All the President's Men (1976)

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Wikidata Q466781, film, IMDb tt0074119, TMDB 891: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only film by that title; 5 more episodes agree.

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The Big Picture

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

The Insider: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): All the President's Men ⇒ The Insider (the host's read). The Insider is hoped to capture the same wave of reaction that All the President's Men did.
    “they're hoping to capture that same kind of that wave that people have when they saw all the president's men.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:08 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

Connected to

Lions for Lambs: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (expectation): Lions for Lambs → All the President's Men. Chris thought Lions for Lambs would be All the President's Men and it was not.
    “I thought that this was going to be all the president's men.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:17:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Moneyball: 1 line unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (process procedural): Moneyball → All the President's Men. Both are process movies that take you inside a world and show how people do things and talk.
    “taking you inside of a world that you don't totally understand and showing you literally how people do things, literally how people talk about things”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:33:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Network: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): All the President's Men → Network. Both are comfort rewatches though not comforting: the pros get the job done and do not fail.
    “there's something about, you know, they're going to get the job done that is comforting to me.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 1:18:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Nightmare Alley: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (era contrast (conspiracy vs. open corruption)): All the President's Men → Nightmare Alley. Covert conspiracy thrillers feel quaint now, so low-budget horror has taken over noir's role as commentary.
    “A movie like all the president's men feel so quaint.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 1:05:39 · Patton Oswalt (0.90 sure it was them)

Robert Redford: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Robert Redford → All the President's Men. Redford's apex mountain was All the President's Men, when he had the juice to make and produce it.
    “We did the other President's Men rewatchables and decided that actually was his Apex Mountain”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:16:59 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

Rocky: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Rocky → All the President's Men. The hosts relitigate 1976 best picture and pick All the President's Men over Rocky.
    “I just think all the president's met is a perfect Oscar best picture movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:32:54 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Spotlight: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Spotlight → All the President's Men. Spotlight was closer to the spirit of the conclusions of All the President's Men, if not its style.
    “it was closer to the spirit of the conclusions of all the president's men, if not the style.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

The Insider: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): The Insider → All the President's Men. The Insider is hoped to capture the same wave of reaction that All the President's Men did.
    “they're hoping to capture that same kind of that wave that people have when they saw all the president's men.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:08 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Robert Redford → All the President's Men. Redford's apex mountain was All the President's Men, when he had the juice to make and produce it.
    “We did the other President's Men rewatchables and decided that actually was his Apex Mountain”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Natural’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin · 1:16:59 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (era contrast (conspiracy vs. open corruption)): All the President's Men → Nightmare Alley. Covert conspiracy thrillers feel quaint now, so low-budget horror has taken over noir's role as commentary.
    “A movie like all the president's men feel so quaint.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 1:05:39 · Patton Oswalt (0.90 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): The Insider → All the President's Men. The Insider is hoped to capture the same wave of reaction that All the President's Men did.
    “they're hoping to capture that same kind of that wave that people have when they saw all the president's men.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:21:08 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Spotlight → All the President's Men. Spotlight was closer to the spirit of the conclusions of All the President's Men, if not its style.
    “it was closer to the spirit of the conclusions of all the president's men, if not the style.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): All the President's Men → Network. Both are comfort rewatches though not comforting: the pros get the job done and do not fail.
    “there's something about, you know, they're going to get the job done that is comforting to me.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 1:18:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

unmapped (2)

  1. unmapped (process procedural): Moneyball → All the President's Men. Both are process movies that take you inside a world and show how people do things and talk.
    “taking you inside of a world that you don't totally understand and showing you literally how people do things, literally how people talk about things”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 14 - ‘Moneyball’ · 0:33:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (expectation): Lions for Lambs → All the President's Men. Chris thought Lions for Lambs would be All the President's Men and it was not.
    “I thought that this was going to be all the president's men.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:17:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Rocky → All the President's Men. The hosts relitigate 1976 best picture and pick All the President's Men over Rocky.
    “I just think all the president's met is a perfect Oscar best picture movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:32:54 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

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