Considering the political uncertainty and chaos we face today, and while the Democrats endeavour to have the Mueller Report released in full, we take a look at the best films to have uncovered political scandals.
1. Active Measures (2019)
Director: Jack Bryan
Key Cast: Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, Jeremy Bash
Synopsis: Russian president Vladimir Putin attacks the 2016 American presidential election in collaboration with the Trump campaign.
2. All the President’s Men (1976)
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Key Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden
Synopsis: “The Washington Post” reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the details of the Watergate scandal that leads to President Richard Nixon‘s resignation.
3. Scandal (1989)
Director: Michael Canton-Jones
Key Cast: John Hurt, Joanne Whalley, Bridget Fonda
Synopsis: Based on the Profumo Scandal of 1963, an affair between an exotic dancer and the Minister of War shakes up the British government.
4. In the Name of the Father (1993)
Director: Jim Sheridan
Key Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Alison Crosbie
Synopsis: A man’s coerced confession to an IRA bombing he did not commit results in the imprisonment of his father as well. An English lawyer fights to free them.
5. Frost/Nixon (2008)
Director: Ron Howard
Key Cast: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon
Synopsis: A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
ACTIVE MEASURES is now available on iTunes and On Demand www.activemeasures.com