‘The Post’: Steven Spielberg, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks talk new movie - FULL PANEL

On Thursday December 14, The Washington Post hosted a discussion with director Steven Spielberg and cast members of the movie, “The Post,” a drama about the newspaper’s decision to publish the Pentagon Papers in June 1971. The Washington Post’s chief film critic, Ann Hornaday, was joined on stage by Spielberg and actors Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Bob Odenkirk and Bradley Whitford to talk about the movie. Subscribe to The Washington Post on KZbin: bit.ly/2qiJ4dy
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[@adelinahernandez3378]

Thank you Steven Spielberg for bringing this story to the big screen. Thank you to the Washington Post and all other newspapers for continuing to report and investigate.

[@briantrend1812]

adelina Hernandez gullible liberal alert!

[@carlo2384]

@@briantrend1812 why?

[@Trofnoker]

"for continuing to report and investigate." They don't do that anymore. Snowden? Assange? They are the heroes and the newspapers don't defend them, just defend the corrupts governments, now USA are cowards.

[@sunyellow703]

"Women speak (the language of) men, but men don't speak (the language of) women. They don't dream in it." -Meryl Streep ...❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️!

[@marienblunt8153]

@Daisy flower I think she said about the past

[@alexanderh9878]

This is what happens in most (all?) minority cases.

[@goingaround223]

So true. Still to this day.

[@jackieaustin8356]

My husband and I saw this movie earlier this week - most of the patrons at the matinee showing we’re of our vintage and lived these events. To a person, at the conclusion everyone stood and clapped! A timely and important reminder that journalists who do their jobs are essential to uncovering the truth and bringing it forward. Kudos and thanks to Spielberg and the fine actors who did this so well!

[@parkviewmo]

Tom Hanks' acting is under rated because he is so good he makes it look so easy. His performance is superb.

[@LJ-ht4zs]

I don't think Tom Hanks is underrated - I think he is the best actor of my lifetime - also he regularly gets good scripts and makes the best out of them. I think he has made the most money of any actor - well deserved. I do not know of any Hanks' films that I did not like or rather that I didn't love.

[@consciousmonster6062]

Wonderful, insightful conversation. Thank you for this.

[@maniaulakh5696]

Watching Spielberg interviews and hearing little tidbits of directing wisdom is my fav part. ^_^ Thank you Washington Post, you asked great questions! You're helping make better artists...

[@5MadMovieMakers]

Thanks for the whole uncut interview

[@d1want34]

meryl streep was amazing in the movie.. flawless acting

[@pamelawright8512]

Awesome interview, thank you! ❤

[@airliemariaheung8215]

Thank you for this: journalism with integrity.

[@ensyafdari9287]

We still have awesome journalists and people with courages❤️❤️

[@user-yt7st5up4r]

Realized that I've wanted to watch this film since it came out and happy to have found it streaming today. This discussion is marvelous in all ways. The segment about streaming vs going out to movies takes on new meaning now that we've been through the covid lockdown. So much in this to take in, and reflect upon ~ we're lucky that there are so many actors and artists that are wildly intelligent as these folks are in this panel.

[@annemariepedersen5616]

It’s interesting to watch this 5 years later…and how timely this continues to be. Fantastic film and great discussion.

[@nenaboax6590]

Thank you Bob Odenkirk for the recommendation of the incredible Double Vision. Such insight into the changes in “news” delivery! Wish Bagdikian ere still alive to think personally.

[@tenaciousbre7649]

Wonderful conversation.

[@KariAaraas100]

love all of these guys

[@marilyntaylor2892]

I just saw this movie, and I plan on buying it when it's available. For the first time in my 64 years, I will be going to the theater again and paying to see it. Incredible! Thank you to all the participants. Incredible! I felt like a kid; I reacted like I was a teenager watching it. It truly is a great movie.

[@LJ-ht4zs]

I just watched it last night 6-2023 and loved it and was inspired by it. Had originally seen it when it came out, but considering the last 8 years with the filth spread by Trump from 2015 to date 2023 which is disgusting - the film like fresh air coming through and hope.

