It’s been 50 years since All The President’s Men was released in 1976, an incredible year in film. It’s a movie I’ve watched a few times over the years. As a political science major in college (and a film buff), it was in my semi-regular rotation, and I still think it’s the best political thriller of all time. That it came out so soon after the events of Watergate that took down President Nixon is just as impressive. On a recent rewatch (with my HBO Max subscription), my first in at least a decade, I was struck by a couple of things that I’ve never put much thought into before.
