The Post, a new film about the Pentagon Papers leak, brings together Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep. Spielberg will participate in the production as director and producer, and the male and female protagonists of the film are Hanks and Aunt May respectively. The film, which attracts the first collaboration between the Hollywood Big Three, will recreate the famous Pentagon Papers leak on screen. In 1971, a Department of Defense official exposed confidential documents about the U.S. government's involvement in the Vietnam War through the New York Times, the Washington Post and other media. Before the documents were made public, the U.S. Department of Defense tried to obstruct the disclosure of the documents and failed. The "Pentagon Papers" incident marked the beginning of the disrepute of the federal government led by Nixon, and the subsequent Watergate Incident directly led to the fall of the Nixon administration. The protagonists of "The Post" are Ben Bradley, editor of the Washington Post, who played a key role in the "Pentagon Papers" incident, and Kay Graham, publisher. Hanks will play Bradley, a character who starred in the classic Watergate film "Total...
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