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Writer/Director James Vanderbilt on Turning Recent History Into Truth

In Truth, opening Friday, writer and first time director James Vanderbilt, who wrote, among other scripts, the screenplay for Zodiac, has taken a tough, hard, look at the behind-the-scenes story of the CBS 60 Minutes II news staff that reported on President George W. Bush’s late 60’s and early 70’s National Guard duty in the ...

By  |  October 14, 2015

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New Truth Trailer Recalls the Scandal That Rocked Washington

“Why did you get into journalism?” young reporter Mike Smith (Topher Grace) asks Dan Rather (Robert Redford). “Curiosity” he replies, the trait that would serve him well on a remarkable career that would end, abruptly, in disgrace. Truth is based on the book “Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power” by ...

By  |  September 24, 2015