News & Politics All the President’s Men: An Oral History Forty years ago this month, the premiere of All the President’s Men upended DC’s notion of celebrity. Here, the story behind the making of the movie that brought Tinseltown gloss to Washington proceduralism and transformed Beltway scribes from ink-stained tradesmen to the pinnacle of cool. Media, Film, Movies, The Washington Post | Apr 3, 2016