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FilmPG-132017

The Post

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Directed by Steven Spielberg

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events. From TMDB

33 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 13, 2026 · last updated Oct 13, 2026 · How this works

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The Post grossed $81.9 million in the United States and Canada, and $97.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $179.8 million, against a production budget of $50 million. During The Post's limited opening weekend, December 22 to 24, it grossed $526,011 (and a total of $762,057 over the four-day Christmas weekend) from nine theaters. The following weekend, the film grossed $561,080 for a per-theater average of $62,342, one of the highest of 2017. The film had its wide release alongside the openings of The Commuter, Paddington 2 and Proud Mary, and was projected to gross around $20 million from 2,819 theaters over the weekend. It made $5.9 million on its first day and $18.6…

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  • John Sipher @johnsipher.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 31, 2026

    Deep cuts at Amazon and the Post. Hey, at least Bezos could pay 75m for the Melania movie and cover Trump’s inauguration fees. What a brave and courageous man. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...

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  • Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 26, 2026

    That this is happening just as Bezos and Amazon are sinking something $75 million into the Melania vanity project is sickening. How many foreign correspondents and sports reporters/editors/photographers, etc., could the Post have hired if they had not sought to appease Trump with this "film"?

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  • Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.socialBluesky · May 31, 2026

    It feels like a movie that salutes when they see a person who works at the Post Office even though they never asked for that

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  • The Analyst @militaryanalyst.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 6, 2026

    Trump MAGAverse - Melania Movie the latest travesty - has continued to hit the Post. The post that once blew wide open the scandal that was Watergate, which now seems innocuous imparted to Trump. It laid off somewhere around 50% of its journalists yesterday. Including the long suffering Ukraine

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  • Mae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 26, 2025

    Make a Bond movie academic The World Is Not Enough: Oil, Empire, and Infrastructure in the Post-Soviet Caucasuses

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  • k. radke @kradke.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 26, 2025

    ‘The Post’ On Dec 14, 2017 The Washington Post hosted a discussion with director Steven Spielberg and cast members of the movie, ‚The Post’, a drama about the newspaper’s decision to publish the Pentagon Papers in June 1971.

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  • Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.socialBluesky · May 27, 2024

    He sealed the camera with sticky paper (Rowand signed and dated this, this being to demonstrate no later exposure of film), and then visited the Post Office in Fort Augustus.

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  • Brent, 25th is overdue #25447 @guero-gordo.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 10, 2025

    "The Post" was a pretty good movie about what journalism once was

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  • the homophobic boy detective @gaorush.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2026

    WHO WOULD BE THE POST CREDITS CAMEO IN THE CHRIS HANSEN MOVIE

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  • SoupBeech @soupbeech.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 3, 2026

    I paid the price for sitting up front. I got a migraine halfway through the film because I was looking back and up 😂😂😂😂 But the Post-View was a thing of wonder.

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  • Jo @7295murphy.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    Bernstein married Nora Ephron. Ephron’s book and later movie ‘Heartburn’ was based on their relationship. Meryl Streep played Ephron and, eventually, Katherine Graham in ‘The Post’. Talk about going full circle. #TCMParty

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  • TheeBoneDaddy💀 @theebonedaddy.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    The crooked motherfuckers running American media these days should be forced to watch "The Post," the 2017 movie about The Washington Post & their decision to publish the Pentagon Papers, which detailed the US government's catastrophic involvement in the Vietnam war And so should the crooked SCOTUS

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  • Scott Williams @museumguyscott.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 12, 2026

    Watched 2017's #ThePost about the #WashingtonPost & the #PentagonPapers. Fantastic movie, acting, you name it. Also, the 2017 film manages to set up (perfectly) for 1976's #AllthePresidentsMen. I watch these movies & then think about how gutless & incompetent our media has become.

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  • AV🕯️ Ctrl+Alt+Del @yappydagger.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 10, 2026

    Watching The Post (2017, Stephen Spielberg). Thinking it hits harder than it did on initial release. #Filmsky

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  • Dusk Dargent @duskdargent.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    I just watched The Post, movie about the Pentagon Papers. It was so good it hurt.

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  • Lee West @whodat35.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    Gestapo at the Post Office. Sounds like a movie title.

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  • 🍁Laura🍂 @littleedie.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    THE POST is a good movie, but there are way, way, WAY too many bad wigs in it.

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  • Clint Gunter @[email protected]Mastodon · Jan 22, 2023

    Film 5 of 2023: The Post (2017) Excellently made historical drama covering a little-known but crucial point in history. Meryl Streep is terrific. * * * * #ThePost

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  • Kerri The Ally 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇺🇸🌊🇨🇦🇺🇦 @rushgirl3.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    Every employee of the @washingtonpost.com should watch the movie "The Post". "All the President's Men" is great, too, but "The Post" is more about the decision making process, & real risks involved, with publishing The Pentagon Papers pre Watergate. It shows what courage in journalism is.