[@simplytruth9729]

@@LJ-ht4zsDid watching it again give you hope for our future or did it make you fear more? I have watched our country for the past 6 years and I think I fear more for the future of the country. I am afraid. Scary times

[@jiayili-h9928]

Great conversation

[@jameshanscombe2530]

When I think of Spielberg, I think of the unbridled power that gets unleashed when you get to do what you were born to do. Most of us do ok. We find a niche, get a pay check that supports us and we do fine. I've watched so many documentaries on the way he works, Jurassic Park, Schindler's list, Saving Private Ryan, building shots, running with a camera, racing actors through different versions of a line. He was generally touched by something special.

[@jonathanmelia]

James Hanscombe He once described it as an addiction. “Heroin isn’t the most expensive fix. Celluloid is.” You have to have something in you that says, nothing else in the world matters. That, and talent, obviously....

[@chrisvandenbussche3268]

Post

[@johndelossantos7678]

That’s exactly what I think, he’s doing exactly what he was born to do

[@TheMaryam1891]

And to be intelligent and heart spirit and love in one person who can do something few others can do. Saving Private Ryan Schindlers List This is right up there.

[@simplytruth9729]

I too often wonder about the talents,the gifts, that are never”unleashed “ in people that would enable them to love what they are born to do. To wake up every morning with the day ahead to celebrate I wish for every good soul.

[@kirsteni.russell5903]

I saw THE POST yesterday and did find it FUN. It never flagged, kept me interested all the way through, and made me laugh in the end, when I could see the movie as a prequel to ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN.

[@BartAlder]

The Post ends exactly where ATPM starts. Just watched both in one sitting and it's almost seamless. That said, Tom Hanks is great but Jason Robards was absolutely outstanding and forced to choose between the two Ben Bradlees it's Robards hands down. That's not shade thrown at Tom Hanks, it's just that Robards was exceptional, he could mix menace with charm in the same line, you like him even when he's rather threatening. Both films are terrific of course. And Meryl Streep, my god, there aren't enough superlatives. Not only hasn't she ever delivered a single bad performance, I've yet to see her give a great performance in an otherwise average film. For my money she is the most bankable star in the actors' firmament. A staggering career. My least favourite of hers is Iron Lady, I've only watched that one twice!

[@jamesscully529]

Attacking and blaming Meryl Streep for Harvey Weinstein is the reason he got away with it for as long as he did. I'm baffled but not surprised. It will be long time before not only for the workings of Hollywood but the culture in general makes the necessary corrections. Not only unfortunately but tragically...

[@ajp4860]

James Scully ...Huh? He got away with it for so long because of blaming Meryl Streep? I don’t get it.. That makes no sense.

[@zdelany6963]

Obama Mama ....he is speaking to the culture of blamiing a women who at this moment of writing ...has no 1st person accusers.......but instead of focucsig on the rapist , the right are going after a women ....why....because they are so delicate they can't accept a different political point of view

[@FernandaSantos-ri5ms]

Agradeçia legendas portugues

[@JoryStultz1234]

Don't bother uncle Stephen with that! Lmfao

[@btez31]

I just saw it today. Awesome movie and Meryl Streep better win an Oscar. It's such a relevant movie to today's corrupt White House

[@BartAlder]

Meryl Streep should be able to play ten pins with her oscars by now. The finest actor I've ever seen, she is actually peerless.

[@pamshewan9181]

She should have won it.

[@brucetaylor5917]

"The Post", "Spotlight", "All the President's Men". I've watched these three films several times, now. I rank them from the standpoint of great film-making in every respect in this order excellence as: 1. " Spotlight" 2. "All the President's Men" 3. "The Post"

[@veritas6335]

The world hasn't changed much with regard to women. This interviewer directs all her questions to the men and literally ignores Meryl Streep! And the movie is largely ABOUT Katharine Graham. Whitford skewered her perfectly and summed up the theme hilariously with his incisive "what Meryl is trying to say is...." crack. Bravo.

[@americanpancakelive]

When Bradley out funny's Tom Hanks it is iconic, ha. I love Bradley Whitford.

[@jessicawesthues5071]

She's the best. Love her. #merylstreep

[@scarrillo232]

What is the name of Bob Odenkirk’s character in this movie??

