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New Featurette Explores The Craft Of THE POST

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A new featurette goes behind the scenes of Steven Spielberg's journalism drama.







Steven Spielberg's The Post looks at the dilemma faced by Washington Post owner Kay Graham (Meryl Streep) and editor Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) over whether they should publish leaked top secret papers pertaining to America's involvement in Vietnam.

A new featurette goes behind the scenes to look at the craft employed by Spielberg and his collaborators on the film.

The Post is in UK/ROI cinemas January 19th.


The official synopsis reads:

Steven Spielberg directs Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in The Post, a thrilling drama about the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post’s Katharine Graham (Streep), the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks), as they race to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned three decades and four U.S. Presidents. The two must overcome their differences as they risk their careers – and their very freedom – to help bring long-buried truths to light.