{"id":70910,"date":"2026-04-05T07:58:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/i-still-think-its-one-of-the-great-films-of-all-time-all-the-presidents-men-turns-50\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T07:58:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:58:23","slug":"i-still-think-its-one-of-the-great-films-of-all-time-all-the-presidents-men-turns-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/i-still-think-its-one-of-the-great-films-of-all-time-all-the-presidents-men-turns-50\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I still think it\u2019s one of the great films of all time\u2019: All the President\u2019s Men turns 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In April 1976, the flawless Watergate film premiered in Washington  \u2013 cast members and reporters share their memories of \u2018the granddaddy of journalism movies\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The rustle of a notepad. The click of a pen lid. On a floral-patterned sofa sits Dustin Hoffman with long hair, big collar and a lean and hungry look. Opposite is Jane Alexander, wearing a blue button-down dress, cornered and nervous in the glow of a table lamp. In this taut, claustrophobic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u0ttQ8Dn7LM\">acting masterclass<\/a>, no detail is too small.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe makeup artists ran in because the sweat was pouring off Dustin\u2019s face,\u201d Alexander recalls with a laugh. \u201cGordon [Willis, cinematographer] said, \u2018Don\u2019t touch that, I\u2019m lighting off his sweat!\u2019 I love that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/05\/all-the-presidents-men-watergate-50-anniversary\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In April 1976, the flawless Watergate film premiered in Washington \u2013 cast members and reporters share their memories of \u2018the granddaddy of journalism movies\u2019 The rustle of a notepad. The click of a pen lid. On a floral-patterned sofa sits Dustin Hoffman with long hair, big collar and a lean and hungry look. Opposite is &#8230; <a title=\"\u2018I still think it\u2019s one of the great films of all time\u2019: All the President\u2019s Men turns 50\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/i-still-think-its-one-of-the-great-films-of-all-time-all-the-presidents-men-turns-50\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about \u2018I still think it\u2019s one of the great films of all time\u2019: All the President\u2019s Men turns 50\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70910","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70910\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}