All the President's Men (1976) - Ending Scene
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- This is the ending scene of the 1976 movie All the President's Men which tells the story of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein who investigate the Watergate burglary and the massive cover-up which followed. President Richard Nixon would eventually resign.
Who would have thought a close shot of a typewriter could be one of the greatest freaking movie endings of all time
It's a TELEX MACHINE.
It is. The general point is spot-on.
It was the only way they could tell everything that happen without another 2-hour movie.
What a thing to live through. We were all riveted to the TV. Chilling. Absolutely chilling.
@@jdenino6022 Not that any of that matters...ya wanna know the latest results of the Gallup Poll?
Never forget that day ....
I was sitting in a Chinese restaurant, in Amsterdam, with two young ladies from Germany that day. The table across from me, the patrons (who were also Americans) heard me speaking and called over: "You're from the states?" I said yeah. They held up a newspaper to show me the headlines. And there were just two words, in the thickest, largest, blackest newspaper font I have ever seen. It simply read:
NIXON RESIGNS
Imagine how would it be now. You know the news the moment it's made public on your phone.
The teletype ending is utterly brilliant.. I've seen this movie a dozen times, and I always utter the same thing at the end... "Un-***king believable"..
And it is unbelievable that events could snowball to that degree.. The story's arc is perfect, as well, taking us to the disclosure of Haldeman being the architect of the whole mess, and then the teletype tells the rest.. Whoever came up with that idea is a genius.. One of the very best thriller's of all time (even though we all know the story beforehand.. that's quite an achievement)..
Actually Watergate was set in motion in 1971 with the leak of the Pentagon papers.
Hard to believe it lost the Oscar for Best Picture to "Rocky"
Nixon drove it. See "The American Century" by Harold Evans.
What an utterly brilliant scene. The shot of the inauguration with Woodstyn typing the presidents doom into their typewriters. Then the end of the story told through the Telex.
It’s like his typewriter is a machine gun, waging war with the corrupt. However, the pen is truly mightier than the sword.
One of the best ending scenes in movie history. Very memorable. The most visually memorable ending scene in movie history.
It is interesting how this movie ended with Woodward and Bernstein at the lowest point of the Watergate investigations, especially when it was well-known how their investigation changed journalism. There must have been more than a few moviegoers in 1976 who exclaimed "That's it?" when the credits rolled.
It got messy after that.. The Saturday night massacre, Nixon becoming morose and unpredictable.. At heart, it’s a movie about journalism, and they ended it at the point they got inside the Oval Office, which I think was perfect..
I saw this movie back then and didn't understand much of it then; must watch it again. Watched the newer version with Liam Neeson as Mark Felt
I saw it for the first time today, a journalist ending for a journalist movie. Fitting it ended with "President Nixon resigns" that was the endgame for them. There was no going back after the first headline hit and there was no other way it could've ended. Beautifully made.
@@justinamarina8192 My grandparents were friends with Mark Felt and his wife and my mother went to school with their children.
I don't think their investigations changed journalism. It changed politics. The Republicans have been mad ever since and run years long investigations into Democratic Presidents just trying to find anything (like lying about cheating on your wife). When they can't find anything, they just make it up (see Biden "Crime" Family moniker when there is no such thing).
That's the perfect series of scenes of reporters following a story to the end even though nobody wants to read it or gives a shit. But it's there and the story has to be told.
The movie ends half way through the story. The final days picks it up from April of 1973 through the resignation.
I nearly have to cry when I see them going through the card catalogs in the library ("I don't know if you want them, but I got them"--dude with the fro). Just soooo sadly funny, compared to today. GOD! And YOU know, if Trump gets in, the biggest All The President's Men is just waiting to happen!!!
It's happening now
@Dan Brenner spoken like a bona fide leftist lib! Fast forward to 2020 with a world recognized stolen election! Right out of the hands of the People! Turpitude of the disgustingly lowest level. If there were only journalists today of such integrity as Woodward and Bernstein there would be and should be a thorough investigation and revelation of just how the Presidential election of Nov. 3, 2020 was blatantly stolen from Trump and the more than 74 million (that's the number we know of, but more than likely much more). Now eat your words and don't choke!! Despicable. The truth will come out soon, very soon. Oh chew on this. Trump is coming back stronger than ever. He never left.
