All the President's Men (4K Ultra HD + Digital)
4.4 | 33 ratings
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Last update: 04-19-2026
Product details
- Digital Copy Expiration Date : March 31, 2028
- Aspect Ratio : Unknown
- MPAA rating : PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Product Dimensions : 1 x 1 x 1 inches; 2.89 ounces
- Item model number : 0883929842490
- Director : Alan J. Pakula
- Media Format : 4K
- Run time : 2 hours and 18 minutes
- Release date : February 17, 2026
- Actors : Dustin Hoffman, Hal Holbrook, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Robert Redford
- Subtitles: : English, French, German
- Producers : Walter Coblenz
- Language : French (Dolby Digital 1.0), German (Dolby Digital 1.0), German (Dolby Digital 1.0)
- Studio : Warner Home Video
- ASIN : B0FY3L8N8L
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank:#4 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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- Customer Reviews:4.44.4 out of 5 stars(32)
Top reviews from the United States
- Wayne KleinExcellent movie but missing key special features.An excellent film that details the expose of the illegal operations of the Nixon administration, “All The President’s Men” is even more timely with what is happening today.
The film gives us a glimpse into the story behind the Watergate towers by operatives working for the Nixon administration. They were trying to gather intel on the Democrats strategy for the forthcoming election. Woodward and Bernstein ( reluctantly at first ) work the story together to uncover the conspiracy and cover up that would bring down a President.
Hoffman and Redford are excellent (though neither one of them looks much like the reporters they are playing) as is Jason Robards as editor Ben Bradley. The taunt direction from Alan J. Paula and screenplay by William Goldman keeps the suspense flowing even though folks know the outcome of the story.
The 4K looks exceptional with a nice bit of work done by Warner. With the purchase of Warner by Paramount it’s good we got this now as I doubt that under the Ellison regime we would get the film reissued.
I can take or leave Steelbooks but this one is a nice one (and perhaps Warner will reissue this in conventional packaging at some point).
There are a few drawbacks. The commentary track by Robert Redford is missing from this edition. Given Redford’s passing, it would seem to be a draw to keep it. It’s an odd choice. Also missing is the documentary on the making of the film and tying it into the real events that was part of the blu-ray. That, again, is an odd choice. It has been reissued overseas. It just seems like a cheap move by Warner to not pay additional royalities or to not include another disc. Since it was released as a blu-ray before with the movie, it would not have taken much effort to put it here. It seems whomever is making decisions either is doing cost cutting or doesn’t know what they have. The doc is available (as I recall) on YouTube so fans may want to watch it there.
This is a very fine reissue on 4K but misses the boat at being definitive. - NashBruceAmerican Classic in 4KEssential American film in the best format possible for home viewing.
- Kerry PriceRequired Viewing.Excellent and timely film in a terrific 4k remaster. Time has not dimmed one second of the brilliance of this film. It should be required viewing.
- Kindle CustomerI think it's very goodI have always really liked this movie
- Stan GetzDamaged steelbookThe steelbook was delivered with a dent.
- Thomas TunstallTimeless “All the President’s Men” Gains Even Greater Relevance TodayDustin Hoffman as Carl Bernstein and Robert Redford as Bob Woodward star in a superb political thriller made all the more compelling because it derives from the front pages of the Washington Post in its heyday. The story largely begins with the attempted break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate hotel in 1972. Operatives associated with the Nixon administration were caught and arrested while burglarizing and planting bugs in the now famous building.
What begins as a somewhat routine D.C. metro story about a burglary – assigned to Woodward – becomes perhaps the most significant political scandal of the 20th century in the U.S. For the 21st century, it’s possible that we’re living right in the middle of the next one. Only time will tell on that score.
For a significant portion of the movie, Woodward and Bernstein are voices in the wilderness. Particularly in the beginning, few other major newspapers carried their news stories. One of the editors played by John McMartin even asks managing editor Ben Bradlee (Jason Robards) where the Washington Post suddenly get the monopoly on wisdom. As the paper’s foreign editor, McMartin even goes so far as to say that he doesn’t believe the story because it makes no sense to him, given the way George McGovern was self-destructing on its own during the 1972 campaign. In the end, however, the reporting team prevailed. Decades later, Woodward and Bernstein maintain a solid reputation in the journalistic community if only because they are right far more often than not.
