<em>Mark Felt</em> Tells a Familiar Tale of the Watergate Scandal
Liam Neeson stars as the FBI official who was later revealed as “Deep Throat” in Peter Landesman’s methodical drama.
by David Sims
Sep 26, 2017
3 minutes
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House is a film about the Watergate scandal. You’ve heard about this affair before—it was a fairly major political to-do in the ’70s, a wide-reaching conspiracy of dirty tricks and abuse of power that eventually brought about the resignation of President Richard Nixon. But the scandal is news to the real-life characters that make up the ensemble of , a muted thriller that takes place within the FBI and follows the exploits of the man who would later be revealed as ’s crucial secret source, “Deep Throat.”
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