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== Produzione ==
AsCome reportedriportò inil theTime nel 29 Marmarzo 1976 Time, actor Robert Redford firstvenne becamea awareconoscenza ofdel thefurto del Watergate burglarydurante whileun ontour apromozionale promotional tour forper The Candidate (1972, see entry). HePresto soon took notice of Bobnotò Woodward and Carle Bernstein, ande contactedli themcontattò afterdopo theyche hadavevano implicatedcoinvolto H. R. Haldeman innella thecospirazione conspiracysenza without corroborationcorroborazione, atin aun timemomento whenin thecui la credibilità team’sdella credibilitysquadra wasera in questionquestione. SaidDisse Redford,: “People"Le whopersone takeche wildsparano shotscolpi anda missvuoto interestmi meinteressano".” Redford wasera alsoanche motivatedmotivato bydalla hissua personalavversione dislikepersonale ofper Presidentil presidente Richard Nixon, whomche thel'attore actoraveva hadincontrato meta attredici ageanni thirteenquando whenl'allora then-Senatorsenatore Nixon presentedpresenziò Redfordad withun atrofeo tennisdi trophytennis. AUna newsnotizia itemdel infebbraio Feb1980 1980sulla rivista di Los Angeles magazinemenzionò mentioneduna arecente recentstoria story in thedel LAT whichche revealedrivelò thatche All the President’sPresident's Men wasera writtenstato atscritto Redford’ssu suggestionsuggerimento di Redford, althoughsebbene hisil namesuo doesnome notnon appearfigurasse amongtra thei book’sringraziamenti acknowledgmentsnel libro. HoweverTuttavia, thel'articolo itemha notednotato thatche Redford'sil involvementcoinvolgimento wasdi mentionedRedford inè thestato book,menzionato nel libro Portrait of “All"All the President’sPresident's Men”Men" bydi Jack Hirshberg.(catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/53913)
AccordingSecondo toun anarticolo itemdi inPrade thedel 7 Julluglio 1974 Parade, Redford purchasedha theacquistato i rightsdiritti todi All the President’sPresident's Men withper $ 450,.000 suppliedforniti bydalla Warner Bros. Pictures in exchangecambio fordell'impegno thedell'attore actor’sad commitment to appearapparire in twoaltri moredue filmsfilm for thedella companycompagnia. TheIl 14 Jungiugno 1975, il Toronto Star, reportedriferì thatche actoranche Dustin Hoffman alsointendeva intendedacquistare toi buydiritti thesul rightslibro toprima thedi bookrendersi beforeconto realizing thatche Redford hadaveva alreadygià completed thecompletato deall'accordo.(catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/53913)
The 11 Apr 1975Il Washington Post randell'11 aaprile detailed1975 featurepubblicava storyun ondettagliato thearticolo makingsulla ofrealizzazione thedel film ande itsil impactsuo onimpatto thesul newspapergiornale. TheL'articolo articleaffermava statedche thatil thebudget filminizialmente wasprevisto originallyera budgeted5 atmilioni $5di milliondollari, withcon l'inizio shootingriprese scheduledprogrammato toper beginil 12 Maymaggio 1975. WilliamLa Goldman’sprima firststesura draftdella ofsceneggiatura thedi William screenplayGoldman wasfu rejectedrespinta, ande whenquando Redford solicitedsollecitò suggestionssuggerimenti fromda Woodward ande Bernstein, thequest'ultimo latterpresentò submitteduna a screenplaysceneggiatura co-writtenscritta withcon Nora Ephron, whichanche wasquesta also rejectedrespinta. InNell'articolo thedel Post article, aviene proposeddescritta sceneuna isscena describedproposta whereinin cui Woodward ande Bernstein witnessassistono onea ofuna theirdelle storiesloro rollingstorie offche theescono printingdalla pressmacchina da stampa, whichche theil PostPosta deridedderide. ItNon didè notapparso appearnel in the final editfilm.(catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/53913)
CastingIl wascasting stillera ancora in progresscorso atal themomento timedell'articolo of thedel Post article, withcon severaldiversi actorsattori beingconsiderati consideredper tola portrayparte di Ben Bradlee. AmongTra themquesti werec'erano Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Kirk Douglas ande Gregory Peck. UnderPer considerationil forruolo the role of publisherdell'editrice Katherine Graham werec'erano Patricia Neal, Alexis Smith ande Dorothy McGuire. HoweverTuttavia, nonessun portrayalritratto ofdella Graham appearedè inapparso thenel film.(catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/53913)