As the lead actors Hoffman and Redford quibble back and forth trying to separate fact from supposition, they start to sound like an old married couple, pointing each other’s peccadillos. Hoffman as Bernstein, the more seasoned reporter, complains that Redford’s Woodward isn’t aggressive enough at extracting information from sources. By contrast, Woodward seems to relish the voice of reason against the overassertive Bernstein’s interview tactics.
Of the many staff members at the Committee to Re-elect the President that Woodward and Bernstein try to interview, almost no one is willing to speak on or off the record. The members appear either intimidated by larger forces or else simply disdainful at the lack of “loyalty” by the reporters – not for the freedom of the press or to the Constitution but rather loyalty to the famous personalities and people in power. For addition insight between past and present, one only need observe the tattoo of Richard Nixon as tribute on the back of Roger Stone, a Trump confidant issued a full pardon in 2020.
Mark Felt, played by Hal Holbrook, was deputy director of the FBI at the time of the Watergate inquiry and has since been identified as Deep Throat, the confidential source for Woodward only revealed thirty years after the fact in 2005. Felt was in a unique position to review information compiled on the Watergate incident before acting Director L. Patrick Gray was privy to it. As such, and because of his friendship with Woodward, Felt was able to help guide the young reporter in and around the machinations of the Nixon White House – events that now seem tame compared to the current administration.
Screenwriter William Goldman who adapted the screenplay from the Woodward and Bernstein book won his second academy award. His first was for Best Original Screenplay for “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” which sold for $400,000 – an astronomical sum at the time. Controversy surrounded Goldman’s adapted script, which discarded approximately half the book – not at all unusual for film adaptations of novel-length books. There’s just too much content in most 400 page books for barely over two hours of screen time. I think that’s one reason we are seeing the limited series format adapted for novels – typically consisting of seven to ten episodes in an equivalent number of hours – resonating so well with audiences on venues like Netflix, Amazon Prime, Paramount, Apple TV and others that can accommodate longer features in a household setting as opposed to what folks are able to tolerate in theaters.
Neither Robert Redford, Carl Bernstein nor Bob Woodward was happy with Goldman’s first draft. In response, Bernstein and his girlfriend at the time Nora Ephron developed their own version. As a gross understatement, Goldman was not at all happy and his thoughts are well-documented in his book “Adventures in the Screen Trade.” Nonetheless, also in Goldman’s book, Ephron later offered her apology, which he readily and frankly magnanimously accepted.
The actual events in the book “All the President’s Men” are complex and would have presented a challenge to anyone adapting it to the screen. Director Alan J. Pakula and Redford (who owned the film rights) spent significant time re-working the script to improve its clarity. Pakula’s chops boast a solid record of making intricate political thrillers including “The Parallax View,” “Presumed Innocent,” and “The Pelican Brief.” Further, the excellent supporting cast includes Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Jane Alexander, Meredith Baxter, Ned Beatty, Stephen Collins and even Best Actor Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham as Arresting Officer #1 when the break-in at Watergate was discovered. All of the pieces come together nicely by the closing credits.
There’s potentially a lot to say about the production and a lot of angles in which to approach the film adaptation of Bernstein’s and Woodward’s book. Roger Ebert, for example, focused on narrative’s lack of drama and its relationship to films like “His Girl Friday” starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, based on the 1928 play “The Front Page,” written by legendary screenwriter Ben Hecht along with Charles MacArthur, and directed by Howard Hawks. The play and film had largely influenced how American audiences viewed the press for years until finally contemporized by “All the President’s Men.” Other critics have come from other directions with some saying interestingly that the movie would spark greater interest by college students into the study of journalism, chiefly the investigative kind. At the end of the day, “All the President’s Men” is a cerebral film, like it or not.
Present-day audiences may find the film’s pacing somewhat languid, but arguably it’s a necessary feature in relating a story with so many real-life characters committing so many unforced errors. As Holbrook intones in the bowels of a dark parking garage to Woodward, “Forget the myths that the media has created about the White House. The truth is, they’re not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.” These days, such revelations seem a lot less remarkable, unfortunately. - Robert TaylorPhenomenal movie.Fantastic movie start to finish. This is what cinema is all about. Two phenomenal performances from two amazing actors. Keeps you on the edge of your seat, start to finish. If you don’t know the story, or even if you do, check out All The Presidents Men. It’s a great movie. This steelbook also looks cool, and fits the dark mysterious tone of the movie. Much deserved 4k.
- ZackAll-star castThe reviewer above has no idea what he's talking about. The cover art just hasn't been released yet. Common practice with steelbooks. There will be cover art. Slow your roll. The movie is great. All-star cast. Pick it up.