The reporters were at the infancy of an investigation that would come to be known as Watergate, the greatest political scandal in modern American history. It occurred to me it might make a good film — two hard-working journalists struggling to get to the truth. It was only later that the depth of the Watergate scandal was discovered. We finally made contact and eventually made a movie about their story, “All the President’s Men.”This year marks the 45th anniversary of the Watergate scandal. That’s the movie, but the real-life Watergate scandal didn’t have just two people searching for the truth.

Source: Washington Post March 31, 2017 21:01 UTC