About this episode

The episode discusses the 1976 Oscar-winning film 'All The President's Men' and its significance in cinema.

We're discussing the 1976 Oscar-winning classic directed by Alan Pakula and written by William Goldman (one of Aaron Sorkin's screenwriting heroes). WOODSTEIN! If you'd like to watch the video version of this episode, subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/thewestwingweekly . Here are some extra tidbits: " Telling the Truth about Lies " - a featurette on the making of the film An article Gordon Willis wrote for American Cinematographer in 1976 about his work on the film, including his use of split diopters. Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later - which features Josh Malina in the role of Deep Throat Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

People in this episode

Hosts: Joshua Malina, Hrishikesh Hirway

Topics covered

• film analysis
• screenwriting
• Oscar-winning films
• 1970s cinema
• directing
• cinematography

Keywords

• All The President's Men
• William Goldman
• Gordon Willis
• 1976 Oscar
• film discussion
• screenwriting
• cinematography

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, American Cinematographer, dovetail.prx.org

Books & works: All The President's Men, Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later

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