Today’s journalism is hurting day by day. With the new media, everyone thinks of himself as a journalist and the decrease in the staff of expert journalists adds salt and pepper. However, this process began to change with the new initiatives of The New York Times.
In the past, the experiences of newspapers and journalists have never been easy. In The Post, the legal process revolves around the Pentagon documents in 1971. The film is about the painful process of publishing Pentagon documents written and leaked by Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee and newspaper owner Katharine Graham, army analyst Daniel Ellsberg.
The New York Times was the first to publish the documents, and the newspaper was banned from publishing. In the meantime, the documents reach the Post team, and then the new team is in the hands of the Post team is in dilemma. Of course, the fact that the owner of the newspaper is a woman stands out in an area dominated by men.
The newspaper, which is experiencing financial difficulties, is thought to have no supporters in this process. The risk of journalists going to jail comes up. The fact that journalists tell the truth is one of the most remarkable issues. You often see facts and honesty in the film. Journalists who do not succumb to their fears argue to write the truth to the public. Finally the news is running.
In the next process, a great legal struggle starts between the newspaper and the government in order to publish the documents and protect the free press.
The Post (2017)
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Alison Brie, Jesse Plemons, Carrie Coon, David Cross, Zach Woods, John Rue
Screenplay by: Liz Hannah, Josh Singer
Production Design by: Rick Carter
Cinematography by: Janusz Kaminski
Film Editing by: Sarah Broshar, Michael Kahn
Costume Design by: Ann Roth
Set Decoration by: Rena DeAngelo
Art Direction by: Kim Jennings, Deborah Jensen
Music by: John Williams
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language and brief war violence.
Distributed by: 20th Century Fox (United States), Universal Pictures (International)
Release Date: December 22, 2017
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