[@lizgichora6472]

Excellent panel: " Addressing present History along with " civic vegetables " is timely! Meryl Streep thank you for stating 'Progress takes time, two steps forward and one back, ' manoeuvring the current trend needs readjusting mental Reality. History is factual and can't be erased, Democracy is the highest ideal that has to be fought for and be won in every generation. Thank you all for an amazing interview on The Washington post.

[@kaymitchell6144]

Just love this panel. Fun to see them through the years. So capable, credible, seasoned, real. We are fortunate to have them.

[@angie1021]

That's alotta BS u typed

[@ssuwandi3240]

That PED0 Trio lol.. What a foolish mouthpiece

[@danallyn7]

SO MUCH LYING!!! They never mention the NY Times having the BALLS to do the first part of publishing these "secret" story - hidden from the American people. GOOD GRIEF

[@redpat8832]

Great flick!!!

[@milesclarke9343]

Outstanding film!!!

[@tomada36]

I won't say she's the best interviewer I've seen, but she's better than about 95% of the ppl who interview celebrities today. At least this interviewer asks several relevant, mindful, thoughtful questions, while many people who've been given a microphone are simply horrible at the job

[@somakkamos]

But i did reach out to the family.....bessssst line in any movie promotion..anyyyyyyy😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marciakillingsworth3804]

OH! I'd totally forgotten Fog of War! Nice of Ken Burns to share his (and Lynn Novick's!!!) Vietnam masterpiece. And I remember the Pentagon Papers: my step-dad was there (infantry... not a good gig) and we'd watch Uncle Walter every night and he'd say 'The Army is lying to them all' or, more specifically, 'Westmoreland is a liar. The body counts are all lies. We cannot win this.' When the Pentagon Papers came out, he was vindicated, and I started my path to becoming a reporter, and then an activist.

[@neilashton9459]

Just saw the film and it’s very good - obviously intended as a message to counter the “ fake news propaganda” but nonetheless a great piece of drama. Tremendous performances but look at the cast. There is a scene with Streep with her daughter in the grandchildren’s bedroom that should be a requirement for acting students to see - an ode to her craft.

[@veritas6335]

It is ironic and illuminating that in an interview in which the Harvey Weinstein/Me Too moment in history is discussed at length, the female film critic and interviewer goes through forty minutes of the interview without directing a single question to Ms Streep, as if she were not even there. Shame on her. It’s easy to observe that Ms Streep finally grew disgusted and interjected herself into the conversation. Otherwise a very interesting discussion among some of the real pros in the industry.

[@izadchavoshan2879]

Mr. Spielberg, I have been your big fan from Indiana Jones, E.T., Schindler's List, Bridge of Spies, plus other classical films from the beginning of my childhood years. I hope that you make more films on United States history. You should direct one about Iran Contra Scandal under Reagan Administration and that would be wonderful.

[@anthonynycholas4230]

Yeah "Chappaquiddick" another movie focusing on another Nixon-era scandal is going to be released in the future. The fiascos in 70's are quite popular now. Who knows if 20 years from now, the movie about the Trump-era will look like and if they'll use actual footage in certain scenes like All the President's Men AND The Post did.

[@SheridanJazz]

Yeah, Steve, and while you're at it, don't forget all the Clinton scandals, including Benghazi, Uranium 1,. the fake dossier, etc. I'm a Spielberg fan, but won't waste my money on a propagandist piece of crap like this.

[@sherrityler9761]

Meryl discuss "research" and the role of women in news... Brought back memories of an isolated path as an actuary to be an "analyst". I remember my "great potential" of being a researcher, putting summaries together and organizing information.... Women ARE relegated in business - it is NOW. It is relevant, NOW. I will never forget the person who told me their role would be to put their name on it.. Great interview.

[@BartAlder]

I know of a supervisor in astrophysics who stole a female honours candidate's thesis and published it with his name on it. She appealed to her university and they dropped her enrolment and her supervisor, a man of course, was not even censured. Academia is one of the more enlightened places, more accepting of women in positions of influence than the mainstream and this crap still goes on there. It's disgusting and the people who coattail on the accomplishments of others, mostly men exploiting women of course, should all be banned from the gene pool.

[@KemptonLam]

7:20 The story that lead to the moment Daniel Ellsberg decided to take all the Pentagon Papers.

