The Post
2017
8.3
The Post

'The Post' trivia and fun facts

Original documents

In scenes involving the Pentagon Papers, Daniel Ellsberg's original documents were used as props, including the pages that were scattered over the floor of Benjamin C. Bradlee (Tom Hanks') home.

28

'The Post' marks the 28th collaboration between composer John Williams and Steven Spielberg.

His first political thriller

Steven Spielberg considers this to be his first political thriller. He classifies his earlier 'Bridge of Spies'  as an espionage thriller.

Meryl Streep and Philip Casnoff 

Meryl Streep and Philip Casnoff dated in the 1970s when she was at Yale University and he was at Wesleyan University.

Blake Emory

Artist Blake Emory appears as a protester.

National Board of Review

The film was chosen by the National Board of Review as the best film of 2017, and was named as one of the top 10 films of the year by Time and the American Film Institute.

A necessary approval

Steven Spielberg screened his film for Katharine Graham's children, Lally Weymouth and Donald Graham, and Bradlee's widow Sally Quinn who, to his great relief, all approved.

Ben Bradlee

Ben Bradlee drives a Fiat 128 twice during the movie.

Ready Player One

'The Post' was filmed after director Steven Spielberg's 'Ready Player One', but released before.

The Pentagon Papers

The Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1972 was awarded only to The New York Times for its publication of the Pentagon Papers.

A collector of vintage typewriters

Tom Hanks is an fan and collector of vintage typewriters, and he actually tried out every one of the typewriters in the Post's newsroom during the shoot.

The real Nixon

In all of the scenes depicting President Nixon on the phone in the Oval Office, Nixon's actual voice is heard from White House tapes.

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