The film will see Spielberg directing Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in a story about The Washington Post «s showdown with the United States government over the «Pentagon Papers,» a classified military document that was leaked to the press by military analyst Daniel Ellsberg. (slashfilm.com)
Spielberg opens with a black screen (mirroring the iconic white - page opening of All the President's Men), which gives way to a bloody Vietnam firefight in 1966, witnessed first - hand by military analyst Daniel Ellsberg (Matthew Rhys). (theguardian.com)
(Airs 5/03/18 @ 1 p.m.) An encore airing of WAMC's Alan Chartock In Conversation with Daniel Ellsberg, Activist, Lecturer, Author, and Former U.S. Military Analyst who is best known for releasing the Pentagon Papers in 1971. (wamc.org)