[@barbararey4337]

God bless Liz Hannah and all talented screenwriters :)

[@rosaliastamatakos2498]

Barbara Rey I

[@juniemoon1528]

Mr. Show...I was lucky enough to be in the audience several times. Soooo funny. The kind of comedy lines that stick with you for years. Love Oudenkirk and Cross.

[@davidpaul9337]

Great movie!

[@Danusha_Goska]

"The Post" is an *excellent* movie. Go see it.

[@jmf6985]

The comments above are horrible, could you just focus on the movie itself

[@hal7ter]

The reason for the comments above is that Hollywood is at its core corrupt and evil. I don't care how many 'great' films they make, it has to fall. Those who are honest will be fine. The rest has to go.

[@vladikoff]

Emma How's that glue sniffing working out for you?

[@hal7ter]

Go with what you believe and see how it works for you over time.

[@TheMaryam1891]

Are u a Trumper.

[@SD-li9g]

@@hal7ter you are not alone xx

[@seanspawn7805]

Love to be be a buddy of Tom Hanks and go for an aul pint with him, with Meyrle Streep just happening to drop in for an easy chat and a game of darts.

[@okaminess]

I'd pick Bob Odenkirk!

[@nancymac6970]

Hitler bashed the media, then he banned it. We have to have journalism, truthful journalism. That's what this movie is about. Also SPOTLIGHT.

[@kianucollis3929]

Er....?? You clearly have ZERO idea of what you are talking about. Hitler LOVED the media, all of his speeches were deliberately filmed to be shown via multi media platforms, he employed Leni Riefenstahl, amongst other directors, to stylize his image on film...I could go on and on proving objectively how retarded your comment is...but you are too dumb to understand.

[@joesimmons1451]

LOL honest media ...too funny

[@Metallkopf86]

We need journalism even if they lie to the American people and cause a huge divide? What the actual fuck. If you put out fake news, deal with the consequences of being shut down. I hope Trump crushes them.

[@rondierice4922]

Executive ... Legislative... Judicial... AND the 4th Estate... to speak truth to power... Hopefully !!

[@plunmeister1093]

Bradlee was a crony of the OSS and then the CIA. Get those damn intelligence alphabet agencies that are the SEAT of oppressive BIG government, out of this 4th estate. AND... tell the Pentagon I want my 9 trillion dollars back... a refund!

[@sarinordman]

I love Meryl Streep's quote: Women speak men, but men don't speak women. at 52:00

[@legendunfound1137]

Thank you for time stamping it! I was looking for this!

[@tinzarlwin1579]

Director Steven Spielberg choose Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks. My best actor and actress from Holly Wood. I like so much Tom Hanks. If possible I would like to meet him in USA once. Thank you

[@CAMPAZFilms]

Spielberg looks like he was dressed by his mother in his father's clothes.

[@Daleylife]

Does Meryl get asked any questions?

[@BabiiMF]

When you have Meryl Streep right in front of you and you don't talk with her, that's just bullshit.

[@Alan-jj2go]

J.C. L., literally all you had to do was google "Pentagon Papers" to prevent yourself from looking like an idiot.

[@Jucelegario]

Alan, Leave your libtard cult, from 1963 to 1972 there are only 9 years and not 30 years you STUPID FUCK.

[@Alan-jj2go]

Still haven't googled it, huh?

[@Jucelegario]

Alan, still ignoring reality, huh?

[@davidparks6089]

I don't believe that about her.

[@Canadian97467]

1:02:02 YES! You want to get out of your house once in a while. Are we really heading towards a world where we don't even go out anymore? We just came back home from work and spend our free time in another little cell. And some movies just aren't the same on the small screen. You have to watch them at the theater, or you lose the details of magnificent mountains , and the sound isn't the same either.

[@IndigENous-uk3si]

Ann Hornaday is a brilliant host

[@metrorealty7631]

Movie theaters have closed because of the Virus. Will we attend again? Will movies be made again?

[@Aivottaja]

You seem to think Hollywood is movies. There's a world full of movies outside it and with the added bonus of no Satanic denegeracy. That's not a typo. Suzie's world filter just won't allow me to write the d-word.

[@mikemccarthy1352]

I agree with these rich people.