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · Jun 1, 2026

    Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #ThePost #StevenSpielberg 7 Steven Spielberg Movies That Are Just Kind of Average http://dlvr.it/TSqDDP

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · May 27, 2026

    Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #Thriller #Argo #ThePost The 20 Best Political Thriller Movies of the 21st Century, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TSl5BD

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  • MaryAnn Johanson (she/her) @[email protected]Mastodon · May 13, 2026

    #CuratedCinema: what Jeff Bezos threw away in The Washington Post. 2017's #ThePost is on Prime and AppleTV on both sides of the Atlantic. More: https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2026/05/curated-cinema-what-jeff-bezos-threw-away-in-the-washington-post.html

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · Aug 31, 2025

    Movie TV Tech Geeks #Movie #AllthePresidentsMen #ThePost #Dick The 10 Greatest Movies About the Watergate Scandal, Ranked http://dlvr.it/TMnpnq

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  • Curt Johnson - Indie Genius @indiegeniusMastodon · Aug 17, 2025

    Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieFeatures #ThePost #StevenSpielberg Bob Odenkirk Was a Scene-Stealer in This Oscar-Nominated Steven Spielberg Drama http://dlvr.it/TMXg1g

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  • QuirkyFilms @[email protected]Mastodon · Nov 1, 2024

    Nov 2 : Journalism 📰 #Bales2024FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬 #ThePost (2017) A cover-up spanning four U.S. Presidents pushes the country's first female newspaper publisher and her editor to join an unprecedented battle between press and government. #MerylStreep #TomHanks [1/3]

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  • QuirkyFilms @[email protected]Mastodon · Nov 1, 2024

    Nov 2 : Journalism 📰 #Bales2024FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬 #ThePost (2017) A cover-up spanning four U.S. Presidents pushes the country's first female newspaper publisher and her editor to join an unprecedented battle between press and government. #MerylStreep #TomHanks [2/3]

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  • QuirkyFilms @[email protected]Mastodon · Nov 1, 2024

    Nov 2 : Journalism 📰 #Bales2024FilmChallenge #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬 #ThePost (2017) A cover-up spanning four U.S. Presidents pushes the country's first female newspaper publisher and her editor to join an unprecedented battle between press and government. #MerylStreep #TomHanks [3/3]

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  • CinemaSerf @Geronimo1967TMDB reviews · May 29, 2024

    This is essentially a film about the freedom of the press - and how that terrifies even the most "democratic" of institutions. Disillusioned military analyst (Matthew Rhys) discovers the extent to which the US military had been misleading the government and population about the Vietnam War and takes some sensitive information to the Washington Post (initially, this is more about who gets the scoop - them or the New York Times) but rapidly the Post - edited by Ben Bradlee (Tom Hanks) decides it…

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  • Filipe Manuel Neto @FilipeManuelNetoTMDB reviews · May 8, 2023

    An ambitious film, very solid and with a lot of quality, but which turned out to be forgettable. I've honestly lost count of the movies about Nixon I've seen. And I understand that! In the history of the American presidential institution, few presidents have stirred up as much controversy. He was a president who not only was willing to use his whole power, but also who abused from its use. And the media was one of his biggest and most fearsome enemies. In this film, the point of originality is…

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  • Diana Barbosa :cravo:🇺🇦🇵🇸 @[email protected]Mastodon · Dec 29, 2022

    Once again, I'm late to the party but... Wow, #ThePost, what a great film! It has layers upon layers for reflection and some beautifully shot scenes. Plus, I saw it without remembering it was Spielberg's. It all made sense when the credits rolled. #MastoMovies

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  • martina.physics @martina.physicsTMDB reviews · Oct 7, 2018

    The movie is very interesting and clearly very curated in the cast and scenography. It tells an important piece of American history and is an ode to press freedom. However, I found it rather slow in development and a bit too lost in too many conversations. Lacks a bit of action/movement.

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  • Vox @[email protected]Mastodon · Feb 26, 2018

    #ThePost is up for Best Picture at the #Oscars. Our critics discuss Spielberg’s movie about the Pentagon Papers — a… https://t.co/WpRsdu6k0I

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  • Gimly @RuuzTMDB reviews · Jan 31, 2018

    Firing on all Oscar-bait cylinders, The Post is much more about the facts of the events than an insight into the people involved in them. It has some laughs in it, but it's far from a comedy. It's all "what" and no "why", but also, The Post is built on this HUGE will-they-wont-they question with massive ramifications ("Will Nixon and LBJ be exposed") and it's what the whole 108 minute runtime is building up to, but... We already know. The things that happen in The Post are real events that are…

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