Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)

The story of Mark Felt, who under the name "Deep Throat" helped journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncover the Watergate scandal in 1972.

Director:

Peter Landesman

Writers:

Mark Felt (based on the books by), John D. O'Connor (based on the books by) (as John O'Connor)

Stars:

Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, Marton Csokas

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Liam Neeson	...	Mark Felt
Diane Lane	...	Audrey Felt
Marton Csokas	...	L. Patrick Gray
Tony Goldwyn	...	Ed Miller
Ike Barinholtz	...	Angelo Lano
Josh Lucas	...	Charlie Bates
Wendi McLendon-Covey	...	Carol Tschudy
Kate Walsh	...	Pat Miller
Brian d'Arcy James	...	Robert Kunkel
Maika Monroe	...	Joan Felt
Michael C. Hall	...	John Dean
Tom Sizemore	...	Bill Sullivan
Julian Morris	...	Bob Woodward
Bruce Greenwood	...	Sandy Smith
Noah Wyle	...	Stan Pottinger

Storyline

1972. Following the death of fifty year FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover who the last three Presidents had considered firing, FBI outsider L. Patrick Gray is appointed Acting Director. Associate Director Mark Felt, a dedicated, loyal and meticulous employee of the Bureau for thirty years, and his wife Audrey, feel he being passed over for the job is a major snub, they who have sacrificed their own personal lives for the Bureau. Part of that sacrifice is not being able to devote time in locating the Felts' daughter, Joan Felt, who they have not heard from in a year, they only assuming that she going off their radar being on her own volition in her anti-establishment ideals. Felt not getting the job is arguably due to he being such an integral figure in the controversial Hoover tenure. One of the first cases for the Bureau in Gray's tenure is a break-in at and bugging of the Democratic National Committee offices, the case unofficially called Watergate for the complex in which the break-in ...

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Plot Keywords:

washington post | whistleblower | father daughter relationship | mother daughter relationship | hippie | 

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | History | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some language

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is Eddie Marsan and Liam Neeson's first collaboration since Gangs of New York (2002).

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Goofs

There is a reference to Richard Nixon being named TIME Magazine's "Person of the Year" for 1972. TIME Magazine did not use the title "Person of the Year" until 1999. Nixon would have been named "Man of the Year" in 1972.

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Quotes

Mark Felt: The White House is packing all its crimes in separate little boxes. Watergate, the spying, the ugliness, the rot. Each thing in a different box so that no one can put it together, so that no one sees it's all connected. And no one will care, but it's all the same big thing.
Sandy Smith: And Watergate? Just the gateway.

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Connections

Referenced in Fyre (2019)

User Reviews

Precise Editing and Plot.

From the very beginning, in order to understand everything, you do have to pay close attention to each scene and dialogue. While the cutting in most areas of the movie is very precise and fine for the tone, there were a couple bits that seemed an odd transition. I found the story shown quite intriguing, though I have not looked in detail in the real-life story. The conclusion felt a bit anti-climatic, but it is an okay ending.

I would consider this movie watchable if you enjoy a tense and a semi-complicated plot structure for a movie. I would even say it can be re-watched occasionally, though there is little humour displayed.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site Official Site [Japan]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 September 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Silent Man

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$34,217, 1 October 2017

Gross USA:

$768,946

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$4,372,130

Company Credits

Production Co:

Butler Pictures, Endurance Media, MadRiver Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1