When a movie is based on a book, I usually like the book better. One of the rare examples of a movie I liked just as well as the book was the film, All The President’s Men, which was a film based on the story of how Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein broke the Watergate story and took down Richard Nixon in the process.
I loved that movie and so below I’ve put up six links to online articles about it, plus a bonus link to a chapter from my book, The Boy Who Would Be A Fire Truck about when I met Carl Bernstein, who is one half of the duo that brought Richard Nixon down all those years ago!
And then there’s the MBIP Coming Attractions for next week here on the blog!
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Sunday Links
All the President’s Men: An Oral History - This is a great and interesting oral history of the film and how it got made.
William Goldman Turned Reporters Into Heroes In “All the President’s Men” - William Goldman wrote the script to the movie and died in 2018. This is a feature about how he wrote the script and a tribute to the screenwriter of the film.
The complete Watergate timeline (It took longer than you realize) - The Washington Post’s first Watergate article was published on August 1st, 1972. Just a little over two years later, Nixon resigned from the Presidential office.
Robert Redford Revisits ‘All The President’s Men’ - This is a nice question and answer interview with Robert Redford about the film.
Deep Throat: Watergate timeline of events - Here’s a timeline of how Watergate went down.
GOP Security Aide Among 5 Arrested in Bugging Affair - This is the first article about Watergate written by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein for the Washington Post. This article started it all!
The story behind “All The President’s Men” - A CBS Sunday Morning interview with Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein forty years after the story broke.
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BONUS LINK! THE DAY I MET CARL BERNSTEIN
I met Carl Bernstein back in the ’90’s when I was living in New York. Here’s a link to that story on Google Books!
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MBIP Coming Attractions
Monday: Last night I had a frozen pizza and then went and saw a fantastic show at The Third Chance Lounge. The Fantastic Plastics, Tina Sparkle, Hushdrops and Super 88 all played and it was a fantastic show. I’ll have photos of the show and my frozen pizza tomorrow!
Tuesday: After a little break, we now resume the MBIP Appetizer Tour and I was joined by my friend Jason and we sampled a trio of appetizers at Obed & Isaacs.
Wednesday: I’m going to try a sandwich at Loaded Sandwiches on Main Street for our Sandwich of the Month post.
Thursday: We’ll be visiting the second shop in our Six Shops of Xmas on Thursday, tune in to see which local shop is in the holiday spotlight this week.
Friday: We’re having a special sneaky peeky at an Elvis show happening here in Peoria! Tune in for this special post!
Saturday: There will be another edition of our weekly, Meanwhile, Back In Peoria’s Past this Saturday.
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Sunday Comic
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Related Posts: Sunday Links: Network, Saturday Night and Rubber Soul.