Redford ande Hoffman spenthanno severaltrascorso weeksdiverse insettimane thein companycompagnia ofdi Woodward ande Bernstein, respectivelyrispettivamente, ande alsohanno observedanche theosservato workingsil offunzionamento thedella Washingtonredazione Post newsroom, according to thedel Washington Post. In the absenceassenza ofdi Woodward ande Bernstein, whoche wereerano onin leavelicenza toper worklavorare onal theirloro secondsecondo booklibro, Redford ande Hoffman continuedcontinuarono theirla researchloro withricerca investigativecon reportersi giornalisti investigativi Seymour Hersh ande Fred Barbash, respectivelyrispettivamente. DirectorIl regista Alan J. Pakula interviewedha severalanche Postintervistato editorsdiversi andpost reporterseditor ase wellgiornalisti.(catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/53913)
TheIl Post deniedha permissionnegato toil filmpermesso di girare in thesala newsroomstampa, requiringrichiedendo ala setrealizzazione todi beun builtset atpresso thegli studi della Warner Bros. studio lot ina Burbank, CAin California.(catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/53913)
AtSecondo theun timearticolo ofdel theWashington Post dell'11 Apraprile 1975, Washington Post article,il producerproduttore Walter Coblenz onlyaveva hadsolo permissionil topermesso usedi theusare namesi ofnomi di Woodward ande Bernstein; therec'era wasqualche somedubbio doubtsul thatfatto manyche othermolti Postaltri membri dello staff membersdel wouldPost grantavrebbero permissionconcesso toil usepermesso theirdi namesusare i loro nomi. HoweverTuttavia, l'editore del District of Columbia Editor Barry Sussman, whoseil unofficialcui titletitolo hadnon beenufficiale “Watergateera stato "editor di Watergate",” tookcriticò il issuefatto withdi beingessere omittedstato fromomesso thedalla scriptsceneggiatura; Goldman consolidatedha hisconsolidato characteril withsuo thatpersonaggio ofcon quello di Harry Rosenberg. Redford statedha thatdichiarato theche finishedla scriptsceneggiatura wouldfinita besarebbe availabledisponibile toper alltutti involvedi Postmembri dello staff stafferscoinvolti, whoche couldpotrebbero grantconcedere oro denynegare permissionil forpermesso theirdi realutilizzare namesi toloro benomi usedreali. Graham ande Bradlee bothhanno expressedentrambi concernsespresso aboutpreoccupazione theper accuracyl'accuratezza withcon whichcui theil film wouldavrebbe portrayrappresentato theil Post ande itsil suo staff, ande Bernstein remarkedha thatosservato heche wouldavrebbe givedato thealla finishedsceneggiatura scriptfinale “a good,"un hardbell'aspetto lookduro".” Woodward, howevertuttavia, didnon notha expressespresso aun similarinteresse interestsimile.(catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/53913)
Joyce Haber’s column in the 30 Apr 1975 LAT reported that Jason Robards had been cast as Ben Bradlee, in part because Lee Marvin was unavailable. Haber included Lauren Bacall (formerly married to Robards) as a possible candidate to be cast as Katherine Graham. According to the column, filming began in Washington, D.C., on 28 Apr 1975. However, a 22 May 1975 Washington Post story stated that the District of Columbia granted permission to film between 19 May and 14 Jun 1975. An interview with Robards in the 16 Apr 1976 LAT revealed that Robards had known Bradlee for many years and was somewhat uncomfortable with portraying him.(catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/53913)
Director Alan J. Pakula spent hours interviewing editors, journalists, and reporters, taking notes of their comments.(imdb.trivia)
DebutDebutto theatricalal moviecinema ofdi Stephen Collins (Hugh Sloan).(imdb.trivia)
When the film wrapped production, it was 3.5 million dollars over budget, and thirty-five days behind schedule.(imdb.trivia)
Robert Redford personally chose William Goldman as screenwriter.(imdb.trivia)
Geraldine Page refusedrifiutò thela roleparte ofdi Katharine Graham.(imdb.trivia)
The quote that's pinned by Woodward's (Robert Redford's) desk is from a letter Winston Churchill wrote to Lord Rosebery in 1901: "My own idea is that it does not matter how many mistakes one makes in politics, so long as one keeps on making them. It is like throwing babies to the wolves: once you stop, the pack overtakes the sleigh. This explains why it is that the present administration prospers."(imdb.trivia)
