Conspiracy Buddies: All the President’s Men (1976)

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03/03/24 • 133 min

Kael Your Idols: A New Hollywood Podcast

It’s Watergate time on Kael Your Idols! Sorry to jump right in to it but we didn’t want to bury the lede. In this episode the hosts get drawn into a web of lies and cover-ups as they discuss the 1976 classic “All The President’s Men”. This tale of the greatest newspaper caper ever provides the perfect launching off point for discussing a plethora of New Hollywood character actors and themes. You can’t possibly imagine how high up this goes. Topics include: ‘Mark Twain Tonight’, impressing your boss, and paranoia.

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