We need sequel....in a couple of years
We don't NEED it, but I feel like maybe we will.
I thought Frost/Nixon was the sequel.
We do have a spinoff, called Spotlight.
Get frigging D.A. Pennebaker's off spring, Michael Moore, the other kick assed documentary dude who did "Berkeley" in 2014, and the Maysles brothers to do it. NOW. NO EDITS. DIRECTOR'S CUT ONLY. Sell MP4s of the July Phone Call.
its coming
with FISA abuse
The U.S. Army Herald Trumpets at the inauguration always gets my heart soaring. What majesty.
What song is that?
@@beckr11no idea
@@beckr11 Hail to the Chief it’s plated every inauguration when the president arrives and then when the president takes you with of Office. The fafarw immediately before is called 4 Ruffles and flourishes, then Hail to the Chief with a 21-gun salute.
@@robertyates9500 No, I'm asking about the one at 1:34. That's not 4 Ruffles and Flourishes.
Jason Roberts did a great job.".not that any of that matters, but if you guys fuck up again, I'm going to get mad."
That scene was accurate in that Woodward and Bernstein told him the depth of the Watergate cover-up at night on his front lawn, but what Bradlee actually said in response is more haunting than what was said in the movie. The real Bradlee simply said, "What the hell do we do now?"
Perhaps the best quote in the history of cinema!
Masterpiece.
The typewriter shots have stayed with me all this time.
The only way to have ended a movie like this.
This is one movie that I will watch over and over. Script, direction and acting all top notch. Robards won Oscar for Bradlee portrayal. A fascinating fact was that Redford and Hoffman memorized both parts, so they could finish each others' sentences and thoughts. I still feel a chill when Holbrook, playing Deep Throat, whispers, " Your lives are in danger. " Brilliant drama of the downfall of Nixon.
This is probably an odd statement but, from a purely dramatic viewpoint, it's good that these events took place when they did. The final bits involving the teletype really make everything work better than I suspect they would as words appearing on a contemporary computer screen.
Five years later, I couldn't agree more.
The movie starts with eighteen seconds of nothing but an out-of-focus page and then, just as the audience thinks there's something wrong with the projector, the first typed letter crashes down on the page like a gunshot. It's a great dramatic device.
It’s a teletype but yes
Best ending to a movie ever.
james woods COP
best ending ever imo
Nah. I think the usual suspects barely scratches it out. Mainly for the plot twist, but this is a close second
Jake Wynn nah the usual suspects isn’t even close to this but still a top ten ending.
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - Santayana
With Biden's mental faculties we are destine to do so.
@@timdaugherty4014That's Trump you're talking about.
“You got the kinda loving that can be so smooth, give me your heart, make it real, or else forget about it.” - Santana feat. Rob Thomas
My favorite little detail about this scene is how the sound of the cannons firing continues even after the teletype starts doing its thing. "Shots fired" indeed.
Now in 2019 we might just have a sequel...
Yeah.....it's coming much sooner than we think
Nope. This time much of congress and the senate decided that they just didn't care. Let's not forget that Reagan got away with Iran-Contra and the invasion of Grenada. Even though many of Reagan's administration was indicted.
Estimated that Nixon would've lost a majority of Republican votes in the Senate. Only 1 spoke up in today's Senate. Pathetic
It certainly changes watching this, to see a corrupt President brought down and know that decades after, an even worse President escaped consequences for his even more blatant corruption.
@@bubbagump2704 Exactly.
Saw this at the Paramount in Austin a few nights ago with a friend, and what a great film.. I loved his reaction, seeing it for the first time, having been born after watergate, cause he was thrilled with the context of why there was a cover up, and that it wasn't just a singular event.. Great film..
Now, we no longer have objective reporters seeking the truth. We have pundits with defined viewpoints hunting down ways to jack over the other main party.
Timeless art ...means a lot 🎬🎥
The day Ford took office my dad my brother and me were driving to DC for a weeks vacation and dads two week naval reserve duty my brother was 17 I was 19 and we had never seen people dancing in the streets . What a memory.
