The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee

The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee

90 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Dec. 4, 2017

An intimate portrait of Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, tracing his remarkable ascent from a young Boston boy stricken with polio to the one of the most pioneering and consequential journalistic figures of the 20th century.

The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee

90 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Dec. 4, 2017

The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
An intimate portrait of Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, tracing his remarkable ascent from a young Boston boy stricken with polio to the one of the most pioneering and consequential journalistic figures of the 20th century.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers HBO Documentary Films, Kunhardt Films
Original title The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Directors John Maggio
Writers

Cast

Benjamin C. Bradlee

as Self (archive footage)

Carl Bernstein

as Self

Tom Brokaw

as Self

Jim Lehrer

as Self

Sally Quinn

as Self

Bob Woodward

as Self

John F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

Jacqueline Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

Martin Luther King Jr.

as Self (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

as Self (archive footage)

Norman Lear

as Self

Walter Cronkite

as Self (archive footage)

John Dean

as Self (archive footage)

Robert Redford

as Self

Dustin Hoffman

as Self (archive footage)

Jason Robards

as Self (archive footage)

John Kerry

as Self (archive footage)