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The Post

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Directed by Steven Spielberg
Produced by Steven Spielberg, Kristie Macosko Krieger, and Amy Pascal
Written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer
With: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Bradley Whitford, Bruce Greenwood, Matthew Rhys, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, Jesse Plemons, David Cross, Zach Woods, Pat Healy, and Michael Stuhlbarg
Cinematography: Janusz Kamiński
Editing: Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar
Music: John Williams
Runtime: 116 min
Release Date: 22 December 2017
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
First rate cast helps disguise the expository and sanctimonious dialogue often on display in otherwise engaging docudrama about publishing the Pentagon Papers. Unlike All the President’s Men, Spotlight and Zodiac, its message overpowers the story it tells.