What was never covered was how much money these guys took for personal use since a lot of it was cash. I would be surprised if all of it was used to finance the bugging and sabotaging
Such a chilling way to end the movie! As the viewer, you practically stop breathing as each typed line rattles across the screen.
I remember the days when journalists had a moral duty to present the facts, not to weaponize their own opinions. Back then, credibility was earned. There was no internet, no cell phones, no instant mass-marketing tools. You HAD to think about what you were doing. Hearsay and accusations were only as good as the proof that came with them. Nowadays... Hearsay and accusations are all you need, because everyone usually believes the first thing they hear.
That's true-- if someone happens upon Jesse Watters of FOX claiming that Biden is corrupt, they'll believe it; if they come upon Rachel Maddow at MSNBC claiming that Trump is corrupt, they might equally believe it.
Journalistic and broadcast standards used to be enforced laws now they imprison or exile people for telling the truth.
You can say all you like about your smartphone or email, nothing made everyone "stand up and look" like the bell ringing and the sound of the teletype in the room beginning to chatter :D
Good Ending and always liked the music theme.
Check out DAVID SHIRE. There's a page dedicated to him. Did a hell of a lot of other big time stuff.
Alan J Pakula was a genius I must have watched this film hundreds of times
Boy. Back then people just thought they knew what a threat to democracy looked like. They had no idea: fast forward to 2021.
Trump and all his president's men are Nixon to the power of 100.
Jason Robards , most under rated actor ever .
janice ginexi , he was never underrated.
Underappreciated maybe, but not underrated. He's got the acting Triple Crown (won an Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award).
Teleprinters in movies are always amazing
"so help me god" is not in the Constitution.
Not to get overly film school-y but isn’t it cool, the “war” between the TV and the typewriters at the end there? Big, slow cannon-like and thunderous rifle fire sounds from the Nixon TV. Smaller, more rapid machine gun-sounds from the typewriters that chip away at the Nixon regime. Either that’s a great microcosm of the whole movie or I gotta lay off the peyote..
We've always had press that covers for high-ranking people: the Kennedys' affairs, Franklin Roosevelt's paralysis, etc. These days it's wide open, and people still don't know what to believe.
It's a great film. Well made. Great story and I've enjoyed this film for many years. Now in 2023 that the whole truth is known the relevance of this story is greatly diminished. Consequently, the film does not have the mystery or mystique it once had for me but I still enjoy the story telling. The break-in that triggered this event was a minor occurrence in a larger scheme of deception and manipulation concocted by narrow and limited men. The ants that annoyed the lion so much the lion had to move.
50 years ago today! Wow.
Fantastic film - such suspense and Hoffman,Redford and the rest of the cast were superb 😀
God DAMN it, what a great ending to a movie.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, for those yet to be, they will ask how and why, for those who were there, they will never forget. no one is above the law and the truth shall set you free.
fuck me, that's brilliant.
and nothing really ever changes
I love that fanfare that was played before the Chief Justice.
I do too. Do know the name of it?
@@martindelatorre120 I wish I did.
retrojoe87 Thanks!
Such a moment. Goldman a genius
In Christopher Hitchens book on the 'Crimes of Henry Kissinger' Nixon was seen by a close aide running down steps in the White House in a crazed fashion.
Deep Throat ,where are you when we need you?
Why? Now the corruption is in plain sight and a large portion of the American people simply don't care. They approve of the behaviour.
Deep Throat has been gone for over 10 years
I remember where I was when I learned that Nixon resigned. And now, almost 50 years later, inexplicably, Henry Kissinger is somehow still alive.
No longer.
Did Bob Woodward really use the two finger method while typing?
Phenomenal political thriller.
It was one of the greatest movies ever made
The typing at the end always scared me
If you think about the subject matter, this movie very easily could have been the "The Irishman" of its day.
Back in the days when journalists were journalists and not ranting loudmouths with uninformed opinions.
Joseph:Just now,I saw your past message. Concerning this particular posted movie clip. First,thanks for sharing these strong personal views. Evenso,I do disagree with you. Not all of today's journalists fit your narrowminded and negative description. These people just do their jobs. Thank you.
