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The Post
Genre | Drama, Documentary/Biography |
Format | NTSC, Subtitled |
Contributor | Matthew Rhys, Meryl Streep, Bob Odenkirk, Zach Woods, Steven Spielberg, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, Bradley Whitford, Jesse Plemons, John Rue, Sarah Paulson, Tom Hanks, Pat Healy, David Cross, Tracy Letts, Bruce Greenwood See more |
Language | English |
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Product Description
In 1971, the Washington Post got a hold of the Pentagon Papers, the classified government study that detailed the true scope-and likelihood of success-of America's involvement in Vietnam. Publisher Katherine Graham (Meryl Streep) and editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) made the wrenching call to bring the story to public light... and face a possibly ruinous court battle over the documents' suppression. Steven Spielberg's compelling take on a free press's defining hour co-stars Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Sarah Paulson, Allison Brie. 116 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio, DVS 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish, French; featurettes. Two-disc set.
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.2 ounces
- Director : Steven Spielberg
- Media Format : NTSC, Subtitled
- Release date : April 17, 2018
- Actors : Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts
- Subtitles: : Spanish, English, French
- Language : English (Dolby Surround)
- Studio : 20th Century Fox
- ASIN : B0788YMYCV
- Number of discs : 2
- Best Sellers Rank: #55,397 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #4,439 in Drama Blu-ray Discs
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The movie is directed by Steven Spielberg and is centered around the characters of Ben Bradlee (played by Tom Hanks), who was the managing editor of the paper, and Kay Graham (played by Meryl Streep) who was the publisher of the paper, It also had a very large ensemble cast of supporting characters (most of whom were real people) played by actors and actresses such as Bob Odenkirk, David Cross, Allison Brie, Jesse Plemmons, Carrie Coon, and many others. Overall, it focuses on the events of how the Washington Post came into possession of the papers, and the decision about whether to publish them after the Nixon administration sued the New York Times (which was the first paper to get ahold of some of the material in the papers) to stop publication of the papers. It was a tricky situation for the Washington Post, which was transitioning from being privately owned to being taken public, and the publication of the papers could spook potential investors and tank the public offering.
The story is a good historical drama, with some fictionalized elements blended in. It benefited from having many of the people involved in the actual events (including Ellsburg) who were still alive, or the children and grandchildren of the actual people acting as consultants. So, it was able to stay very historically accurate. It also blended in the audio from the Nixon tapes which were released as a part of the Watergate investigation years later, of Nixon discussing the release of the papers with his cronies and displayed his hatred of the press. Specifically, the Washington Post. It is not an action movie, so if you are like some of the one-star reviewers complaining that it is boring, know what you are getting.
For those who get the physical discs, if you get the 4k set, the UHD disc has just the movie itself. On the regular Blu-ray disc, there are well over an hour's worth of making-of and behind-the-scenes features, that range from 25 minutes in length, to less than ten minutes. Given that it is not a CGI heavy action or sci-fi movie, you may not find it necessary to get it on 4k, but if you do the movie does look very good, especially the location shots.
Overall, the movie was very well written and acted. Despite what the reviewers saying it is just liberal propaganda, it is actually (aside from a couple of lines from the characters discussing political corruption which were clearly shots at the current political climate), it was a standard and mostly-accurate retelling of the historical events. While not everything in the movie was 100% historically accurate, which given that it is not a documentary, is to be expected, much of what is in the movie, including the text of the Supreme Court's decision about the role of the press in our democracy, is accurate. Of course, those events occurred at a time before the modern-day hyper-partisanship in which fealty to dear leader, regardless of who that leader is, trumps all, including corruption. And, they happened at a time in which freedom of the press and holding the government accountable was important to not only to more than just some members of the government, but all members of the press, the courts, and the populace as a whole. It was not a time when salivating, bootlicking toadies stood by the leaders of their party, no matter what. My guess is that many people complaining about the movie being "overly political" (even though it made both democrat and republican administrations look bad, but yes, moreso Nixon's administration)are doing so because it highlights what is happening in the current era. But, given that the events of the movie are absolutely true, it falls more into the category of "those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it" than it does "political hit job."