The work area for the reporters at The Washington Post is dotted with Washington Redskin memorabilia. Carl Bernstein's work space is decorated with a popular period piece of a cyclist. A Baltimore Bullets button is pinned to a bulletin board next to his typewriter. This might be a stretch considering that the Bullets did not move to Largo, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. until October 1973, beyond the time frame of this film.(imdb.trivia)
When Woodward meets Deep Throat in the underground car park, the story Deep Throat tells him about the guy putting his hand over a flame and claiming the trick is not to mind, was the same one that Lawrence of Arabia did in Lawrence of Arabia (1962). It is also repeated in Prometheus (2012).(imdb.trivia)
The film was part of a cycle of 1970s conspiracy movies. These included: Executive Action (1973), Una squillo per l'ispettore Klute (1971), Chinatown (1974), Cutter's Way (1981), Telefon (1977), Rebus per un assassinio (1979), La conversazione (1974), Perché un assassinio (1974), I tre giorni del Condor (1975), Il principio del domino: la vita in gioco (1977), Commando Black Tigers (1978), Ultimi bagliori di un crepuscolo (1977), Hangar 18 (1980), Capricorn One (1977), and this movie.(imdb.trivia)
During one scene in the background, a newscaster can be heard talking about the 1972 World Chess Championship in Iceland, in which American Bobby Fischer was a participant. Fischer's story was retold in La grande partita (2014) with Tobey Maguire as Fischer.(imdb.trivia)
DebutDebutto theatricalal moviecinema ofdi Lindsay Crouse (Kay Eddy).(imdb.trivia) ▼Robert Redford has appeared in five films written by screenwriter William Goldman: Butch Cassidy (1969), La pietra che scotta (1972), Il temerario (1975), this movie, and Quell'ultimo ponte (1977).(imdb.trivia)
James Karen worked on Gli intrighi del potere - Nixon (1995) and this movie, playing Bill Rogers in Gli intrighi del potere - Nixon (1995), and Hugh Sloan's lawyer in this movie. Karen is the only billed cast or crew member to have worked on both movies.(imdb.trivia)
Jason Robards, Jr. won an Oscar for playing Benjamin C. Bradlee in this movie, making him one of seventeen actors to win an Academy Award for playing a real person who was still alive at the evening of the Award ceremony (to date, 2015). The other sixteen actors and actresses and their respective performances are: Spencer Tracy for playing Father Edward Flanagan in La città dei ragazzi (1938), Gary Cooper for playing Alvin C. York in Il sergente York (1941), Patty Duke for playing Helen Keller in Anna dei miracoli (1962), Robert De Niro for playing Jake La Motta in Toro scatenato (1980), Sissy Spacek for playing Loretta Lynn in La ragazza di Nashville (1980), Jeremy Irons for playing Claus Von Bullow in Il mistero Von Bulow (1990) (1990), Susan Sarandon for playing Sister Helen Prejean in Dead Man Walking - Condannato a morte (1995), Geoffrey Rush for playing David Helfgott in Shine (1996), Julia Roberts for playing Erin Brockovich in Erin Brockovich - Forte come la verità (2000), Jim Broadbent for playing John Bayley in Iris - Un amore vero (2001), Helen Mirren for playing Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen - La regina (2006), Sandra Bullock for playing Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side (2009), Melissa Leo for playing Alice Eklund-Ward in The Fighter (2010), Christian Bale for playing Dickie Eklund in The Fighter (2010), Meryl Streep for playing Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady (2011), and Eddie Redmayne for playing Stephen Hawking in La teoria del tutto (2014).(imdb.trivia)
As of 2014, Robert Redford appeared in four movies that were nominated for a Best Picture Academy Award: Butch Cassidy (1969), La stangata (1973), this movie, and La mia Africa (1985). Of those, two have won, La stangata (1973) and La mia Africa (1985). Also, Redford directed two movies that were nominated for Best Picture, Quiz Show (1994) and Gente comune (1980), the latter of which won.(imdb.trivia)
▲Debut theatrical movie of Lindsay Crouse (Kay Eddy).(imdb.trivia)
Jason Robards, Jr. received all of his Academy Award nominations for playing real-life people: Benjamin C. Bradlee in this movie, Dashiell Hammett in Giulia (1977), and Howard Hughes in Una volta ho incontrato un miliardario (1980). Robards won for the first two movies, but not the third. Each of these three Oscar nominations was in the Best Actor in a Supporting Role category.(imdb.trivia)
Alan J. Pakula initially had little interest in making this movie, thinking that it would turn out like a political version of Butch Cassidy (1969).(imdb.trivia)
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