's Men, was introduced by Bridges, who recalled working with him on the 1972 western. "We had a wonderful time, though I do recall two terrible days. It was probably the coldest I've ever been on a film, shooting that gunfight in the forest. Remember that?" Then they found out the processing lab lost the film footage. (USA Today -- Life)
The farmer in the hell Nov 7, 2009
Hal Holbrook didn't win the Oscar for which he was nominated ("Into the Wild"), but the veteran actor, known for roles as disparate as Mark Twain and Deep Throat ("All the President's Men"), gets an awfully nice consolation prize in "That Evening Sun." ... Hal Holbrook didn't win the Oscar for which he was nominated ("Into the Wild"), but the veteran actor, known for roles as disparate as Mark Twain and Deep Throat ("All the President's Men"), gets an awfully nice consolation prize in "That... (New York Post -- Entertainment)
White House War Oct 22, 2009
For example, they don't want anyone questioning where the president's new policy for Afghanistan is While all the president's men are preoccupied fighting a war against the Fox News Channel, they don't seem to be in any hurry to fight that war against our nation's real enemies. It has been 52 days since General McChrystal delivered his recommendations to the Pentagon for a troop increase. (Fox News)
Mick LaSalle on movies and F-bombs Oct 5, 2009
By the way, do you like Jason Robards' performances, despite his "immortal" line about sending a column on yesterday's weather to The Chronicle in "All the President's Men". Bill Cubley, San Leandro. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Greg's Gregalogue Sep 21, 2009
When two scrappy D.C. journalists brought down Richard Nixon, the story became "All the President's Men.". When an unemployed single mother took the fight to an energy giant, we got "Erin Brockovich" a vehicle for Julia Robert's cleavage. (Fox News)
Five fourth estate classics Aug 12, 2009
Hoffman and Redford in All the President's Men ... ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, 1976. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Make it easier to follow money in campaigns Aug 9, 2009
A classic line in the movie "All the President's Men" was Deep Throat's advice to reporter Bob Woodward to "Follow the money" as he investigated the Watergate scandal that brought down President Nixon. That's good advice for Illinois voters, too, especially in a state where pay-to-play politics has a long and sordid history. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
The 1970s media icon in the soup Jul 14, 2009
Woodward and Bernstein's book All the President's Men was made into a movie which influenced journalists all over the world. In the wake of recent developments, The Washington Post is coming across not so much as a bastion of journalistic integrity and a free press but quite the reverse. (India Times)
Washington: the hottest living movie studios Jul 13, 2009
Peter Sellers's "Being There", "All the President's Men" and "Thank you for Smoking" are among more than 120 movies shot at the Capitol, the most popular Washington film location, Montgomery said. In the movies the building has been swarmed by locusts -- which were actually styrofoam packing peanuts, painted brown -- and has "been the target of a lot of violence from aliens," said Montgomery. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Powerful actor Balsam never seemed to be acting Jun 29, 2009
Notice this about Balsam: Whether playing the investigator in "Psycho" or the managing editor in "All the President's Men," he always suggested that the character had a life outside the action, a life he wanted to get back to. Think about it. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Frost/Nixon: Fictional Look At Famo... Jun 24, 2009
Frost/Nixon: Fictional Look At Famous Interview. Frost/Nixon: Fictional Look At Famous Interview. (Suite101.com)
Terminator finds salvation Jun 16, 2009
I also saw State of Play on the weekend and thought it was a terrific thriller and a great successor to some of those classic newspaper journalist-themed movies, like All The President's Men. Highly recommended. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The men who lost Watergate May 27, 2009
Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as Bernstein and Woodward in All the President's Men. FOR 37 years Robert Smith and Robert Phelps watched from the sidelines as Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein were showered with prizes, book and movie contracts and fame for their investigative reporting of the Watergate scandal. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Ex-NY Times journalists: We fumbled Watergate tip May 26, 2009
They say it's unclear whether the Times pursued information that might have let it beat The Washington Post to the blockbuster story of political espionage, which was described in "All the President's Men" and helped unravel Richard M. Nixon's presidency. "We missed out," the now-retired editor, Robert H. Phelps, said in an interview Monday, after the Times published a story about the monumental miscue. (Fresno Bee -- State)
Congressman Affleck meets the press May 22, 2009
ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976). Based on the non-fiction book by journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, the Washington Post duo who uncovered the Watergate scandal that led president Nixon to resign. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Student present at slaying invokes shield law May 19, 2009
But it definitely doesn't seem, at first blush, to be sort of the 'All the President's Men,' 'I need to protect Deep Throat or else I won't be able to expose wrongdoing by the White House' situation. " He added, "This may be not the strongest case of invocation of the shield law. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Chronicle movie critics look back May 9, 2009
