All the President's Men (1976)

Director:

Alan J. Pakula

Writers:

Carl Bernstein (book) &
Bob Woodward (book) ...
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Release Date:

9 April 1976 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | Thriller

Tagline:

At times it looked like it might cost them their jobs, their reputations, and maybe even their lives.

Plot:

Reporters Woodward and Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Nixon's resignation.

Plot Keywords:

Nixon | Watergate | Reporter | Journalist | White House

Awards:

Won 4 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 20 nominations

Cast

Dustin Hoffman	...	Carl Bernstein
Robert Redford	...	Bob Woodward
Jack Warden	...	Harry Rosenfeld
Martin Balsam	...	Howard Simons
Hal Holbrook	...	Deep Throat
Jason Robards	...	Ben Bradlee
Jane Alexander	...	Bookkeeper
Meredith Baxter	...	Debbie Sloan
Ned Beatty	...	Dardis
Stephen Collins	...	Hugh Sloan
Penny Fuller	...	Sally Aiken
John McMartin	...	Foreign Editor
Robert Walden	...	Donald Segretti
Frank Wills	...	Frank Wills
F. Murray Abraham	...	Arresting Officer #1
David Arkin	...	Eugene Bachinski
Henry Calvert	...	Bernard L. Barker
Dominic Chianese	...	Eugenio R. Martinez
Bryan Clark	...	Arguing Attorney (as Bryan E. Clark)
Nicolas Coster	...	Markham
Lindsay Crouse	...	Kay Eddy (as Lindsay Ann Crouse)
Valerie Curtin	...	Miss Milland
Gene Dynarski	...	Court Clerk
Nate Esformes	...	Virgilio R. Gonzales
Ron Hale	...	Frank Sturgis
Richard Herd	...	James W. McCord, Jr.
Polly Holliday	...	Dardis' Secretary
James Karen	...	Hugh Sloan's Lawyer
Paul Lambert	...	National Editor
Frank Latimore	...	Judge
Gene Lindsey	...	Alfred D. Baldwin
Anthony Mannino	...	Arresting Officer #2
Allyn Ann McLerie	...	Carolyn Abbott
James Murtaugh	...	Congress Library Clerk
John O'Leary	...	Attorney #1
Jess Osuna	...	Joe, FBI Agent
Neva Patterson	...	CRP Woman
George Pentecost	...	George
Penny Peyser	...	Sharon Lyons
Joshua Shelley	...	Al Lewis
Sloane Shelton	...	Bookeeper's Sister
Lelan Smith	...	Arresting Officer #3
Jaye Stewart	...	Male Librarian
Ralph Williams	...	Ray Steuben
George Wyner	...	Attorney #2
Leroy Aarons	...	Financial Editor
Donnlynn Bennett	...	Reporter
Stanley Bennett Clay	...	Assistant Metro Editor (as Stanley Clay)
Carol Coggin	...	News Aide
Laurence Covington	...	News Announcer
John Devlin	...	Metro Editor
John Furlong	...	News Desk Editor
Sidney Ganis	...	L.A. Stringer
Amy Grossman	...	Reporter
Cynthia Herbst	...	Reporter
Basil Hoffman	...	Assistant Metro Editor
Mark Holtzman	...	Reporter
Jamie Smith-Jackson	...	Post Librarian (as Jamie Smith Jackson)
Barbara Lipsky	...	Reporter (as Barbara Litsky)
Doug Llewelyn	...	White House Aide
Jeff MacKay	...	Reporter
Irwin Marcus	...	Reporter
Greg Martin	...	Reporter
Ron Menchine	...	Post Librarian
Christopher Murray	...	Photo Aide
Jess Nadelman	...	Assistant Metro Editor
Noreen Nielson	...	Reporter
Florence Pepper	...	Message Desk Receptionist
Barbara Perlman	...	CRP Receptionist
Louis Quinn	...	Salesman
Peter Salim	...	Reporter
Shawn Shea	...	News Aide
Marvin Smith	...	Reporter
Pam Trager	...	Reporter
Carol Trost	...	Ben Bradlee's Secretary
Richard Venture	...	Assistant Metro Editor
Bill Willens	...	Hippie
Wendell Wright	...	Assistant Metro Editor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Spiro Agnew	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Warren Burger	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Walter Cronkite	...	Himself (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Cara Duff-MacCormick	...	Tammy Ulrich (uncredited)
Thomas Eagleton	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gerald Ford	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Kleindienst	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Clark MacGregor	...	Himself (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Robert S. Mills	...	TV Reporter (uncredited)
Pat Nixon	...	Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Richard Nixon	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rick O'Donnell	...	CIA Agent (uncredited)
Del Rager	...	CIA Agent (uncredited)
John Randolph	...	John Mitchell (voice) (uncredited)
Ronald L. Ziegler	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Alan J. Pakula

Writing credits
Carl Bernstein		(book) &
Bob Woodward		(book)
William Goldman		(screenplay)

Produced by
Jon Boorstin	....	associate producer
Michael Britton	....	associate producer
Walter Coblenz	....	producer

Original Music by
David Shire

Cinematography by
Gordon Willis		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Robert L. Wolfe