[@KrakenCYB]

Is Spielberg going to do something on Watergate? Because All The President's Men ends much earlier before some of the really captivating drama leading to Nixon's resignation, e.g. Congressional hearings, Nixon's final days.

[@gterrymed]

Powerful and Deep film; Shakespearian-esque characters and relationships. The pervasive purple hue of the image however makes the film look like another bad Blu-ray transfer; Speilberg is going for authenticity with image but wow...purple color timing.

[@anthonynycholas4230]

saw "The Post" just yesterday and bloody hell, it was a great movie. btw, you could've transitioned the end into "All the President's Men"! (spoiler alert a future movie : "Chappaqiddick", is based off of another Nixon-era scandal which was one of the defenses against Nixon and his Watergate cover-up)

[@stefhublou1813]

I just watched the movie in Theatre in Kingdom of Belgium, and found it to be fantastic. What a deep enouragement to people that want to do their best to be critical to governments that have a deplorable level of ethic standards! What an elogy to Reporter's Identity! Thank you, Steven, thank you Meryl, thank you Tom! -- This film is such a comfort, after witnessing in Horror the grand Presdident Barack Obama being replaced by... ...

[@vidyasonavane9602]

41:05.. Bravo!(No women were harmed while filming the movie.)

[@martinobrien7110]

GO SEE THIS FILM. IT WILL EDUCATE YOU ABOUT AMERICA & ITS HISTORY.

[@martinobrien7110]

WHY NOT

[@Jucelegario]

Spielberg and Hanks straight up lie to people in the trailer saying the white house has been lying for 30 years about the Vietnam war when it was only 9 because they were in 1972. They can't contain their Fake Newsness anymore lol

[@martinobrien7110]

BEING A TRUMP SUPPORTER, I WOULD NOT START A DEBATE ABOUT LYING, AS ON AVERAGE THE POTUS LIES 5 TIMES A DAY.

[@Jucelegario]

Yet you can't argue that they straight up lied to your kind of people in the trailer and you straight up drank that soy milk lol

[@Jucelegario]

I'm not american, nor I live there, so I can't be a Trump supporter. I read news though and it amuses me how stupid the american people is by believing in Hollywood. The 30 years thing in the trailers is just one of those things.

[@johnmastroligulano7401]

How the hell can you do a movie on the pentagon papers without Daniel Ellsberg?

[@vladikoff]

He's in the movie.

[@johnmastroligulano7401]

You just don't get it do yah the context the most important aspect of people understanding history so they see the present for what it is something Hanks/Spielberg/Streep feel as if they are above because if they saw reality for what it is they'd have to see themselves in the mirror but like the vampires they act as they refuse to truly see what they are & defend the status quo like why they supported Clinton they think everything is as it should be because they've been elevated. Bubbles burst & those so high will realize their golden wings aren't functional & down they'll go sad to say but true.

[@andriajato]

AMAZING grave and deep atmosphere. Certainly to say that today freedom in press is in danger in USA; Bravo Steven Spielberg

[@bkscross2road]

I've just watched the movie (the Post) and it reminds me of MERYL STREEP SLAMS TRUMP AT GOLDEN GLOBES ON CNN

[@zdelany6963]

can't wait to see this film

[@Jucelegario]

Spielberg and Hanks straight up lie to people in the trailer saying the white house has been lying for 30 years about the Vietnam war when it was only 9 because they were in 1972. They can't contain their Fake Newsness anymore lol

[@j.j.w.6431]

I am boycotting it!

[@Metallkopf86]

boycotting as well.

[@zdelany6963]

i can't not even begin to explain how little you opinion means to me ...i will go and see it twice just for you

[@joanketelby752]

z delany Do you know about double negatives?