My list is "Take the Money and Run," "Fargo," "Crimes and Misdemeanors," "Lolita," "Double Indemnity," "All the President's Men," "Sunset Boulevard" and "Singin' in the Rain." I think they're all perfect movies. There's not an ounce of fat on any of them. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Coppola shares award at film festival gala May 3, 2009
Getting into the role of Bob Woodward in "All the President's Men" was difficult at first. "I'd tell him, 'Sorry Bob, but you're pretty dull,' and he'd say, 'Yes I am.' " Redford finally got something to work with when one of the reporter's colleagues told him that Woodward was a pyromaniac. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fresh meaning found in solo act Apr 30, 2009
Although he is well-known for his roles in All the President's Men, Midway and Into the Wild , Mr. Holbrook's career has been defined by the one-man show Mark Twain Tonight. which he first performed in 1954 and takes on the road each year. (The Augusta Chronicle)
The week that was: Giants, Gavin and Gore Apr 28, 2009
It highlights the detective skills of reporters like no movie has since "All the President's Men.". Don't let The Chron's Little Man and his failure to jump up and down keep you from this one. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
'State of Play' reflects state of journalism Apr 28, 2009
In the "The Paper" (Universal, 1994) and "All the President's Men" (Warner Brothers, 1976), "State of Play" the journalists were the truth seekers and not the sleazy muckrakers. Not ignored were the current problems of the industry, low readership, new corporate owners, all pointedly spelled out by the saucy editor, Cameron Lynne, played by Helen Mirren. (The Suffolk Journal, MA)
MOVIE REVIEW: 'State' plays well Apr 28, 2009
The fictitious paper's newsroom is a bit too much of a throwback (it's like someone watched "All the President's Men" and said, "I want that") but its nuts-and-bolts approach to newsgathering is good. Macdonald doesn't make enough of the Internet connection, but he does give McAdams a dandy role. (Sioux City Journal)
Review: 'State of Play' may be last of its kind Apr 18, 2009
Try to imagine "His Girl Friday," "Ace in the Hole" or "All the President's Men" with Perez Hilton (or his avatar) in the lead. Sobering, isn't it. (CNN -- Showbiz)
Review: 'State Of Play' Takes Politics, Papers To Task Apr 18, 2009
Part "All The President's Men" with a dash of "The Pelican Brief," this political thriller is based on a BBC miniseries of the same name, which ran in 2003. Keeping to the same plot, a journalist gets too deeply enmeshed in problems of a politician: The problem, however, is that the politician is an old friend. (KFOXTV.com, TX)
FILM REVIEW: 'State of Play' Apr 17, 2009
If All the President's Men and a James Bond movie had a baby, that baby's name would be State of Play. The film will have you on the edge of your seat, impatiently and excitedly waiting to know what's really going on behind the smokescreen of political spin and corporate power. (Daily Collegian, PA)
'State of Play' Apr 16, 2009
Mirren never is less than effective, and that's the case here, though her character isn't as strong as Jason Robards' Oscar-winning turn as Ben Bradlee in "All the President's Men," the gold standard for editors in movies. There are, in fact, nods to that film throughout, which accounts for the comparison - it can't be helped. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
'State of Play' - inside a Washington thriller Apr 12, 2009
You can't make a film in Washington, D.C., and about journalism without feeling the weight of "All the President's Men." And "Parallax View," visually, is a wonderful movie - "Klute," as well, especially the music. Also, a filmmaker whom I particularly love is Costa-Gavras. (Boston Globe)
Stop The Presses! Mar 30, 2009
And it was the newspaper whose proudest moments came when it held the powerful to account - even bringing down "All The President's Men.". Hard as it for those of us whose day cannot begin without the newspaper, it is a medium that cannot survive without dramatic change. (CBS News)
The Movie Z Makes Political Intelligence Look Hipper Than Skinny Neckties Mar 15, 2009
The penultimate scene, in which typewriters in close-up tap out the indictments of top junta officials, would go on to be quoted by the last shot of All the President's Men. But unlike that film, Z doesn't end on a triumphant note. (Slate)
Jane Alexander: Jindal's wrong on... Mar 5, 2009
The actress, who will appear later this month in a new comedy at the New York theater company Primary Stages called "Chasing Manet," won a Tony Award for her role in the "The Great White Hope." She has been nominated eight times for an Emmy and four times for an Oscar for films including, "All the President's Men" and "Kramer vs. Kramer.". Alexander spoke to CNN.com last week. (CNN -- Law)
Last Chance Harvey Mar 2, 2009
From the consumptive crank Ratso Rizzo in director John Schlesinger's 1969 drama Midnight Cowboy through the inept entertainer Chuck Clarke in Ishtar 18 years later, the highlights read like a film history textbook: among them, Jack Crabb in Little Big Man, David Sumner in Straw Dogs, Lenny Bruce in Lenny, Carl Bernstein in All the President's Men, Babe Levy in Marathon Man, Max Dembo in Straight Time and Michael Dorsey in Tootsie. Tellingly, it wasn't until Hoffman tackled the relatively... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Goody: Changes promised, but Oscars same Feb 23, 2009
A. "All the President's Men". B. "Ordinary People". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
The International Feb 14, 2009
SECTIONS MOVIES CHANNELS ; GET GAMES. This talky thriller may induce a quantum of snoring. (IGN FilmForce)
