| Steven Spielberg's 'The Post' features Broadway actors by the dozen | |
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| Posted by: WaymanWong 03:42 am EST 01/13/18 | |
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| ''The Post,'' Spielberg's acclaimed new movie about the Washington Post and the Pentagon Papers, just opened wide yesterday. It stars Meryl Streep as publisher Katharine Graham and Tom Hanks as editor Ben Bradlee. And it's got lots of theater actors in the many supporting roles. Among them: David Alan Baker, Susan Blackwell, Philip Casnoff, Carrie Coon, Rick Crom, Johanna Day, Christopher Innvar, Tracy Letts, Jessie Mueller, Stark Sands, Cotter Smith and Michael Stuhlbarg. As for the movie, it's one of Steven Spielberg's best films in years and oughta be an Oscar contender. A movie about the freedom of the press and a president who tries to quash it, is so timely and important. Liz Hannah and Josh Singer's savvy script keeps you on the edge of your seat even if you know the history. As a journalist, it especially hit home for me in its nostalgia for newspapers and old-fashioned values, like what's in the First Amendment, particularly at a time when Trump wants to rip up our libel laws. In the wrong hands, ''The Post'' could've been a dry history lesson; Spielberg turns it into a thriller for our times. |
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| Link | Official trailer: Steven Spielberg's ''The Post'' |
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