DIRECTOR: James Vanderbilt STARRING: Cate Blanchett, Robert Redford, Dennis Quaid, Topher Grace, Elisabeth Moss, Bruce Greenwood, Stacy Keach, John Benjamin Hickey, David Lyons, Dermot Mulroney USA/AUSTRALIA 2015
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With Spotlight gathering the Oscar for this year’s best movie, we have another take on modern journalism that goes deep and beyond what the so called journalism ethics. James Vanderbilt’s new movie Truth, goes deep into the ill-fated 2004 exposé on 60 Minutes about George W. Bush’s alleged draft-dodging scam that called on powers that be at the time in the military to protect him from serving in Vietnam. With two pivotal characters Mapes and Dan Rather, perfectly portrayed by Cate Blanchet and Robert Redford, Truth captures the global downfall of the media. Wisely not taking sides, Truth handles a subject that is now more alive than ever, perhaps it’s time for another 60 minutes piece, right?