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The Post
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The Post is a 2017 American biographical historical drama and thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg. The screenplay was written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, with production led by Amy Pascal. The cast includes Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Sarah Paulson, and Bob Odenkirk. Key crew members include cinematographer Janusz Kamiński, composer John Williams, editor Michael Kahn, production designer Rick Carter, and costume designer Ann Roth. The film was produced by Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks, Amblin Partners, and 20th Century Studios, which also handled distribution.
Set in Washington, D.C., the movie was filmed in locations including White Plains, Brooklyn, and the New York Supreme Court. It has a runtime of 115 or 116 minutes and carries a PG-13 rating. The film was released on December 22, 2017, with additional release dates in early 2018. It received a Metascore of 83 and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 88%. The Post was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and the Academy Award for Best Actress.
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7.0A 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.
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
Themes
- vietnam war
- newspaper
- journalist
- washington dc, usa
- politics
- 1970s
- journalism
- grave
- biography
- based on true story
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Ratings
IMDb
7.2/10
171,711 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
83/100
- Year
- 2017
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Genres
- Biography, Drama, History
- 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
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $50 million
- Box office
- $179.8 million
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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