Watergate-rakennuksessa valot syttyvät ja neljä murtovarasta jää rysän päältä kiini. Tuo ilta toi julki paljastuksia, jotka johtivat Yhdysvaltain presidentin eroon virastaan. Washingtonilaiset toimittajat Bob Woodward ja Carl Bernstein tarttuivat tarinaan ja uskoivat siihen läpi epäilyjen, kieltämisten ja pettymysten. Presidentin miehet on heidän kertomuksensa.
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost's team harboured doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
Samuel Bicke on mies,jonka otsaan on tatuoitu sana häviäjä. Nykivin askelin kävelevä mies saa Niels Muellerin esikoiselokuvan alussa tuoreelta pomoltaan käytännön opastusta huonekalumyyjän tehtäviin, ja katsoja tietää heti kaiken päättyvän huonosti.Samin elämä ei muutenkaan ole raiteillaan.Hän on eronnut,eivätkä ex-vaimo tai lapset tunnu innostuneelta hänen tapaamisestaan.Ongelmia on syntynyt myös Samin työskennellessä veljensä rengasfirmassa.Ainoalle ystävälleen Bonnylle Sam kertoo maailman epärehellisyyden kiukuttavan häntä.Hänen pitäisi esimerkiksi myydäkseen hyvin valehdella asiakkaille tuotteiden todellisista katteista.Bonnylla on asiaan käytännöllisempi lähestymistapa,mutta Sam kohdistaa yhteiskunnan mädännäisyyteen kohdistuvan vihansa televisiossa mesoavaan presidentti Richard Nixoniin .Lopulta psyykkisesti yhä epävakaampi Sam alkaa suunnitella presidentin murhaamista.
Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and intimate new look into his Presidency.
She was once as famous as Jackie O—and then she tried to take down a President. Martha Mitchell was the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: a Republican wife who was discredited by Nixon to keep her quiet. Until now.
A "play on words" about a fictional political scandal concerning covert arms deals and double-dealing government operatives, satirizing the Watergate hearings of 1972-1973.
The Final Days concerns itself with the final months of the Richard Nixon presidency.
"The Most Dangerous Man in America" is the story of what happens when a former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decides to challenge an "Imperial" Presidency-answerable to neither Congress, the press, nor the people-in order to help end the Vietnam War.
A dramatization of the relationship between Kissinger and Nixon during the six-month period in 1972-73 when Kissinger was negotiating an end to the Vietnam War and Nixon was grandstanding politically.
In 1974, a White House transcriber is thrust into the Watergate scandal when she obtains the only copy of the infamous 18½-minute gap in Nixon's tapes.
The enigmatic nature of the Nixon presidency combined comparatively progressive legislative initiatives with a flagrant abuse of presidential power and the public trust. His achievements in expanding peaceful relations with China and the Soviet Union stand in stark contrast with his continuation of the war in Vietnam. Finally brought down by scandal and duplicity, his administration did much to erode the citizenry's faith in government.
Dokumentin aiheena on Watergate-skandaali ja siitä kertova elokuva All the President's Men. Dokumentissa pureudutaan sekä itse skandaalin että elokuvan historiaan ja taustoihin. Lisäksi käydään läpi miten elokuva ja todellisuus vastaavat toisiaan.
Follows the crime and scandal that took down President Richard Nixon the day of the break-in at the Watergate Hotel.
At the height of the Watergate scandal on April 30, 1973, President Richard Nixon delivered his first major speech broadcast live from the White House, addressing the charges being made against his Presidency. Produced by Dimitri Devyatkin, with Walter Wright on synthesizer, the video is an overlay of mesmerizing computerized animations that reflect upon the speech.