2018
History Channel
4 h 20 m

2018
History Channel
4 h 20 m

Summary Patient compendium drawing from 3400 hours of audio tapes, archival footage, declassified documents, et al, weaves a rich texture of understanding, particularly effective in flashbacks from their current day selves to their Watergate-era roles for such stalwarts as Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward and John Dean. Numerous current day parallel...

Directed By: Charles Ferguson

Written By: Charles Ferguson

2018
History Channel
4 h 20 m

2018
History Channel
4 h 20 m

Watergate

Name: Watergate
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2018-10-12
Duration: 4 min 20 s
Rating: 73
Cast: Douglas Hodge, John Hopkins, Will Keen, Elliot Levey, Mark Dexter

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Charles Ferguson

Written By: Charles Ferguson

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The New York Times

Oct 16, 2018

Ferguson’s narrative is so dense and complicated, and at the same time so dramatic, suspenseful and clear, that it absorbs all of your attention.

By A.O. Scott FULL REVIEW

The Guardian

Feb 13, 2019

In the course of a mammoth, horribly absorbing four-hour film from Charles Ferguson we are immersed in a world of milky TV news footage, big lapels, bulbous combovers, dirty tricks, sweat, jowls and guilt.

By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

Rolling Stone

Oct 16, 2018

Watergate is an extraordinary dossier on what remains a major black mark on the republic. It’s also a sobering reminder that just because we were able to stop it once doesn’t mean we can relegate it to our country’s back pages. Consider this a cautionary tale.

By David Fear FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Oct 18, 2018

Though this look back is formidably researched and should appeal to both obsessives and the uninformed, it’s the insistent echo to our present upheaval, and the refreshing reminder that a polarized nation only got more unified in its desire for the truth, that gives “Watergate” its peculiarly of-the-moment power.

By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW

Variety

Oct 17, 2018

The pace never flags, but some of its entertaining devices work against Ferguson’s insightfulness.

By Daniel D'Addario FULL REVIEW

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Jun 13, 2019

For those entering grade school, there is likely no better and more concise primer on the scandal. For everyone else, well, you know the story.

By Barry Hertz FULL REVIEW

IndieWire

Oct 17, 2018

The parallels between Watergate and Trumpocalypse are so boggling that they preclude any other reason for why Ferguson chose to make this film now. And yet, it’s the film’s deliberate timing that calls its value into question.

By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Representational Pictures

Release Date Oct 12, 2018

Duration 4 h 20 m

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Website http://www.history.com/shows/watergate

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Awards

Cinema for Peace Awards

• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

Chicago International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Hamptons International Film Festival

• 1 Nomination

Watergate

Top Cast

Douglas Hodge

Richard Nixon

John Hopkins

H.R. Bob Haldeman

Will Keen

John Ehrlichman

Elliot Levey

Henry Kissinger

Mark Dexter

John Dean

Lesley Stahl

Self

John McCain

Self

Carl Bernstein

Self

Dan Rather

Self

Robert Morgan

Billy Graham

Bob Woodward

Self

John Dean

Self

Stewart Alexander

Alexander Haig

Pat Buchanan

Self

Daniel Ellsberg

Self

Simon Connolly

J. Fred Buzhardt

Russell Bentley

Charles Colson

Lowell Weicker

Self

Richard Reeves

Self

Stuart Chambers

Secret service agent

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