All The President's Men (#5)

Mark and Cory talk about All The President’s Men, which was released 50 years ago this month. Mark gets to do his rant about how this film is basically Raiders of the Lost Ark, we ponder whether it’s got the most realistic rubbish of any movie, get very excited about a door and explain why the film presents Queen Elizabeth as launching a bid for absolute rule. You can listen to Slate’s Slow Burn series on Watergate which Cory recommends here. Mark talks about Jane Alexander’s Oscar-nominated role as Best Supporting Actress despite her only being on screen for less than seven minutes. (Apologies for the mistake about saying she won that year.) There is an interview with her in The Guardian to mark the film’s 50th anniversary here. Cory’s email newsletter is Paperback Rioter and Mark has a family of email newsletters. Our theme tune is “Monkeys Spinning Monkeys” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) and licensed under the Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).