The Post Page #2

Synopsis: A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between the press and the government.
Director(s): Steven Spielberg
Production: 20th Century Fox
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 97 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
83
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
PG-13
Year:
2017
116 min
$80,369,969
5,063 Views


stuff together and uh...

then I had an unexpected call.

Well, what is with the suitcase?

Ben, I told you...

this is the day, we're

meeting with the bankers

-Oh, yes, yes, right, right.

-today, you know this.

-Well, I bet you every dollar

-Thank you.

in my wallet that you are the

only person in that boardroom

who's read through

all their nonsense.

I'm probably the only

one who needs to.

What do you think

of Neil Sheehan?

Oh, gosh, his coverage of Vietnam

is just absolutely marvelous. Why?

You thinking of trying to

steal him from The Times?

I'm not sure we can afford him.

He, uh, he hasn't had a

piece in three months.

Oh?

You think he's onto something?

Well, I saw Abe at a

dinner party last week

and he was looking

mighty, mighty smug.

Isn't he always?

-So who was it?

-Who was what?

Your unexpected call.

Oh.

I buried the lead.

The White House.

-Haldeman rang.

-Yeah?

It seems the President

has decided

not to provide Judith

with credentials

to cover the Nixon wedding.

-Oh, Jesus Christ.

-Yeah.

They said we could

send another reporter.

Oh, yeah?

-Can't believe that.

-I know.

-I know, but don't...

-Jesus.

But what?

I'm not sure I entirely

blame the President

-on this one, Dan.

-No?

Would you want Judith to cover

your daughter's wedding?

Well, my daughter's

only ten years old.

I think she burned her bridges when

she crashed Julie's reception.

-They're being punitive.

-Her pen is so sharp.

-Of course it's punitive.

-This is punitive.

Of course it's punitive.

She compared Tricia Nixon

to a vanilla ice cream cone.

-She did, yeah.

-Yeah.

I mean, why would

her father want Judy

to cover his

daughter's wedding?

-Oh, come on.

-I just...

Are you sure we're striking

the right tone here, Dan?

Oh, we're gonna do this again?

No, the new Style

section, sometimes the

-stiletto party coverage

-I'm handling it.

-can be a little mean.

-I'm handling it.

-I'm looking for a new editor.

-Yes.

Are you? Because I know I've

talked to you about this before.

You are losing female readership,

you know, and I think

I think you might wanna

focus more on what women--

Katharine, keep your

finger out of my eye.

You...

These breakfasts were

your idea, you know.

Ah, yes, yes, and you

are the publisher

and you are my boss and I uh...

I value the input but I-I-I heard

you the first three times.

You know, I just think that

there might be another way

that we could cool it

with the White House,

maybe we could just send

somebody else, you know?

-Nope, nope, nope.

-Because it is

I'm not gonna send

another reporter.

not hard news, Ben,

it's just a wedding.

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Liz Hannah

Liz Hannah (born December 14, 1985) is an American screenwriter and producer. She is best known for her work on Steven Spielberg's 2017 journalism drama The Post, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay. more…

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