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The film itself is quite possibly the most exciting depiction of journalism that has been or ever will be made. Redford himself actually urged Woodward and Bernstein to pen their story in book form for the express reason that he wanted to make a movie out of it, seeing the inherent nail biting possibilities of a plot centered around shadows and surveillance, the report of typewriter keys quickening the pace. Now, of course, there are glaring omissions and factual discontinuity when compared with the true story of the Watergate scandal (key players completely cut from the story and dramatic elements added for tension), but these concessions were made willingly to keep the film moving at a frantic pace. Nominated for the Oscar (but KOed by Rocky), All the President's Men is an absolute, 100% must see, if for nothing else than the glorious mugs of mid-70s Hoffman and Redford. Journalists are hawt.

Three Days of the Condor.
Wednesday, July 23rd @ 9:45PM
Friday, July 25th @ 7PM

If you can't get enough of Redford's rusty locks, never fear! Double features are what the Paramount does best and the second offering in this duo is the late, great Sydney Pollack's spy classic Three Days of the Condor.

Just imagine—it is your turn to go pick up lunch for the office and when you return, take-out in hand, every one of your co-workers is laying in a pool of their own blood, mowed down unceremoniously by an unknown assassin. Well, actually you can't imagine it accurately because you probably don't work for the Central Intelligence Agency, but nonetheless, it would be at least a little disconcerting. In one moment Joseph Turner (aka Condor, aka Redford) a "reader" for the CIA (which means that the man has knowledge out the yin-yang about every subject under the sun) becomes a hunted man looking for any port in this life-altering storm. He doesn't want to solve any mysteries, he just wants to live, which makes this cat-and-mouse flick all the more interesting as it barrels on, leaving the audience wondering if the Condor will meet the same fate as his office mates.