"A group of burglars is arrested while attempting a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, and a reporter, Bob Woodward (Redford), gets a call from his editor, who tells him to start asking questions. He begins pestering attorneys, listening in at court hearings, and making phone calls-potential leads; strangers who may know something; names jotted down, circled, and scribbled out haphazardly on his yellow legal pad."
""He's a humper!" his editor says when the story goes national and is almost taken out of Woodward's hands-meaning that he's a hungry, untested reporter with the inner drive of a private eye, yet every bit the diligent WASP and businesslike Republican that his buttoned-up demeanor and windswept hair implies. All the President's Men is a journalism movie, not a gritty crime noir, but Redford's Woodward is as consummately professional as one of the existentialist safe-crackers in a cool, collected Jean-Pierre Melville thriller."
Robert Redford died at age 89. All the President's Men foregrounds his portrayal of Bob Woodward as a methodical, discreet reporter who methodically pursues leads after burglars are arrested at DNC headquarters. Woodward's reporting involves pestering attorneys, attending hearings, making phone calls, and jotting names on a yellow legal pad. Redford's Woodward contrasts with the jittery Carl Bernstein, embodying the film's focus on procedural journalism and a citizen's gradual loss of faith in institutions. The film treats journalism as a process, with Redford's disciplined performance anchoring the narrative while Dustin Hoffman supplies human momentum.
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