The Post is a 2017 American historical 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.
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Filming. On August 25, 2017, the film's title reverted to The Post. Spielberg finished the final cut of the film on November 6, 2017, with the final sound mix also completed along with the musical score a week later, on November 13.
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.
Katharine Graham is the first female publisher of a major American newspaper -- The Washington Post. With help from editor Ben Bradlee, Graham races to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spans three decades and four U.S. presidents. Together, they must overcome their differences as they risk their careers -- and very freedom -- to help bring long-buried truths to light.The Post / Film synopsis
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ARTHUR PARSONS (Bradley Whitford): This adviser who vehemently opposes publication of the Pentagon Papers is a composite fictional character. LALLY WEYMOUTH (Alison Brie): The oldest of Katharine and Philip Grahamâs four children, and now senior associate editor of The Post. Image.
WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST: He was an assistant attorney general at the time. His disembodied voice can be heard over the phone warning The Post against publishing. Later that year, Nixon nominated him to the Supreme Court, where he later became chief justice. He died in 2005.
Rosenthal died in 2006, Sulzberger in 2012. TONY BRADLEE (Sarah Paulson ): Jacqueline Kennedy was quoted as telling her husband, âJack, you always say that Tony is your ideal woman,â and Tony (Antoinette Pinchot Bradlee, to be precise) said the president made a pass, which she rebuffed.
THE SETTING: While âThe Postâ is a stark reminder of what a company town Washington can be, the movie was actually made at Steiner Studios in Brooklyn. A vacant office building in White Plains, N.Y., substituted for The Post; the General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of New York City on West 44th Street for The Times.
DANIEL ELLSBERG (Matthew Rhys ): A disillusioned former Marine who drafted the study, which McNamara commissioned out of âguilt rather than courage,â he says in the movie. Mr. Ellsberg turned whistle-blower while working as an analyst for the RAND Corporation, a research group under contract to the Defense Department.
JUDITH MARTIN (Jessie Mueller): Later an etiquette columnist known as Miss Manners, she covered social events and made news herself in 1968 at Julie Nixonâs wedding: Ms. Martin slipped out of the press corps pen with the bridesmaids to better cover the event.
FRITZ BEEBE (Tracy Letts): Frederick Sessions Beebe, nicknamed Fritz, was a lawyer who rose to chairman of the board of The Washington Post Company. He was largely focused on the companyâs magazine Newsweek. He died in 1973.
In October 2016, Amy Pascal won a bid for the rights to the screenplay The Post, written by Liz Hannah. In February 2017, Steven Spielberg had halted pre-production on The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara with The Weinstein Company after a casting setback, and consequently opened his schedule to other potential films to direct. The following month, it was announced that Spielberg was in negotiations to direct and produce the film, with Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in talks for the roles of Katharine Graham and Ben Bradlee, respectively. The Post is the first time that Spielberg, Streep, and Hanks had all worked together on a film.
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Graham goes ahead and says "let's do it". The White House retaliates. The Post and Times jointly appear before the Supreme Court to plead their First Amendment constitutional rights. Meanwhile, other major newspapers start publishing about the secret war study in solidarity with the once isolated Post and Times.
The Post grossed $81.9 million in the United States and Canada, and $97.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $179.8 million, against a production budget of $50 million.
Release. The Post premiered at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. on December 14, 2017. It began a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 22, 2017, and a wide release on January 12, 2018.
Recording began on October 30, 2017 in Los Angeles. The soundtrack was released digitally by Sony Classical Records on December 22, 2017 and in physical form on January 12, 2018.
The film began principal photography in New York on May 30, 2017. On June 6, 2017, it was announced that the project, retitled The Papers, would also star Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bradley Whitford, and Zach Woods. On August 25, 2017, the film's title reverted to The Post. Spielberg finished the final cut of the film on November 6, 2017, with the final sound mix also completed along with the musical score a week later, on November 13.