tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post5934073290734776559..comments2024-03-21T22:19:26.920-05:00Comments on A Follow Spot: ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, 36 Years LaterJulieKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-60788474158177834872012-11-03T15:56:34.943-05:002012-11-03T15:56:34.943-05:00Julie, have you read Jared's biography of Alan...Julie, have you read Jared's biography of Alan Pakula? There are two terrific chapters on the making of All The President's Men, particularly in the writing of the script. Judy Brownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-71614505173942483822012-10-28T11:48:53.765-05:002012-10-28T11:48:53.765-05:00Robert Walden is so memorable as Segretti. So much...Robert Walden is so memorable as Segretti. So much of the movie makes me think of LOU GRANT, with Robert Walden and the executive meetings around the desk both a part of that.<br /><br />Such a great cast. If only Ed Asner and Nancy Marchand had been squeezed in there somewhere.<br /><br />I think Lindsay Crouse is the one who changed the most after ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN. Allyn Ann McLerie changed her persona a lot, too, but not as much as Lindsay Crouse!JulieKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12521424567356348282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6816366806127608207.post-21217736691360895352012-10-28T09:53:21.384-05:002012-10-28T09:53:21.384-05:00I remember this movie fondly, both for the classy ...I remember this movie fondly, both for the classy crackle of the screenplay and direction, and for the really fun casting (for those of us who like to spot familiar faces onscreen). This is one of those big-ensemble movies that broke the Kevin Bacon game, because it links so many people. The one-scene roles were all cast with people of stature, in addition to the ones Julie mentioned:<br /><br />The subeditors: Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, John McMartin.<br /><br />Other reporters: Linsday "Ann" Crouse (as she was billed in this her movie debut), Penny Fuller. Both actually get whole short subplots.<br /><br />Other civilians in the door-to-door inquiry: Valerie Curtin, Allyn Ann McLerie.<br /><br />Public figures and interviewees of various sorts: Ned Beatty (and his secretary Polly Holliday), Nicolas Coster, Robert Walden (who gets a big scene confessing to dirty tricks or "ratf***ing"), and young golden married couple Stephen Collins (his movie debut too) and Meredith Baxter.JAChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10942256334004773509noreply@blogger.com