1976’s All the President’s Men dramatizes the Watergate scandal that had unfolded just a couple of years before. As with the book of the same name, the film witnesses the events through the eyes of young Washington Post reporters Carl…
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In 1969, writer-director Melville Shavelson created “My World…and Welcome to it,” based on the works of humorist James Thurber. Though the series won an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series, it was canceled after the first season. Not deterred, Shavelson and…
1976’s All the President’s Men dramatizes the Watergate scandal that had unfolded just a couple of years before. As with the book of the same name, the film witnesses the events through the eyes of young Washington Post reporters Carl…
Produced and directed by Fielder Cook from a screenplay by Sidney Carroll, adapted from their TV play Big Deal in Laredo (which had originally aired on the DuPont Show of the Week in 1962), A Big Hand for the Little…
Filming Shakespeare isn’t particularly easy, and keeping it interesting for a majority of the viewing audience is even more difficult. This 1970 version, highlighted by an all star cast, faithfully retells Shakespeare’s account of events surrounding the assassination of Caesar…
The literary equivalent of Washington: Behind Closed Doors is Full Disclosure by William Safire. Each has a cracking good story, but it takes a near-frustrating amount of time to get there, moreso with Behind Closed Doors. That’s Safire and Behind…
Los Angeles, CA (September 8, 2011) – Re-live the story of one of America’s darkest moments through superb visuals and a double sided narrative that will keep you on the edge of your seat. The classic film TORA! TORA! TORA!…
Paramount | 1990 | 680 mins. | NR Though Ken Burns’ 1990 epic documentary, The Civil War has been released on DVD at least twice before, the new “Commemorative Edition” is worth buy if you haven’t already done so. It’s…
It was a highpoint of investigative reporting in the 20th century, and the resulting Watergate scandal put the pressure on President Nixon to resign from office–the only American president to do so. All the President’s Men tells the story of…