20171h 56mDir. Anthony Keating

The Post

Name: The Post
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2017-12-22
Duration: 1 h 56 min
Rating: 4
Cast: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts

“Truth be told”

DramaHistory

4.0 / 5.0

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A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

Starring:Meryl Streep,Tom Hanks,Sarah Paulson,Bob Odenkirk,Tracy Letts

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Meryl Streep

Kay Graham

Tom Hanks

Ben Bradlee

Sarah Paulson

Tony Bradlee

Bob Odenkirk

Ben Bagdikian

Tracy Letts

Fritz Beebe

Bradley Whitford

Arthur Parsons

Bruce Greenwood

Robert McNamara

Matthew Rhys

Daniel Ellsberg

Alison Brie

Lally Graham

Carrie Coon

Meg Greenfield

Jesse Plemons

Roger Clark

David Cross

Howard Simons

Key Production Crew

Director

Steven Spielberg

Screenplay & Writers

Liz Hannah, Josh Singer

Cinematography

Janusz Kamiński

Original Score

John Williams

Producers

Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Amy Pascal

Film Details

Budget$50,000,000

Box Office Revenue$179,769,467

Original Languageen

Production Studios

20th Century FoxDreamWorks PicturesReliance EntertainmentParticipantAmblin EntertainmentPascal PicturesTSG EntertainmentStar Thrower Entertainment

Keywords & Themes

#vietnam war#newspaper#journalist#washington dc, usa#politics#1970s#journalism#grave#biography#based on true story

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Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

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You ever watch a movie and go, “Wait… Spielberg directed this?!” And then you’re like, “Oh damn, he still got it!” The Post is that one Spielberg movie everyone just casually forgot about. Why? Because the colors were...

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