Casting by
Alan Shayne

Production Design by
George Jenkins

Set Decoration by
George Gaines

Makeup Department
Fern Buchner	....	makeup artist
Don L. Cash	....	makeup artist (as Don Cash)
Romaine Greene	....	hairdresser
Lynda Gurasich	....	hairdresser
Gary Liddiard	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
E. Darrell Hallenbeck	....	executive production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Green	....	first assistant director
Kim Kurumada	....	second assistant director
Art Levinson	....	first assistant director
Charles Ziarko	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Matty Azzarone	....	assistant property master
Guy Bushman	....	assistant property master
Mike Higelmire	....	lead man
Roger Irvin	....	construction foreman
Robert I. Jillson	....	assistant art director (as Bob Jillson)
Robert Krume	....	construction coordinator
Alan Levine	....	property master (as Allan Levine)
Bill MacSems	....	property master (as Bill Mac Sems)
George Szeptycki	....	draughtsman (as J. George Szeptycki)
Edward T. McAvoy	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Rick Alexander	....	re-recording mixer (as Dick Alexander)
Clint Althouse	....	boom man
Milton C. Burrow	....	supervising sound editor
Les Fresholtz	....	production sound mixer
Les Fresholtz	....	re-recording mixer
Chris McLaughlin	....	boom man
Arthur Piantadosi	....	re-recording mixer (as Art Piantadosi)
James E. Webb	....	production sound mixer (as Jim Webb)

Special Effects by
Henry Millar	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Howard Bingham	....	stillman
Ray De La Motte	....	first assistant camera (as Ray de la Motte)
Ralph Gerling	....	camera operator
Carl R. Gibson Jr.	....	best boy (as Carl Gibson Jr.)
Louis Goldman	....	stillman
George Holmes	....	gaffer
Larry D. Howard	....	best boy electric (as Larry Howard)
Frank Lambers	....	crab dolly grip
Bob Rose	....	key grip
Peter Salim	....	second assistant camera
Ron Vargas	....	second assistant camera
Bernie Abramson	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department
Isabel Halliburton	....	casting consultant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jules Melillo	....	assistant costumer
G. Perez	....	assistant costumer
Bernie Pollack	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Carroll Timothy O'Meara	....	assistant editor (as Tim O'Meara)
Steve Potter	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Nicholas C. Washington	....	music editor
Dan Wallin	....	scoring mixer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Eddie Baken	....	transportation captain
Craig Pinkard	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Rebecca Britton	....	production coordinator
Steve Bussard	....	researcher
Eve Christopher	....	production staff
Phil Geyelin	....	production staff
Jill Gifford	....	production staff
Karen Hale Wookey	....	script supervisor (as Karen Wookey)
Jack Hirshberg	....	production publicist
Buck Holland	....	production assistant
Erika Koppitz	....	production coordinator
Ronnie Kramer	....	production coordinator
Marge Leonard	....	production staff
John Bard Manulis	....	production staff (as John Manulis)
Stuart Neumann	....	production staff
Joanna Ney	....	unit publicist
Dan Perri	....	title designer
Tammy Pittman	....	production staff
Ken Ryan	....	auditor
Liz Shea	....	production staff
Lois Smith	....	publicity consultant
Shirley Street	....	production staff
Steve Vetter	....	location manager

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Wildwood (as Wildwood Enterprises)

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1976) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1976) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Film (1976) (France) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1980) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Warner Home Video (1986) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• Varus Video
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• DeForest Research  research (as de Forest Research, Inc)
• National Park Service, The  various locations courtesy of
• Pacific Title  titles
• Washington Post  acknowledgement

Also Known As:

Die Unbestechlichen (Austria) (West Germany) [de]
Les hommes du président (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Todos los hombres del presidente (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
бЯЪ ОПЕГХДЕМРЯЙЮЪ ПЮРЭ (Soviet Union: Russian title) [ru]
Alla presidentens män (Sweden) [sv]
Alle præsidentens mænd (Denmark) [da]
Alle presidentens menn (Norway) [no]
Oloi oi anthropoi tou proedrou (Greece) [el]
Os Homens do Presidente (Portugal) [pt]
Presidentin miehet (Finland) [fi]
Svi predsednikovi ljudi (Serbia) [sr]
Todos os Homens do Presidente (Brazil) [pt]
Toti oamenii presedintelui (Romania) [ro]
Tutti gli uomini del presidente (Italy) [it]
Wszyscy ludzie prezydenta (Poland) [pl]

Runtime:

138 min | Spain:125 min (TV version)

Country:

USA

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 | USA:R (original rating) | USA:PG (re-rating after appeal) (certificate #27119) | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:12 | Brazil:10 | Sweden:Btl | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Finland:S | Iceland:L | Norway:12 (1976) | Singapore:PG | UK:15 | UK:AA (original rating)

Filming Locations:

2600 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

William Goldman had to tone down the dialog from editor Harry Rosenfeld, played in the film by Jack Warden. Rosenfeld in real life was so hilariously funny that Goldman didn't think that people would believe someone could be so spontaneously witty.

Goofs:

Boom mic visible: At bottom left, when Bradlee calls out "Woodstein!"

Quotes:

Ken Clawson: Please, listen, now, if you're going to refer to that alleged conversation with Sally Aiken, you can't print that it took place in her apartment. I have a wife and a family and a dog and a cat.
Ben Bradlee: A wife and a family and a dog and a cat. Right, Ken, right, yeah. Uh, Ken, I don't want to print that you were in Sally's apartment...
Ken Clawson: Thank God.
Ben Bradlee: I just want to know what you said, in Sally's apartment.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Flushed Away (2006)

Soundtrack:

Concerto in C for two trumpets

THE GREATEST POLITICAL THRILLER EVER!!!

Whenever I look at this film I am always struck by it for several different reasons. One is the fact that this is a look into the recent history of the United States. Thirty years ago, Richard Nixon and his shadow government was just one step away from totally destroying the two party system in this country and if it weren't for the expose' of Woodward and Bernstein American politics would be a lot different today. Also, this is a great detective story. The digging that WoodStein did showed that they were willing to do anything to get to the truth about what was going on. But perhaps the thing that really made this film great was the fact that this was a true story. Too bad that it only won three Oscars (best supporting actor Jason Robards, best adapted screenplay and art direction). This film was certainly miles ahead of what beat it out, the original Rocky.