The loudmouths you see on TV are commentators, not journalists. There are plenty of serious journalists today like Woodward and Bernstein who discreetly seek accountability over celebrity or popularity.
@@tyrannosaurusburke Bernstein has become a sellout putz and liberal looney.
watch something other than fuxnoize
@@bradleybrown8399 Or any political channel-- there are, if I'm not mistaken, actual news channels out there that are the 5Ws and one H.
Does anyone know what model Teletype that is being used in the last minute of this clip? Thanks (techno-geek question).
perfect ending
The 50 th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation will be August 9.
I came here to see and hear that teletype machine again. Do young people still associate that sound with "newsroom?"
And now 40 years later, history repeats, and 1st amendment saves america
1st amendment has been unofficially repealed as of 1/7/2021
Love this movie! ❤
Does anyone know what the name of the fast and lively flurry of music is by the band that occurs at 1:34 to 1:53? Thanks very much.
David Shire was the Music guy for this movie, don't know if he had a group under him but he's in the Credits.
Dan, thank you. Since asking, I've learned that the name of the music may be something called Inaugural Fanfare, but there's more than a few "fanfares" existing which are written by different composers for elected officials going into office. In any case, I find the music very inspiring. Again, thanks.
I always dug the music \at the part where they had to go out again (!) and QC all the people they F'd up on the first go-around...plus there was one (when they get to the aerial shot) that has my LAST NAME! :)
Another inquiry... the military ceremonial music at 1:34? Anyone know which piece it is? Very obscure... we are researching honors music for our military band (we have an admiral making an appearance! got to get those Ruffles and Flourishes right)
“Hail to the Chief” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail_to_the_Chief
Does anyone have the entire movie on you tube for me to be able to watch?
What is that song at 1:34?
Remember it well. In 1972 (the last year of the draft) my number going into 1973 was...3. When they ended the draft I was so relieved and thankful for what Nixon had done. When Watergate unraveled I saw Nixon for the despicable liar, cheat, and criminal he was. A few years ago I discovered that he had secretly negotiated with the North to hold off on peace talks with Johnson until after the election in 1968, so he could take credit for ending the war. What a piece of slime, and until Trump, the worst stain on the Office. At least HE was held accountable.
What is the name of the fanfare previous to the taken of oath, please?
“Hail to the Chief”. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail_to_the_Chief
what's the name of this music played by the military fanfare?
I believe it is “Hail to the Chief”. Here’s the Wiki article:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hail_to_the_Chief
the book was published less then 2 months before nixon resined and last words wirten in it are his refusel to resign, I like teh movie dose the same with just the edition of the headlines under a type writer saying how it ended.
Outcome: Vice President Gerald Rudolph Ford became the 38th President of the United States of America.
Sort of. It appears to have been a brokered deal. Gerald Ford became the VP knowing that Nixon would likely be impeached or resign. Ford was the house minority leader. It should have been the speaker of the house that became VP.
@@seanwebb605, no, not sort have. He did. A VP already seated rises to the office, not the speaker.
@@valuecalc It was the speaker who should have become the VP then became the president. Try to follow along.
Sigh, and to think that today, 2023 no one in the USA cares about the integrity of the president and his office, How times have changed.
Amazing how this movie got an "R" I am assuming it is the swearing and smoking (at work!! in elevator!!) it is movie about journalism and American gov. Only 'R' movie high school class would let us watch.
now it's like PG-13 (which had not been created yet) everybody is fully clothed. Nobdy has relations. Kids themselves say and know way more explicit language. Of course it's kinda spooky how the dad from 7th heaven and the mom from family ties do not age--eek
Can't wait to see a movie on Traitor Trump
Why did the movie makers exclude the character of Katherine Graham who owned the Washington Post?
+adelgado75 she is in the movie played by nacy marchand aka liva soprano from the sopranos
+KingDT2007 Hi. According to Wikipedia, Nancy Marchand didn't appear in the movie as Katherine Graham. She did, however, appear in the tv series, Lou Grant, where she played, from 1977-82, Margaret Pynchon, in 99 episodes. This role was likened to the real Katherine Graham
They couldn't show her 'tits in a ringer' - this is a family movie. (Note: that paraphrase of Bradlee's line was based on a threat to Katie Graham and free speech made by Republican Attorney-General Mitchell.)