[@jandodge8923]

😂😂❤😂

[@pamshewan9181]

Meryl Streep is sooo good

[@sooh6334]

So relevant and important subject, Couldn't wait to see it.....then, couldn't wait for it to end! Tom Hanks lost and regained his NY twang throughout. Meryl was good but WOW, shockingly, Disappointed!😭

[@vinniemoran7362]

Ann Hornaday, excellent critic. Should stick to doing that. ;)

[@user-hh9rc2lw4c]

I hope Speilberg end his career with a remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre,or Pulp Fiction.I need to taste Spielberg's sweet-as-cake direction from a movie that I have seen

[@lauragiammattei6405]

I found hope by watching this. I pray that, "history repeats itself" is true. I can't wait to see this movie, (side note I totally love Bradley Whitford, I was a big big west wing fan) and I want to say thank you to whoever produced this. It has given this 52 year old woman some hope which unfortunately I have very little of. After what I have lived thru during the last 30 years of my life. Arguable what was suppose to be the best years of my life. I wake up worried every day about my 17 year old daughters future and by the way she is a total alien to me since the changes that have taken place in the past 30 years make her and I so so very different. For example in my late 20's I was the marketing director of a coliseum that had sporting and live events, I paid 20K for a full page ad in the Sunday Arts section of the paper to advertise the power rangers.....I had no computer.... and I made advertisements on the copy machine....She heard her first busy signal at age 10....has never read a newspaper and she barely watchs tv BUT someone who watch this will be happy to know that she does go to the movies!! So maybe, just maybe all is not lost.

[@pedrosantos929]

NOT ENOUGH BOB.

[@DmRofAtoZ]

I LOVE that film ! Murray . . Dreyfuss . . what a Hoot !

[@ajp4860]

Bob Odenkirk,.. LoL... (I think you’re referring to What About Bob) and, Pedro.. I agree, .. was thinking the same thing...

[@DmRofAtoZ]

A knowing reference, of course. Along the lines of, oh I dunno', Shaving Private Ryan ?

[@ajp4860]

LoL

[@brinsonopinion]

This interviewer WASTES so much time feeding her own ego with her overwrought questions. It took her 40 minutes into a one-hour interview to have any kind of substantial exchange with Meryl Streep... who plays the subject of the fucking movie. It's really unbelievable.

[@peace1652]

Wow, unbelievably entitled. What makes you think you deserved anything more than what you got? Talking about ego,...

[@brinsonopinion]

peace165 Step off, asswipe.

[@keithporter3798]

Scott Brinsonfc

[@GrinsInc]

And no Warren Buffett?!?!?!?!?!

[@colleenkelly3784]

To quote Meryl from Vogue interview...."this moment is absolutely thrilling". Can't wait to see this movie. The times, they are a change'n. (Trump's legacy will be how his locker room, boys will be boys speak became the catalyst for women to stand up and fight for the respect they have so long been denied. Weinstein just happened to be the lightening rod).

[@sk8ermGs]

Paul Borst thanks man hit the nail on the head there.

[@simplytruth9729]

Colleen how do see our American world today? I find it scary.

[@TogetherinParis]

Spielberg's great. He's on a mission from God.

[@beebahlay]

Dream?...no its real....

[@XusecJesuret]

IF IN THE WEST AUTHORITY IS PROMOTED BY BUSINESS, AND BUSINESS OPERATES BY AUTHORITARIAN METHODS, THEN IN THE WEST THERE IS A DISCOVERED AUTHORITARIAN AUTHORITY

[@frantisekswoboda2994]

Movie was not s great they said it is. Spotlight was much better , even it could be more dynamic!

[@donaldrhardy7595]

Mr. Speilburg I would think a movie about the life of Doug Layton when he was voice for the Alabama Crimson Tide would reveal religious tension in America and the world. Doug always thought of himself as a great pontificator with his skill at public speaking. He was active in bringing about the burning Beetles albums in 1966. “Burn The Beatles!”1966: Bigger Than Jesus? | The Pop History Dig I think the timing is right to get America back on the side of the British since the death of the Queen. The Royal family is having their troubles and this would take attention off the negative waves floating around about whether or not to have a monarchy in Britain. The truth has not been revealed of how Doug Layton really felt about the actions of Americans toward John Lennon and his comment about Jesus Christ. It would be best to create a movie at this time while his only daughter Tyler Layton is still alive. You could consult with her so she could fill in the blanks and do it in a way to make it into a movie. She alone may have the resources to locate those who are still alive to uncover the truth. Doug’s life alone would be a way to include the sports of football told by the commentators of Birmingham during the time of Bear Bryant. I do not feel a proper movie has been made which tells the truth of that period during racial unrest in Alabama. It would reveal the truth about the negotiations of Bryant to get Southern Cal to come to Birmingham with Slam Bam Cunningham the black running back. Forrest Gump just did not give justice to the life and times of Bear Bryant as commentated by Doug Layton and Eli Gold. His background in the Marble Capital of the world in Sylacauga Alabama would be and inspiration to the Sylacauga Emerging slogan they have for the Marble Capital. Doug started out as a radio announcer at WMLS there in Sylacauga. It is also the home of Jim Nabors and his many friends who may still be living there. I hope you consider the possibilities of this break through opportunity.

