5. All The President's Men
This is probably the most famous of all conspiracy movies, soaked as it is in the unfortunate reality of real-life scandal, journalistic integrity and political/moral degradation. William Goldmans script is far too po-faced in certain places and, as admitted in his memoirs, he falls victim to pandering to his star/producer (Redford) in certain places, and then having to sacrifice things to appease his other title star (Hoffman) as a result. Regardless though, it is a brilliant film. Its a great reflective piece on that troublesome period, and with each new Presidential cock-up and scandal, theres more material for a big, journalist-slanted Bush-attacking movie that will use this movie as its template.
Gareth Howie
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