The Post (DVD, 2018)

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Steven Spielberg directs Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in The Post, a thrilling drama about the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post's Katharine Graham (Streep), the first female publisher of a major American newspaper and editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks), as they race to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned three decades and four U.S. Presidents. The two must overcome their differences as they risk their careers - and their very freedom - to help bring long-buried truths to light.

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In the summer of 1971, the Washington Post faces a historic dilemma: whether or not to publish the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret document that reveals the U.S. government knew for decades the Vietnam War was unwinnable.

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ProducerSteven Spielberg
EAN5039036082907
eBay Product ID (ePID)18048559550

Product Key Features

ActorSarah Paulson, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Bob Odenkirk, Alison Brie, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood
Film/TV TitleThe Post
DirectorSteven Spielberg
FormatDVD
Release Year2018
LanguageEnglish
GenreDrama, General
Run Time113 Mins

Additional Product Features

Certificate12A/12
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleThe Post
Consumer AdviceContains strong language, brief battle violence

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  • A liberal take on the Pentagon Papers: A women is called upon to make a brave decision in a 1970s Man's World.

    The Pentagon Papers are documents contained in a review by the Johnson administration of the motives, history, presidential documents, and public statements concerning USA involvement in Vietnam 1950-67. Although classified as Top Secret, and although the USA still had troops in Vietnam, one of the contributors to the review, Dan Ellsberg, obtained and delivered copies of the documents to the NY Times in 1971. Opinion in the USA was divided. Some were appalled by the lies of all postwar presidents and restraint of freedom of the press. Others believed that, during the Cold War, the USA was justified in concealing some actions and policy aims from the enemy, and therefore its own public. Consequently, shining a light on these covert actions placed the USA, still at war, at a military and political disadvantage. There were deeper questions as to who constitutes the USA, and who should decide what is kept secret: The President alone, Congress, The Press? The film `The Post' is the most high profile in a series of several movies about the leaking and publication of the Pentagon Papers, due to the involvement of Spielberg, Streep and Hanks. Shying away from the questionable actions of Ellsberg, the script triple-filters us up through reporters and the editor, Bradlee (Hanks), to the refined world of the owner of the Washington Post, Kay Graham (Streep), and the pressures surrounding her as she agonises over publication. She is only remotely implicated in the possibly treasonous solicitation of the documents, and hers is a purer decision, in which the freedom of the press is paramount. In this way, the sympathy of even conservative viewers is engaged. As a further aid to viewer sympathy, Streep & Hanks are shown battling with bankers and lawyers, who seek to influence the editorial policy of The Post, as it issues shares to investors. The high point, however, comes in a semi-religious scene, in which Streep descends the courtroom steps, almost in a halo, in the midst of a crowd of admiring younger women, who have seen her battle in a 1970s Man's World, and win. Overall, I would say that this film is quite skillful in persuading the viewer, though it does not achieve the genius levels of manipulation and performance of `A Few Good Men'. Also, the ambiguity of the cause and the age of the leading cast mean that it does not have the energy, or reach the heights of `All The President's Men.' Nonetheless, an interesting film and a skillful exercise in liberal propaganda.

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  • Geat Film

    Excellent film with great actors. Based on a true story about how the American newspapers stood up for freedom of the press against US government power. Would give more than 5 stars if I could.

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  • Would have preferred it to be called, 'The Washington Post' to give a clearer idea of it's content.

    Needed it to help clarify a TV programme we'd watched.

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  • Excellent

    Very good film. Based on a true story. THE US Government knew it could never win the Vietnam War but sought to cover this up. The Washington Post revealed the truth to the American public.

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  • True life gripping story about the US press exposing the truth of the Vietnam war.

    Gripping but sadly very plausible story of the real life events surrounding the reporting of the Vietnam war and the way the American government t if the time suppressed the reality of the war

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  • Superb

    Another great Speilberg movie, a man at the top of his game.

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  • Tense drama

    Hanks and Streep both perform with their usual excellence in a tense drama which highlights the quandary faced by the press when governments seek to hide the truth.

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  • MVP5 Battery

    Is there a battery charger in this £69.00 pound device. I can’t find one in the box. Thanks Trudy

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  • The post

    Good film to watch

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  • Great Film

    Great Film

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