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The Post

2017 film directed by Steven Spielberg

Film · TMDB

7.0

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 journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

Released: 2017-12-22116 minDir: Steven SpielbergDrama, History

Cast

Meryl Streep as Kay Graham
Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee
Sarah Paulson as Tony Bradlee
Bob Odenkirk as Ben Bagdikian
Tracy Letts as Fritz Beebe
Bradley Whitford as Arthur Parsons

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Ratings · OMDb

IMDb

7.2/10

171,711 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

88%

Metacritic

83/100

Rated: PG-13
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. 21 wins & 116 nominations total

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Key facts

Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Written by: Josh Singer Liz Hannah
Produced by: Steven Spielberg Kristie Macosko Krieger Amy Pascal
Starring: Meryl Streep Tom Hanks Sarah Paulson Bob Odenkirk Tracy Letts Bradley Whitford Bruce Greenwood Matthew Rhys
Cinematography: Janusz Kamiński
Edited by: Michael Kahn Sarah Broshar
Music by: John Williams
Production companies: 20th Century Fox DreamWorks Pictures Participant Media Amblin Partners Amblin Entertainment Pascal Pictures Star Thrower Entertainment
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox
Release dates: December 14, 2017 ( 2017-12-14 ) ( Newseum ) December 22, 2017 ( 2017-12-22 ) (United States)
Running time: 116 minutes
Country

Key dates

Published: 12 January 2018

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Award: National Board of Review Award for Best Film
Genre: political thriller
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English language
Main subject: Pentagon Papers
Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenwriter: Josh Singer
Cast member: Will Denton
Composer

Article

The Post is a 2017 American political thriller film about The Washington Post and the publication of the Pentagon Papers. It was directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, and written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer. It stars Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham, the publisher of the Washington Post, and Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee, the longtime executive editor of The Washington Post, with Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Carrie Coon, Alison Brie, and Matthew Rhys in supporting roles.

Set in 1971, The Post depicts the true story of attempts by journalists at The Washington Post to publish the infamous Pentagon Papers, a set of classified documents regarding the 20-year involvement of the United States government in the Vietnam War and earlier in French Indochina back to the 1940s.