The producers decided that her presence in the film was unnecessary and would have been a diversion from the story. And I agree.
She initially agreed to sanction the film, on the agreement that she wouldn't be a character in the movie. After seeing it, she said she'd made a mistake, not allowing herself to be a character in the movie.
I can never understand 2 fingered typing. Its so inefficient
Roy Staggers
I was forced to take typing in high school. As an elective course. I thought it was the most useless course I would ever take. I am glad I did. Because when computers came out I was up to speed
Robert Redford is actually quite good touch typing. He had to LEARN to type "2 finger" style for the movie. Bernstein was a touch typist, but Bob Woodward could only type 2 fingers. Never learned touch typing. Prior to computers, only secretarys were taught touch typing.
High school courses were gendered: boys took shop. Girls took a home ev and typing.
Up through the 1970s there were three levels of typing, short hand, dictation, business machines (mechanical adding machines). Because clerical positions paid poorly and had little advancement, they became women’s jobs when women were expected to marry and then stay home to raise families.
Spelling, grammar, punctuation were taught very strictly, with strict adherence to “standard” usage, as the secretary work could not be machine-checked for errors, etc.
Pre-WWI a lot of clerical jobs (book keeping, etc) were men’s jobs.
@@oldpossum57 Great. I'll just never understand news men or writers who type with 2 fingers. It is unbelievably inefficient. I had to take typing in high school (1981) I thought it was the biggest waste of time and that I would never use it. Little did i know that 10 years later there would be computers and I was already trained to type. A skill i used to laugh at turned out to be a huge asset. A good lesson in humility.
He shoulda torched those tapes. To this day no one but historians would even remember what Watergate was if he had.
Whose dream is this? And why am I in this dream ...which is turning into a nightmare 🥸🗣
2:39-3:17. Biden theme song/highlight music.
Yeah! “Hail to the Thief”!
@@abinashmishra329 Does the word 'Nahrwal' ring a bell?
The power of democracy¡¡
Robards 😊
the GLOSSA channel
Unfortunately this movie is Rival to Rocky 1 for best picture
Operation fast and furious
Dress for success, I always say ...that's why I wear pajamas ...if you know what I mean 😉😎
"So help me, God." suggests that you can only be President if you are religious.
+pix046 stfu atheist pig
+pix046 No, the words "So Help Me God" have always been a part of the Presidential Oath of Office.
that doesn't contradict what he said
@@EricEbac22 This is incorrect, here's what the US Constitution has to say about the oath of office:
"Before he enters the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:-"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." "
(Article 2, Section 1, Clause 8)
While it may have been used earlier, the earliest inauguration with contemporaneous evidence of its use was Lincoln's second in 1865, (and that is contradicted by other evidence). For uncontested contemporaneous evidence of use you have to wait for Arthur in 1881, while we know that Hoover didn't use it in 1929, (simply saying "I do" in the question and response version of the oath).
What's more, the US Constitution also allows any oath of office to be replaced by an affirmation. This replaces "I swear," with "I affirm," and drops any religious reference like "so help me god."
@@chakatfirepaw The only president who said, "...do solemnly affirm..." was Franklin Pierce.
Where are those objective journalist has gone now? in the pockets of the governments/establishments, which they have always been there anyway, except for the occasional glitch/anomaly in the SYSTEM.
Sure did for Bush!
One of the best movies of all time
Get ready for tomorrow . . .Trump
Why he took the oath without mentioning his second name? Richard MILHOUSE Nixon...
RonHoward , middle name, rather.
Who else is here after Roger Stone's conviction?
Now we have a press that covers up for the President!
Not so much in 2017. And the Orange Creep in the White House resents the truth.
Got my 😍
This movie is a real piece of shit!
I can so see this in Biden's future.
Shut up. LO! Your dictator is going down.
Trump is a tax cheat, sexual creep, obese moron. Go to jail Traitor!
Really boring movie it makes me snoring and sleeping zzzz
Can’t wait for the Gen Z version of this but with January 6.
That, I'd very possibly get the DVD/Blu of if I could.
Hoffman looks like he's actually typing, meanwhile Redford is just "Hand-Pecking."