The Post

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American film film historical film political drama film

The Post is a 2017 historical political drama film directed by Steven Spielberg that chronicles The Washington Post’s decision to publish the Pentagon Papers, starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American film → film → historical film → political drama film →
basedOn	Pentagon Papers controversy →
castMember	Alison Brie → Bob Odenkirk → Bradley Whitford → Bruce Greenwood → Carrie Coon → David Cross → Jesse Plemons → Matthew Rhys → Meryl Streep → Michael Stuhlbarg → Sarah Paulson → Tom Hanks → Tracy Letts → Zach Woods →
cinematographer	Janusz Kamiński →
composer	John Williams →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Steven Spielberg →
distributor	20th Century Fox → Universal Pictures →
editor	Michael Kahn → Sarah Broshar →
genre	historical drama → political drama →
language	English →
mainSubject	Pentagon Papers → The Washington Post →
portrays	Ben Bradlee → Katharine Graham →
producer	Amy Pascal → Kristie Macosko Krieger → Steven Spielberg →
productionCompany	Amblin Entertainment → DreamWorks Pictures → Participant Media → Pascal Pictures →
publicationDate	2017 →
runningTime	approximately 116 minutes →
screenwriter	Josh Singer → Liz Hannah →
settingPlace	Washington, D.C. →
settingTime	early 1970s →
starredActor	Meryl Streep → Tom Hanks →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bradley Whitford → Meryl Streep → Steven Spielberg → Tom Hanks →	notableWork