The White House Plumbers- Woody Harrelson, Lena Heady, Judy Greer, Justin Thoreaux- HBO Max

[henrygandorf 29,192]

On 5/17/2023 at 7:33 AM, billfromlaketravis said:

Big Lena Headey fan. It broke my heart when they cut her hair on GOT. It’s truly staggering Septa Unella is a much bigger star than Cersei. 
 

Really weird marriage. What did Dorothy Hunt ever see in Howard? She’s smart, worldly, and it in good standing at the CIA. Howard is an oaf, bigoted, and a DC outcast. She could have stepped in at any time and saved her husband from himself, but instead she’s making sandwiches for the Cubans. 

and she's married to one of the watergate cops (actor in the show) in real life.

 

On 5/19/2023 at 10:51 AM, bullzak said:

Morons. And the best part is Nixon was never ever in danger of losing that election.

well there's a part in all the president's men when they realize the ratfucking had been going on for over a year.

 

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Bob Woodward: Segretti crisscrossed the country, at least a dozen times. And always stayed in cities where there were Democratic primaries.

Carl Bernstein: So if the break-in was just one incident in a campaign of sabotage that began a whole year before Watergate...

Bob Woodward: Then for the first time the break-in makes sense.

Carl Bernstein: This isn't so crazy. This whole thing didn't start with the bugging of the headquarters.

Bob Woodward: Segretti was doing this a year before the bugging.

Carl Bernstein: And a year before, Nixon wasn't slaughtering Muskie, he was running behind Muskie, before Muskie self-destructed.

Bob Woodward: *If* he self-destructed!

i always liked that part of the movie, because up until then, even higher-ups at the post were like, "i don't believe this story, why would he do it?" 

according to deep throat (in the movie):

also, not sure if i was the only one who noticed, but in this most recent episode, they used redford's audio track from all the president's men as woodward calling hunt.  it's lifted directly from the film.

[RPM 26,322]

Just wanted to throw in that if anyone thought Theroux is playing Liddy over the top, they're wrong. He was that batshit crazy.

[C-Man 27,230]

i always liked that part of the movie, because up until then, even higher-ups at the post were like, "i don't believe this story, why would he do it?" 
according to deep throat (in the movie):
also, not sure if i was the only one who noticed, but in this most recent episode, they used redford's audio track from all the president's men as woodward calling hunt.  it's lifted directly from the film.

ATPM is one of my all-time favorite movies. I recognized Redford’s voice immediately.

[C-Man 27,230]

i always liked that part of the movie, because up until then, even higher-ups at the post were like, "i don't believe this story, why would he do it?" 
according to deep throat (in the movie):
also, not sure if i was the only one who noticed, but in this most recent episode, they used redford's audio track from all the president's men as woodward calling hunt.  it's lifted directly from the film.

ATPM is one of my all-time favorite movies. I recognized Redford’s voice immediately.

[C-Man 27,230]

Regarding what Dorothy saw in Hunt, she said it herself as he was dropping her at the airport for her ill-fated flight. She basically intimated that he’d never been the same after Bay of Pigs.

[kevwun 15,798]

Not sure if there really was a journalist on her flight that she was talking to, but her hand bag was found to have over $10,000 in it after the crash.

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1 hour ago, kevwun said:

Not sure if there really was a journalist on her flight that she was talking to, but her hand bag was found to have over $10,000 in it after the crash.

Among the passengers killed were Illinois congressman George W. Collins, CBS News correspondent Michele Clark

[billfromlaketravis 11,517]

A Liddy prequel with Theroux could be a great show. That crazy bastard grilling up rats would be funny as hell. 
 

I guess this at the top of my list of HBO spin-offs. The Succession finale was well, pretty final. The Disgusting Bros don’t really have anywhere to go. 

[C-Man 27,230]

Just finished the finale of Plumbers. I enjoyed the series. Theroux was fantastic as per usual.

[billfromlaketravis 11,517]

Some thoughts a day later: 

- If Hunt had just rolled after the aborted dinner at Liddy’s, he’s $500k richer, a free man, and his wife is probably still alive. He ruined his family for Richard Nixon.

- Woody stuck the landing. He’s a fully sympathetic figure by the end of the series. A man crippled with guilt of poor decisions. 

[TheStoicPaisano 9,922]

McCord looks like Finebaum.

[4th&Five 41,558]

The ongoing conversations about Woody’s character being involved in the JFK assassination was ironic since his dad was rumored to be involved.