Alan J. Pakula (1928–1998)
Author of All the President's Men [1976 film]
About the Author
Image credit: Sweden, Oct. 1990,
promoting "Presumed Innocent"
(Credit: Wikipedia user Towpilot)
promoting "Presumed Innocent"
(Credit: Wikipedia user Towpilot)
Works by Alan J. Pakula
John Grisham Films: The Client / The Pelican Brief / The Rainmaker / A Time to Kill (Movies) (2013) — Director — 13 copies
3 Days of the Condor [and] All the President's Men (Double Feature Video) (2013) — Director — 10 copies
4 Film Favorites: Harrison Ford (The Fugitive, Presumed Innocent, Firewall, The Mosquito Coast) (2012) — Director — 7 copies
Grisham Collection: The Pelican Brief [1993] / A Time to Kill [1996] / The Client [1994] (2014) — Director — 5 copies
John Grisham Courtroom Collection (The Pelican Brief / The Client / A Time to Kill / Runaway Jury) (2009) — Director — 4 copies
Star Power Pack: Brad Pitt — Director; Director — 3 copies
Consenting Adults [and] An Innocent Man (Double Feature Video) — Director — 2 copies
3 Film Box Set: Brad Pitt [Meet Joe Black / Legends of the Fall / The Devil's Own] — Director — 2 copies
Legends of the Fall [and] The Devil's Own (Double Feature Video) — Director — 1 copy
On Golden Pond / Fried Green Tomatoes / Sophie's Choice (Classic Films Triple Feature Video) — Director — 1 copy
Silkwood [and] Sophie's Choice (Double Feature Video) — Director — 1 copy
Consenting Adults / An Innocent Man / The Marrying Man (Triple Feature Video) (2011) — Director — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Pakula, Alan James
- Birthdate
- 1928-04-07
- Date of death
- 1998-11-19
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Yale University
- Occupations
- film director
screenwriter
producer - Relationships
- Pakula, Hannah (wife)
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- The Bronx, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Manhattan, New York, USA
East Hampton, New York, USA - Place of death
- Melville, New York, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- New York, USA
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I was very young when Watergate transpired, and am so pleased that the writers that brought him down were able to tell their story with so much detail. Sadly, I am not sure reporters can investigate like this anymore. Be aware, this is not the story of Nixon, it's the story of the two WaPo reporters. But what a story. I think this book is pictured in the dictionary under "pageturner."
Starting a Kevin Kline retrospective, and what a beginning this is, with spectacular performances by Meryl Streep and Kline. And God, how young they were. I'm not as impressed by the screenplay, but the performances won out.
Journalists investigate the Watergate break-in.
It's missing the last act. It suddenly stops right when it's just getting particularly intense, with a headline montage as the only resolution to the story. Apart from that, everything is flawless. Nothing ever manages to jump out and make me love it, though.
Concept: C
Story: B
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: A
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 3.0/4
It's missing the last act. It suddenly stops right when it's just getting particularly intense, with a headline montage as the only resolution to the story. Apart from that, everything is flawless. Nothing ever manages to jump out and make me love it, though.
Concept: C
Story: B
Characters: B
Dialog: B
Pacing: A
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: B
Acting: B
Music: B
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 3.0/4
As a follow up to the film "The Post" we wanted to see this. I had seen it before but many, many years ago. Enjoyed it too although sometimes confused as to who was who. And it ends very abruptly before the scandal topples Nixon and I wasn't expecting that.
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