Brief Summary Of The Film Nixon

The movie started out weird and I was confused with what was going on and who was who or who worked for who. The movie started out with someone trying to rob some type of office which was later found out to be the office of a democratic public official. Bob Woodward of the Washington Post tried to interview a lawyer that was attending the case but was not in the case but the lawyer did not give out any information and said that he knew nothing about what was going on and gave no type of information on the topic. He was hostile and suspicious and it seemed that he knew everything that was going on and it was suspicious that a lawyer like him was there. Some think it was the CIA trying to keep the Democratic headquarters under surveillance but …show more content…
So, someone went to go and dig some dirt on a democratic public official and it was funded and run by the Republicans trying to choose Nixon. It was sent to the president of the committee, Maurice Stans, who then sent it to Howard Hunt. Stans was angry and uncooperative when Woodward and his partner tried to ask him some questions because they started to foil his plans and said he would write a report on them and publish it. After a lot of digging they realized that this had been planned for years and once they got enough sources for their newest article they printed it, however their paper had received a lot of backlash as someone gave them some false information. One of the lawyers gave them false information, said they could publish it and put his name in there to sabotage him. Bob Woodward went to go meet with a friend and found out his life could be in danger along with his partner and editor. Then the movie ends with multiple newspapers titles being shown and Nixon being impeached. The movie was weird and you had to think a lot to realize what was going on for some parts or you had to wait for it to come to