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The last scene of the film is the beginning of "Presidential Team" in 1976. "Presidential Team" tells the story of a reporter from the "Washington Post" who brought President Nixon down for exposing the "Watergate Incident."
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In all the scenes where President Nixon’s voice appears, the real voice of the President himself in the White House video tape is used.
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Tom Hanks's role model in the film, Ben Bradley, and director Spielberg are neighbors, and they have lived on Long Island, New York for many years.
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The prototypes of Hanks and the two main characters in the film have intersections in real life-he not only knows Bradley, but also the day before the death of Catherine Graham, the prototype of Aunt May's character, he just met Pass her.
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In "The President's Team", Bradley's role is played by Jason Robards, who played Hanks's boss in the 1993 "Philadelphia Story".
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This film is the fifth collaboration between Hanks and Spielberg, and it is the same as Harrison Ford's record, but Fober's part in "Alien ET" in 1982 was cut. Hanks has collaborated four times before: "Saving Private Ryan", "Getting Away", "Happiness Terminal" and "Bridge of Spy"
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This film is the first "official" collaboration between Aunt Mei and Director Si. Prior to this, Aunt Mei had dubbed the "Blue Fairy" in "Artificial Intelligence".
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This film is the first collaboration between Hanks and Aunt May as actors on the big screen, except for "Mamma Mia!" produced by Hanks. "Aunt May also dubbed another film "Don't mess with ants" produced by Hanks.
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This film is the 28th collaboration between Spielberg and film scorer John Williams. The soundtrack in the film combines orchestral and light electronic elements.
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"Washington Post" is the second film related to the whistleblower in 2017. Another similar film is "Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House" starring Liam Neeson. As the "Deep Throat" himself, Erte exposes the experience of the "Watergate" incident.
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In "Forrest Gump", the "Watergate Incident" was accidentally stabbed by Tom Hanks's Forrest Gump.
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Coincidentally, there is Canadian actor Bruce Greenwood in both films. He played President Kennedy (JFK) in the 2000 "Thirteen Days", and in this film he played JFK's Secretary of Defense.
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Bruce Greenwood and Sarah Paulson, the "Banana Sister" in the film, co-starred in the American drama "American Crime Story".
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This film is the third time in the career of one of the screenwriters, Josh Singer, to explore the role of journalism in exposing political scandals. The first two are the film "WikiLeaks" around Julian Assange, and the "Focus" that shined at the Oscars the year before.
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Hanks previously starred in 2007 "Charlie Wilson's War" with John Slattery in this film. Slattery played Bradley in "Focus" (the role prototype of Hanks) ) Son.
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The "coquettish lawyer" Bob Odencock and the "low-profile motor" Jesse Premont, who starred in this film, are both familiar characters in "Breaking Bad"; Kelly Kuhn and Michael · Stuba played the third season of "Ice and Blood Storm."
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The Pulitzer Prize in 1971 was only awarded to the New York Times, which was the first to publish the "Pentagon Release", but not to the Washington Post.
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This film is Spielberg's first 1.85:1 film since "World War" in 2005, and it is also his first film in Super 35mm film format.
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Director Si believes that this film is his first political thriller, and he said "Bridge of Spy" is a spy thriller.
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Catherine Graham, the prototype of Aunt May’s role, is also called "Iron Lady" by her colleagues, and Aunt May, for her role in another "Iron Lady" Margaret Thatcher in 2011, "Iron Lady: Strong Tenderness", Won the Oscar queen.
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Extended Reading
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Kay Graham: When Phil died it was just - I was 45 years old and I had never held - I never had to hold a job in my life. But, I just, I loved the paper, you know. I do. I do so love the paper. I don't want it to be my fault. I don't want to be the one - I don't want to let Phil and my father and all of you kids and everybody down.
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Kay Graham: This company has been in my life for longer than most of the people working there have been alive. So, I don't need the lecture on legacy.