White House Plumbers with Woody Harrelson and others on HBO
Each segment appears to be around 55 minutes (so basically an hour). I enjoyed watching this but because I was a young man of likely 24 years old so I knew a whole lot about this when it happened or after because of Deep Throat who worked for the FBI and gave information to Woodward and Bernstein who were reporters then on the east Coast.
It's likely important to realize that this was written as somewhat humorous which takes it a ways from the truth in some situations. Though John Dean was a White House Lawyer eventually he turned States Evidence and is thought of in much better terms now and often advises CNN or other networks regarding White House types of issues similar to what he dealt with as White House Counsel to Richard Nixon.
So, don't expect the absolute truth here but do expect to be well entertained by the way this is done. I think Liddy really was as nuts as he was depicted then. However, I met many men as extreme as him in my life who were veterans of World war II with serious PTSD too. So, meeting someone like Gordon Liddy was not an unusual occurence in the 1950s, 1960s or 1970s. However, by 1980 people like this mostly were retired or doing something else or had committed suicide from PTSD from World war II.
Obviously, life was very different after world war II than it is now in many ways even though the War in Ukraine reminds me in some ways of World War II the way it is being fought with Tanks and all. So, unless you lived then it would be hard for people born say after 1980 to fully understand how common in life people like Howard Hunt and Gordon Liddy really were in every day life then in the U.S. everywhere.
We
can expect a somewhat light-hearted and humorous take on the
machinations and the true story behind the eventual botched burglary
attempt in 1972 by a collection of misfit low-level functionaries that
were tabbed by some of the top officials in the White House (allegedly)
to do the bidding of President Richard ...1 day ago
This
five-part limited series imagines the behind-the-scenes story of how
Nixon's political saboteurs, E. Howard Hunt (Woody Harrelson) and G.
Gordon Liddy ...
Too
over‑the‑top and campy for my taste. These characters are cartoons of
real people. Plus, there's not dramatic tension that would get me
hooked. Gaslit handled the subject matter much better. Shea Whingham
played G. Gordon Liddy as a terrifying sociopath with a hint ...
The
series stars Woody Harrelson, Justin Theroux, Domhnall Gleeson, Kiernan
Shipka, and Lena Headey and it premiered on HBO on May 1, 2023. White House Plumbers.
1 day ago — While grating as a lecture, “White House Plumbers” works better as a dual character study of E. Howard Hunt (Woody Harrelson) and G. Gordon ...
2 days ago — HBO's new five-part miniseries, White House Plumbers, revisits the infamous Watergate burglary that brought down President Richard Nixon ...
A
look at how Watergate masterminds E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy
accidentally toppled the presidency they were zealously trying to
protect. View Details ...
While
Hunt and Dorothy entertain Liddy and his wife Fran at their exclusive
country club, their kids Lisa and Saint John paint a less-than-perfect
portrait of the family.
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year before the infamous Watergate break-in, E Howard Hunt and G Gordon
Liddy are tasked with investigating the Pentagon Papers leak, gathering
a team of Cubans to infiltrate whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg's
psychiatrist's office.
2 days ago — Watergate meets "Veep" in "White House Plumbers," an at-times-surreal HBO limited series that occasionally feels a little too over the top, ...
2 days ago — Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux, stars of HBO's 'White House Plumbers,' have a lot to get off their chests—but first, a few loving words ...
"White
House Plumbers" goes behind-the-scenes of the Watergate scandal as
Nixon's political saboteurs, E. Howard Hunt and G. Gordon Liddy,
accidentally topple the presidency they were zealously trying to
protect. Chronicling actions on the ground, this satirical drama begins
in 1971 when the White H… MORE
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