All The Presidents Men
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ALL THE PRESIDENTS MEN
On June 16 1972, one of the biggest scandals in American History began to unfold. Five men, one of whom says he used to work for the CIA, are arrested at 2:30 a.m. trying to bug the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate hotel and office complex. Two men on the Washington Post, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein are assigned to the case and they uncover a huge controversy that leads all the way up to the president of the United States of America.
Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward played by Robert Redford and Carl Bernstein played by Dustin Hoffman are assigned to cover a routine burglary at the National Democratic Committee headquarters at the Watergate. Two of the burglars have the phone number of Howard Hunt, a White House aide and CIA consultant. This leads the two reporters to one of their main sources, "Deep Throat". The identity of Bob Woodward's background source during Watergate remains the best-kept secret in American politics and journalism. Only four people on the planet are known to have the name -- Woodward; his partner, Carl Bernstein; Ben Bradlee, the former executive editor of The Washington Post; and of course, Deep Throat himself...