All the President's Men [1976] @ Wikipedia
- All the President's Men is a 1976 American political thriller film based on the 1974 non-fiction book of the same name by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the two journalists investigating the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.
- All the President's Men is a 1976 American political thriller film based on the 1974 non-fiction book of the same name by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the two journalists investigating the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post.
Bugsy - [1991] @ Wikipedia
Bugsy is a 1991 American crime-drama film directed by Barry Levinson which tells the story of mobster Bugsy Siegel. Based on Benjamin Siegel (February 28, 1906[1] – June 20, 1947) was an American mobster with the Luciano crime family. Nicknamed "Bugsy" Siegel was known as one of the most "infamous and feared gangsters of his day". Described as handsome and charismatic, he became one of the first front-page-celebrity gangsters. He was also a driving force behind the development of the Las Vegas Strip.
Nixon [1995] @ Wikipedia
- Nixon is a 1995 American biographical film that tells the story of the political and personal life of former US President Richard Nixon as a complex and, in many respects, admirable, though deeply flawed, person.
The Insider - [1999] @ Wikipedia
- The Insider is a 1999 American drama film directed by Michael Mann, based on the true story of a CBSs "60 Minutes segment" about Jeffrey Wigand, a whistleblower in the tobacco industry.
Good night and Good Luck - [2005] @ Wikipedia
- Good Night, and Good Luck. is a 2005 American drama film portrays the conflict between veteran radio and television journalist Edward R. Murrow and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, especially relating to the anti-Communist Senator's actions with the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
- Based on Edward R. Murrow, a pioneer of television news broadcasting, Murrow produced a series of TV news reports that helped lead to the censure of Senator Joseph McCarthy.
Charlie Wilson's War - [2007] @ Wikipedia
- Charlie Wilson's War is a 2007 American biographical-drama film, recounting the true story of U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson who partnered with CIA operative Gust Avrakotos to launch Operation Cyclone, a program to organize and support the Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
The ides of March - [2008] @ Wikipedia
- Based on Farragut North a 2008 play written by Beau Willimon, who worked for Sen. Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and former Governor of Vermont and 2004 Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean, loosely based on the 2004 Democratic primary campaign of Howard Dean.
- The play is billed as "a classic tale of hubris set against a contemporary landscape – about the lust for power and the costs one will endure to achieve it". It is titled after Farragut North, a Washington Metro station, on the Red Line. Farragut North serves downtown Washington and is located just north of Farragut Square near Connecticut Avenue.
- Titled the play for the Metrorail station located nearest the district's center for think tanks, lobbyists, and advocacy groups.
W [2008] @ Wikipedia
- W. is a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life and presidency of George W. Bush. It was produced and directed by Oliver Stone, written by Stanley Weiser, and stars Josh Brolin as Bush.
The Informant! - [2009] @ Wikipedia
The Informant! is a 2009 American biographical-comedy-crime movie based on a true Story about Mark Whitacre's involvement as a whistle blower in the lysine price-fixing conspiracy of the mid-1990s Mark Whitacre, a rising star at Decatur, Illinois based Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in the early 1990s, blows the whistle on the company’s price-fixing tactics at the urging of his wife Ginger
Based on the 2000 nonfiction book The Informant: A true Story, by journalist Kurt Eichenwald.
Extraordinary Measures - [2010] @ Wikipedia
- Extraordinary Measures is a 2010 medical drama film is based on the true story of John and Aileen Crowley, who formed a biotechnology company to develop a drug to save the lives of their children, whose children have Pompe's disease - a life-threatening disease.
- Based on Geeta Anand's book The Cure: How a Father Raised $100 Million--and Bucked the Medical Establishment--in a Quest to Save His Children. Parts of the book first appeared as a series of articles in the Wall Street Journal.
Fair Game - [2010] @ Wikipedia
- Fair Game is a 2010 biographical spy drama film directed by Doug Liman and starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn.[3] It is based on Valerie Plame's memoir, Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House,[3] and Joseph C. Wilson's memoir, The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity: A Diplomat's Memoir.
- Fair Game is a 2010 biographical spy drama film directed by Doug Liman and starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn.[3] It is based on Valerie Plame's memoir, Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House,[3] and Joseph C. Wilson's memoir, The Politics of Truth: Inside the Lies that Led to War and Betrayed My Wife's CIA Identity: A Diplomat's Memoir.
Nothing but Truth - [2010] @ Wikipedia
- Nothing but the Truth is a 2008 American drama film written and directed by Rod Lurie.Based on the the case of journalist Judith Miller, who in July 2005 was jailed for contempt of court for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury investigating a leak naming Valerie Plame as a covert CIA operative, but this was merely a starting point for what is primarily a fictional story.
- Inside Job is a 2010 documentary film, directed by Charles H. Ferguson, about the late-2000s financial crisis. In five parts, the film explores how changes in the policy environment and banking practices helped create the financial crisis.
J. Edgar [2011] @ Wikipedia
- J. Edgar is a 2011 American biographical drama film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood.Written by Dustin Lance Black, the film based on the career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
Game Change - [2012] @ Wikipedia
- Game Change is a 2012 American HBO political drama film based on events of the 2008 United States presidential election campaign, directed by Jay Roach and written by Danny Strong,
- Based on the 2010 book of the same name documenting the campaign by political journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann.
- Zero Dark Thirty is a 2012 American action thriller war film dramatizes the decade-long manhunt for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. This search eventually leads to the discovery of his compound in Pakistan, and the military raid on it that resulted in his death on May 2, 2011.
- Loosely based on the book No Easy Day: The Autobiography of a Navy Seal: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden by Mark Owen et al.
The Wolf of Wall Street - [2013] @ Wikipedia
- The Wolf of Wall Street is a 2013 american drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, based on Jordan Belfort's memoir of the same name. Belfort, a New York stockbroker who ran a financial services firm that engages in securities fraud and corruption on Wall Street in the 1990s was convicted of fraud crimes related to stock market manipulation and running a penny stock boiler room, for which he spent 22 months in prison. He recounted his life in his memoir, The Wolf of Wall Street.
Citizen Four - [2014] @ Wikipedia
- Citizenfour is a 2014 documentary film directed by Laura Poitras concerning Edward Snowden and the NSA spying scandal. Shot in the cinéma vérité style. The film features Glenn Greenwald and was co-produced by Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy, and Dirk Wilutzky, with Steven Soderbergh and others serving as executive producers. Citizenfour won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2015 Oscars.
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