In conversation with... Val McDermid on All the President's Men | BFI

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Crime writer Val McDermid introduces the multi-Oscar®-winning film based on the astonishing real-life story of two journalists and that exposed the Watergate scandal through their relentless pursuit of the truth. Alan J Pakula blends a taut, fast-paced screenplay with a distinctive shadowy visual style that perfectly conjures the feeling of unknown forces at work, and danger lurking beyond sight.

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