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The film stars Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Meredith Baxter, Ned Beatty, Stephen Collins and Penny FullerPenny Fuller (born July 21, 1940) is an American actress. Born in Durham, North Carolina, Fuller attended Northwestern University in Illinois. She then went to New York to make a name for herself on Broadway. Debuting in The Moon Besieged ( 1962), she the.
The movie was adapted by William GoldmanWilliam Goldman (born August 12, 1931) is an American novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. He grew up in Highland Park, Illinois and obtained a BA degree at Oberlin College in 1952 and an MA degree at Columbia University in 1956. He had published five from the book of the same name by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. It was directed by Alan J. PakulaAlan Jay Pakula ( 7 April, 1928 19 November, 1998) was an American film producer, writer and director noted for his contributions to the conspiracy thriller genre. Pakula was born in New York and educated at Yale, where he majored in drama. He started his.
It won Academy Awards for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleThe Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. The winners a (Jason Robards) and Best Art Direction-Set DecorationThe Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. The Academy Award for Best Art Direction recognizes achievement in art direction on a film. The films below are listed with their production year, so the Oscar 2000 for, Best SoundThis is a list of films that have received an Oscar for best sound. 1930s 1930 The Big House Douglas Shearer, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio 1931 Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department 1932 Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department 1933 A Farewell to Arms Fr and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. It was nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jane Alexander), Best Director, Best Film Editing and Best Picture.
Much of the film uses dioptric lens es, which allow a "split screen" effect on a single take: each half of a shot can have its own focal length (that is, a man in the foreground can be in focus, yet on the other side of the frame, a man in the background can also be in focus--with objects between the two of them out of focus). Use of a dioptric lens requires a sharp dividing line to hide the effect; All the President's Men typically used pillars and desks for dividing lines.
The film also is an early film to make extensive use of different color temperatures in the same shot: for instance, at the beginning during the breakin, the light from inside is noticably orange, whereas the light from outside is noticably blue.