I think it was hermann goering who said that the victors write history but in america that's not the case. It's the media who write history. It's producers like the ones who put out this product that write history. There's this renewal of interest in watergate in 2022 which is most likely because of recent events but most people who watch this were never alive or old enough to remember watergate. Can you really take all those years and wind it up into 90 mins? It certainly hits all of the media highlights and the way that the media tells the watergate story but it's out of context and not necessarily factually correct. E.g. There's no mention of agnew at all in the film. They claim nixon was a popular president but they don't mention school integration or inflation at the time and nixon's price controls. There's no mention that the war had dragged on and actually escalated illegally in cambodia which resulted unnecessarily, in thousands of american casualties, which got underplayed because the media was so focused on nixon's involvement in watergate. Where we might have been able to limit presidential authority, we ended up expanding it, which led to two wars with iraq and the longest war of all time in afghanistan, and that's just a few of our military actions. Also, the film makes it appear as if mcgovern was unwinnable and was actually put into the nomination by nixon, but they don't mention eagleton's nomination at the convention at all. For those who don't remember this, within a day or two of his nomination, the media were reporting that mcgovern's nomination for vice president, the 2nd person in line for launching nuclear missiles, had been treated and confined to a hospital for mental illness. It has to be the biggest gaffe in political history. Mcgovern's leadership credibility was non-existent so what did he do? Did mcgovern nominate any of the top democratic leaders of the time as his running mate, no. He picks this relative nobody with ties to the kennedy family, at which point mcgovern himself drove himself completely out of the race. Nixon could have robbed a liquor store then and still got elected. The media often says that mcgovern leaned too much to the anti-war and youth movement; too close to the hippies as connie chung has been quoted (the wife of schlock tv king, maury povich, btw), but mcgovern was a certified war hero from wwii where he flew b29 raids on italy. And when nixon left office and he was pardoned, the film claims that was end of the story which it wasn't. The frost/nixon interviews were probably watched by more people than the watergate hearings for any given airing. There's no self-examination either from the media which includes this film. They've become a fourth estate. An entity in itself that controls public opinion and that's more evident today than ever. Watergate was a lead into contra and then monica and whitewater and plame and now jan 6, and it's clear that what will come out as history will be whatever the media says it is. Unfortunately this is the sanitized version without any probity that will become the cliff notes for watergate until someone else comes along and condenses it further. But then, until it gets down the length of twitter message, nobody will probably watch anyway.
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This rare but intriguing western deals with Will Bill Hickok ( Charles Bronson)who suffers several nightmares about an enormous white buffalo. Will Hickok join forces with Indian chief, Crazy Horse, previous to Little Big Horn battle, (here also named Worm and well played by Will Sampson) and a rifleman named Zane (Jack Warden) to track down a breathtaking white buffalo in the Black Hills . Hickok holds a dodgy obsession with the mythical animal until a spectacular final duel.This strange picture packs nois action , thrills , chills, tension , violence and semi-surreal outdoors. The highlights of the movie are the impressive mountain of bones and the buffalo attacks with the victims running afoul that deliver excitement enough. Packs something of 'Moby Dick' theme with the obstinate fight of a man to chase his prey . Other reviewers say that the white buffalo represents the fear to mortality . Features good performances from starring trio , Bronson, Sampson and Warden. Ample plethora of veteran secondaries , such as Slim Pickens as a stagecoach conductor , Stuart Whitman as a passenger , Clint Walker as a gunfighter, Douglas Fowley as a train conductor and also narrator , besides John Carradine . Other supporting cast in minor roles are the following ones : Ed Lauter, Martin Kove and of course Kim Novak in a special appearance. Although much is filmed in studio, the freezing frontiers , filthy towns and snowy locations are shot in Bronson Canyon Los Angeles, Chana New Mexico and Canon City, Colorado. Appropriate and atmospheric musical score by the classic composer John Barry.The picture is produced in average budget by Dino De Laurentis who made a trilogy with giant beasts (King Kong, Orca, White buffalo) and creature design by Carlo Rambaldi (E. T.). The film was professionally directed by J. Lee Thomson who directed good Western ( McKenna gold) and all kinds of genres such as Sci-Fi (Conquest and Battle of planet of apes), terror (reincarnation of Peter Proud, Eye of the devil), adventures (King of the sun, Taras Bulba) and Warlike ( Guns of Navarone, Von Braun). J. Lee Thomson working from the 50s in England, finished his career making Chuck Norris (Firewalker) and Charles Bronson vehicles (Evil that men do, Messenger of death, Death Wish 4 : Crackdown, Caboblanco, St Ives). Watchable results for this outlandish Western.