[@douglaslloyd5959]

Interesting comments by Steven Spielberg as to the times we live in. Is he likening Nixon and his fall from grace and the current incumbent in the White House? We will see.

[@martinobrien7110]

IT IS WHY HE MADE THE FILM, AS A WARNING TO US ALL. THE COMPARE & CONTRAST IS QUITE FRIGHTENING. THE PARANOID NIXON, EVERYONE IS OUT TO GET HIM. WITH TRUMP'S I CAN SAY WHATEVER I LIKE, EVERYONE IS OUT TO GET ME BECAUSE I AM A UNASHAMED LIAR. THE RUSSIAN ADOPTION MEETING IN TRUMP TOWER WILL PROBABLY BRING HIM DOWN, HOW IRONIC.

[@thetruthchannel349]

Steven Spielberg isnt the brightest guy on planet earth. In fact, nobody in Hollywood is that bright. Its the dumbest town on earth.

[@martinobrien7110]

I FORGOT THE SMARTARSE GUY ON PLANET EARTH IS DONALD TRUMP.

[@anthonynycholas4230]

Yep. We might be witnessing a history repeat Republicans haven't learned from.

[@alexanderh9878]

Steven, I agree with you but I'm afraid you're behind the times (streaming vs theaters).

[@angie1021]

Ask old Stevie boy who killed the Lil girl from his movie

[@GuyLakeman]

they say ellsberg was the most dangerous man in america ... and i thought tom hanks was dangerous 　 what DID he have in those chocolates that made him run so far ?

[@aldobonilla1785]

la creme de la creme

[@Laurajuly]

All evil! Cabal

[@brigidrohde736]

Do you see symbolism’s they use with hands? Wondered what it means? Just weird cuz they all do same symbolism’s.

[@moonschildren]

As this marvelous dialogue progressed, Bradley mentioned Anita Hill. Then the fact Meryl points out of the whiteness is this film, the obvious next step is to bring to life the intensity of Anita Hill’s testimony and the Thomas hearings. Why not?

[@arfrances7609]

Did anybody mention Julian Assange, why he is under house arrest for publishing same as the Post did?

[@zdelany6963]

pretty sure he is in the embasy because if he leave s he will be deported back to sweden to face rape charges

[@Orf]

How the hell are you gonna mention how it's so timely a story and NOT bring up Manning, Snowden, or Wikileaks???

[@toddvandell85]

@Matt Orfalea Well, what they really mean by a timely story, is more that it's actually timeless. Evergreen, if wou will. It's timely from the standpoint of, no matter what year you watch it, it will always be relevant. I haven't seen it yet, but it's walking down cinematic paths previously walked by earlier movies like *All The President's Men.* If you knew your film history, at all, or just your American history in general, which your question makes painfully clear you're entirely clueless about, you'd realize that this movie is set way back in the early 70s, nearly 50 years ago, when Washington Post newspaper people like Ben Bradlee and Katherine Graham were prominent figures at the paper. I'll blame your obviously very young age for your ignorance. The reason there's nothing about Wikileaks? Wikileaks didn't exist in 1971, the year the movie is set in, and also just two years after Katharine Graham took over as publisher of The Washington Post, a first, in the newspaper industry. A female newspaper publisher was unheard of at the time. Anyway. The point being? Your references are completely irrelevant to this movie, because The Post movie is *SET* in *1971.* Not one of your references had anything to do with that time period. WikiLeaks wasn't established until 2006. 35 years after this movie's time setting. Edward Snowden was born in 1983, 12 years after this movie is set. So, your references may be more current/timely, but they have precisely nothing to do with a movie set in 1971. I think the more correct word they should have used? The movie is *timeless.* Even though it's set in 1971, much of it's message is still relevant today. That's what they mean. And for all that? This is a movie about *The Washington Post.* Not about WikiLeaks. Not about Edward Snowden. Or Chelsea Manning, who wasn't born until 1987, 16 years after this movie is set. Pay better attention next time. Those people were whistle-blowers to WikiLeaks. Their stories came out in The Washington Post, eventually, yes, but again, far later than 1971, the year this movie is set in. Can't discuss history that hasn't happened yet, especially in a movie.

