The Most Historically Accurate Hollywood Films

All the President's Men

This film recounts the details of the Watergate Scandal. Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman play journalists Bob Woodard and Carl Bernstein, the ones who discovered the break-in at the Democratic National Committee and shed light on the political aftermath of the events. The Washington Post writers were the first to cover the scandal for the public.

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The More You Know

  • During the filming of Star Trek (2009), Zachary Quinto could not manage to properly do the Vulcan salute. Eventually, J.J. Abrams had to glue his fingers together in order for Quinto to do it correctly.
  • In 2002, Steven Spielberg finally finished college after a 33-year hiatus. He turned in Schindler’s List for his student film requirement.
  • During the filming of the movie Titanic, an angry crew member put PCP in James Cameron’s soup, sending him and 50 others to the hospital.
  • In classic Hitchcock movie North by Northwest, Cary Grant was actually older than his on-screen mother, Jessie Royce Landis.
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