Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of  "All the President's Men" | movie | 2006 | Official Clip - video Dailymotion

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A short documentary on the making of  "All the President's Men." | dG1fQmJpM3RnT1FpbWc

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00:00 I was at a Knicks game in New York,

00:03 and Redford was there, and he leaned over,

00:06 and he said, "Do you want to play Carl Bernstein?"

00:09 There was something about Dustin, I knew him a little bit,

00:12 we were both Knicks fans.

00:13 What I knew about him was this nervous energy,

00:16 very, very perfectionist, and neurotic, and funny, and smart,

00:20 and put all that into his work.

00:22 These are the notes?

00:23 Yeah, I got stuff on napkins, because I'm writing in the bathroom,

00:25 while she's getting the coffee, I'm at work in the litter basket.

00:27 Could you give me something I can get down?

00:29 It's rare when you get a chance to do a movie that's based on a real person,

00:33 and it's even rarer when you get a chance to play someone

00:36 with a screenplay coming from a book,

00:38 because it tends to be more layered and richer.

00:41 An added bonus for the actors was the opportunity

00:44 to spend time with the real-life people they would be playing on screen.

00:49 First thing I wanted to do was meet Carl Bernstein.

00:51 He invited me to his parents' house for Seder.

00:55 He was going to pretty much live with us for a number of months.

00:59 We did get to know each other very well.

01:01 I liked him. He was charming.

01:03 He looked New York, but he didn't sound it.

01:06 It sounded almost like a Southern accent.

01:08 I gave him my wallet, as I remember, and he used my wallet,

01:12 but also I gave him my watch that I wore during Watergate,

01:16 which was a high school graduation present.

01:19 Dustin was extraordinary. He could imitate anybody.

01:23 I could follow up Woodward posing as Bernstein

01:25 and have a conversation with him.

01:27 What I learned is that Woodward was the didactic one.

01:30 A leads to B, B leads to C,

01:32 and you get confirmation on two sources for each one,

01:35 and Carl was the opposite.

01:37 A goes to B, and then F, and then L.

01:42 And at times it may have driven Woodward crazy,

01:45 but he turned out to be right.

01:47 He just made leaps.

01:49 I think you have some idea what's in the papers

01:51 when the Attorney General comes into the office

01:53 when it's taking place at the committee to re-elect,

01:55 and he's got a raincoat over his head.

01:57 It could be raining is what could happen.

01:59 And I moved to Washington, D.C., before the film started,

02:02 and I went to the Washington Post every day.

02:04 I met the people. I hung out there.

02:06 I was there for about 2, 3 months. I didn't want to leave.

02:10 [whooshing]

02:12 [music fades]

02:14 [BLANK_AUDIO]

Telling the Truth About Lies: The Making of "All the President's Men" | movie | 2006 | Official Clip

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