[@christiansfortruth5953]

I dont want to be a misery but I have just watched this movie. The sound is lousy. The script is fast and confusing. Sorry Steven....but who wrote the script and who directed those two women in ths lounge reading the expose article and had them both babbling at the same time. What was that all about? Low budget film....yes? Sorry. Bring back Hans Solo.

[@flaggerify]

Spielberg totally jettisoned his style for this for whatever reason.

[@CraigBickerstaff]

The whole film is textbook Spielberg you'd have to be blind to miss it.

[@lanolinlight]

Not at all. If you turn the sound down and watch the frame, it's pure Spielberg. Propulsive and dynamic scenes.

[@KindredSpirit909]

A woman asking questions of all of the men, bypassing the female star. Welcome to the 70s.

[@pakistani4072]

Jackie Gannon true that!

[@celeste7532]

I wasn't impressed with the interviewer. She hardly addressed Meryl Streep except to talk bout Harvey Weinstein. What has that to do with her portrayal of Kathryn Graham?. She spentmost of ner time tal!kng to the men. she seemed overly pleased with herself. And you Steve n Spielberg plays around with historical facts. Nixon did Not bar the Post until.tthe Watergate arricles cams o ut. Nor did Ben Bradlee say Don't Gloat until the resignation of Nixon.that These may seem like minor points but sadly alot of.people take this as histor ical fact. Ironic, since this film is about exposing truth instead of what was being put oit to the public. The overly sentimental scenes where women are sta nding in awe of Kathryn Graham is a bit smaltsy. He did t his in Lincoln also. Why do tbis? Look I liked the film because of my a d.iration for Ben Bradlee and Kathryn Graham and the actors who portrayed the m. Maybe Spielberg is getting a bit formulaic.

[@okwil]

When Spielberg filmed a film in Poland, he borrowed the German SS-mans coat from the props and therefore the believes that fascist sentiments are being kept in Poland. Is not this a crude statement? kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4bYenSXmtx6fMU

[@whoisthispianist01]

“Women speak men, by men don’t speak women.” Really? What about all the men who change their sex to female? What about all the artists and writers who write from a women’s perspective? What about the painters and photographers who have reflected the beauty and power of women in their work? Streep is grandiose and misguided. She openly claims the women are in some way superior to men, to the applause and approval of everyone in the room! I don’t think women are any better than men, it think we’re just different. When did it become a competition anyway?

[@beterbutz]

The reporter tries to take up to much space.

[@ajp4860]

Our founding fathers carefully, painstakingly, and brilliantly constructed our constitution, which has allowed us to become and continue to become the greatest nation on earth. Despite our shameless past behaviors, slavery,.. repression,.. segregation, oppression..invasion, controlling and killing, etc.. etc.. Mostly perpetrated by white men (including our founding fathers, I know,.. ). But our constitution was profoundly and insightfully drafted,... in spite of the obvious hypocrisy at the time. It is our constitution that has allowed us to evolve. All men are created equal. Freedom of religion. Freedom of the press. etc etc etc Can’t fuck with our constitution,... sorry Putin... Sorry Trump... you have the freedom to go eat a big pile shit.

[@rogervallecillo292]

In the words of the great Bob Uecker : Juuuuust a bit outside. Too much wrong perpetrated in such short amount of time, and only engages when its own interests are in danger, that my friend doesn't make the US the greatest nation on earth in the eyes of all the nations that have been affected directly or indirectly by US policies. This is not US bashing, but facts. That's in the past, things are different and changing for the better, you would say. Well my friend you have a long way to go. At least 45% of your fellow Americans are still yearning for and willing to go back to the good old days. I do applaud your honesty and envy a bit your romanticism, but my dear friend you got your work cut out for you. Good luck.

[@yvonne-vv8rj]

its a game . . . these people r just messing around