Ben Affleck has cited the political thrillers of the 1970s, All the President's Men first among them, as the model for Argo's look and pace: newsroom-style procedure, period grain and long, tense conversations in offices.
Film· 1976· Thriller
All the President's Men
All the President's Men: 2 recorded works trace back to it, and it draws on 1 recorded source.
What All the President's Men influenced
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Spielberg's film about Ben Bradlee's Washington Post and the Pentagon Papers ends with the Watergate break-in being discovered, the point where All the President's Men begins.
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- The Watergate scandal
Follows the Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein as they uncover the Watergate break-in and the cover-up that led to President Nixon's resignation.