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So how many chronicles associated with factual American history have there been in Mr Spielberg's cap?
Only four, I believe. "The Post," "Bridge of Spies," "Lincoln," and "Amistad."
Oh, and "1941," of course.
Does "Saving Private Ryan" count as American history?
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Please use the correct title:
SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (in France) .
Ahahahahs!
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Great film and loved Williams music! Interesting enough, his music actually brought me OUT of the movie, but not in a bad way. As many here are clamoring for more melodic music or music that actually does something instead of grazing, I was simply not used to the music actually having a voice and doing something. It made me miss those day so so much. Can't wait to grab this in January! 
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Overall an interesting refined score! Best tracks which gives it a punch are 'the presses roll', 'deciding to publish' &
'the courts decision/end credits!' Good one Mr Williams.
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And my revie- uh, oh... I don't have any 
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You can say All the President's Men is a different film about different things. However, both films are based on true stories set during the Nixon presidency, with the press as protagonist, dealing with lies and corruption by the establishment, and specifically the executive branch (although the Pentagon Papers were dealing with lies of the Johnson & Kennedy administrations about the Vietnam war, and were leaked during the Nixon administration). I not only think it's an unavoidable comparison, I think it's a fair comparison.
It may be unavoidable, but I don't think it's fair. "All the President's Men" is about grunt reporters uncovering a mystery. "The Post" has no mystery – we know from the first five minutes who has done what and why. And the heroes are not grunts – one of the key points in the movie is that they are in the upper echelons of Washington elites. They are mostly wealthy, they were chummy with JFK and McNamara. This is not incidental, it is frequently the point.
The film is not a reboot of or prequel to "All the President's Men," and since "All the President's Men" exists, I don't know why anybody would want it to be. That said, I have a pretty good sense that you will not like the movie, CCW1970.
Schiffy,
Saw the film at Fox last week. Happily, my fears were unfounded. Apart from a couple of nit-picky things (Creedence on the soundtrack during a Vietnam sequence!? ugh!), it was great.
You’re right that Williams make the music work. I thought the music spotting was especially effective. Streep, Odenkirk, Hanks – everyone’s great in it.
No matter how many films of his I see, I’m still impressed with how Spielberg stages frenetic scenes with lots of characters, like when all the journalists are going through the papers in Bradlee’s living room.
Williams really knows how to make music work in any genre, but especially in dramas like this one, where other filmmakers tend to hold back on music, either because they don’t trust it, don’t trust themselves, worry it may “lead” the audience too much, see over the top, etc.
For my money, Williams makes a huge contribution in cues like “The Papers,” "Setting the Type," and especially “The Presses Roll.” That montage is brilliant, from the type setting to the trucks tossing big stacks of papers to newsstands, and is greatly aided by Williams’ score. Good stuff!
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Credence?
Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!
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