Although the story had a number of ideas that didn't ring true for me, I still found it largely entertaining and interesting. Of course, having Wild Bill Hickok cross paths with Crazy Horse was one of the more creative elements in the picture, and that they didn't recognize each other was probably something of a stretch. In fact, having very few people recognize Hickok on his return from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show was probably darn near impossible. I'm going by Hickok's reputation and the fact that his image would have been one of the more prominent ones featured in newspapers and dime novels of the day. But as far as fiction goes, this one gets points for the idea of a mythical white buffalo that haunts Hickok's nightmares and has caused Crazy Horse disgrace following the death of his daughter. Both have their reasons for revenge on the 'buff', and the events leading to their team up is handled skillfully.You know, if I hadn't seen Clint Walker's name in the opening credits and been looking for him, I probably would have entirely overlooked his presence as Whistling Jack Kileen. He's one guy who never seemed to age following that successful run as Cheyenne Bodie in the 1950's. He's a bad guy here though, virtually unrecognizable under a beard and a brogue, but I don't think he ever did whistle.If you listen closely, you might be shocked to hear Charlie Zane's (Jack Warden) comment the first time he and Wild Bill get a look at Crazy Horse before they know who he is. Under attack by a band of Crow Indians, Charlie says - "Look at that red nig-er take on". The only other time I've heard that reference in a movie before was in 1960's "The Unforgiven" in a similar context. Interesting but disconcerting to hear a racist remark like that regarding Native Americans.For Western movie fans, the picture offers quite a notable cast heading off into their own personal career sunset, folks like Slim Pickens as a stage driver and John Carradine as a busy undertaker. Both have rather brief roles, along with Kim Novak as a former Hickok flame, Poker Jenny. Speaking for myself, it's always a treat to catch Will Sampson in any kind of role; my favorite has to be his portrayal of Chief Bromden in "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest".Fans of Charles Bronson should be pleased with his effort here, about mid-way between his "Death Wish" appearances. Somewhat less charismatic is the white buffalo itself, a rather modest special effects effort even by 1970's standards. At times it looks more comical than fearsome, and I had to ask myself why they couldn't come up with something a bit more realistic looking, especially considering it had the power to wipe out Indian villages and knock down mountains.
This rare but intriguing western deals about Will Bill Hickok ( Charles Bronson)who suffers several nightmares about an enormous white buffalo. Will Hickok join forces with Indian chief, Crazy Horse, previous to Little Big Horn battle, ( here also named Worm and well played by Will Sampson)and a rifleman named Zane (Jack Warden) to track down a breathtaking white buffalo in the Black Hills. Hickok holds a dodgy obsession with the mythical animal until a spectacular final duel.This strange picture packs action Western, thrills, chills, tension, violence and semi-surreal outdoors. The highlights of the movie are the impressive mountain of bones and the buffalo attacks with the victims running afoul that deliver the excitement. Packs something of 'Moby Dick' issue with the obstinate fight of a man to chase his prey. Other reviewers say that the white buffalo represents the fear to mortality. Features good performances from trio protagonist, Bronson, Sampson and Warden. Ample plethora of veteran secondaries as Slim Pickens as stagecoach conductor, Stuart Whitman as passenger , Clint Walker as gunfighter, Douglas Fowley as train conductor and also narrator , besides John Carradine . Other supporting cast in minor roles are Ed Lauter, Martin Kove and of course Kim Novak in a special appearance. Although much is filmed in studio, the freezing frontiers, filthy towns and snowy locations are shot in Bronson Canyon Los Angeles, Chana New Mexico and Canon City, Colorado. Appropriate and atmospheric musical score by the classic John Barry.The picture is produced in average budget by Dino De Laurentis who made a trilogy with giant beasts (King Kong, Orca, White buffalo) and creatures design by Carlo Rambaldi (E.T.). The film is professionally directed by J. Lee Thomson who directed good Western ( McKenna gold) and all king genres as Sci-Fi (Conquest and Battle of planet of apes), terror (reincarnation of Peter Proud, Eye of the devil), adventures (King of the sun, Taras Bulba) and Warlike ( Guns of Navarone, Von Braun). J. Lee Thomson working from the 50s in England, finished his career making Chuck Norris (Firewalker) and Charles Bronson vehicles (Evil that men do, Messenger of death, Death Wish 4 : Crackdown, Caboblanco, St Ives). Watchable results for this outlandish Western.
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