Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)

Liam Neeson stars in the title role about America's most famous whistle blower in "Mark Felt:The Man Who Brought Down the White House". He co-stars with Diane Lane, Josh Lucas, and Tony Goldwyn in this film that tells the story about Felt from his participation in the Watergate Scandal that led to the resignation of Richard Nixon as President of the United States. He was famously identified as "Deep Throat" by the Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward.

The film overall was a good one. Neeson provided a great performance as Felt. Other members of the cast particularly Lane deserves credit as well. Too bad that the film basically becomes just a companion piece to other films about the Watergate scandal such as more superior 1976 film,"All The President's Men". Added to that,the viewer must also have good knowledge about Watergate to deeply appreciate this film. Most of the screenplay involves talking and conversation about the scandal. Without a lot of knowledge, this film would be confusing to the viewer. Just as the famous line stated by Felt on this film,"Confusion is control" in the sense that one would not know what is truly going on in the film and the impact of Felt's whistle blowing. Without a lot of knowledge about the Watergate, the viewer will be disappointed with it. In that regard,I feel that America's most famous whistle blower deserves a better film wherein the events of the Watergate scandal has been fully explained particularly for viewers who have limited knowledge about it.

But overall,I still consider this a good but not a great film especially for viewers who have knowledge about Watergate.

Fmovies: I liked it as the film adds to the discourse of the Nixon years, the most turbulent times in modern American history. So if you like American politics and history, you'll appreciate the film, which has good acting from the main lead character Irishman Liam Neeson as well as the supportive actors and the always gorgeous Diane Lane as the tormented wife of Mark Felt did really good to me.

Yes, it is true that there is a number of Americans, especially republicans who will forever hate the real Mark Felt, seeing him as the hugest rat and the most remarkable snitch who has ever walked on Earth, and ultimately as a who brought down the over-controlling presidency of Richard Nixon.

Other will love Mark Felt as a brave man who had no choice but to become an anonymous informant to the Washington Post in order to make the American people know the truth about their president.

Some others have even compared his actions to what in modern times have done Edgar Snowden, though snowden did not look for anonymity, Felt yes.

Even though times and technology and the political climate was different, i could see some similarity, especially that you have to be too committed to your cause to do things like that... or totally crazy. I think Felt and snowden were both deeply committed to what they thought was right,and nobody can argue with that. Because in life, we all do what we thing we have to do, right?

They followed their principles, weather they were right.. or wrong.

That is up to anyone to make up their own mind.

To me the film was a good film on modern American political history, and it touches journalism, ethics, the use of power and the insights of power in Washington, and what we see nowadays with trump just make us wonder if some mark felt would ever appear.

However, at certain times a bit boring (just a bit) but that was due to the non-stop dialogue.

I don't say that I will watch it again. Once is good and is enough, but I liked it. It was a good effort from the director Peter Landesman who also wrote it.. not surprisingly as landesman has been himself a journalist.

If you have some free time, like American politics, have nothing else to do and are luck to have some couple extra bucks to spend, this movie is for you.

Peter Landesman wrote (with the book by Mark Felt) and directed this film that takes a solid look at the manner in which our government has been revealed as corrupt under certain (if not all) presidents. It is interesting that THE POST, covering the same bit of history, is released at present and that he story has been well told before (ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN). But where MARK FELT gains credence is in the comparison to our present day governmental scourge from the President through Congress and through all the aspects of the derring-do of Twitter-controlled fake news politics that plays like an endless bad comedy television show daily

As has been outlined elsewhere, 'The Watergate scandal, which engulfed the entire American public at large, and the administration of president Richard Nixon, was the single greatest political scandal in U.S. history. But for a long time, one of the great mysteries of that scandal was that of the identity a mysterious informant who gave information about the scandal to writers Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of the Washington Post, but was never identified by his real name, only by a code name called Deep Throat. This character was later revealed to be Mark Felt, a former top man inside the FBI dating back to the days when J. Edgar Hoover ruled the roost, and beyond Hoover's death in May 1972. The cast, led by an extraordinary performance by Liam Neeson, is pitch perfect - Diane Lane as Mark's wife, Marton Csokas, Tony Goldwyn, Josh Lucas, Michael C. Hall, Tome Sizemore, Bruce Greenwood, Noah Wylie, Ike Barinholtz, Brian d'Arcy James, Julian Morris, Eddie Marsan, Wayne Pere - each actor captures the essence of the characters they portray and make the movie speed by with finesse.

Despite the ugly story of our history and the proximity to the present situation, this film is one that deserves a broad audience. History repeats itself.

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House fmovies. The Watergate scandal, which engulfed the entire American public at large, and the administration of president Richard Nixon, was the single greatest political scandal in U.S. history. But for a long time, one of the great mysteries of that scandal was that of the identity a mysterious informant who gave information about the scandal to writers Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward of the Washington Post, but was never identified by his real name, only by a code name called Deep Throat. This character, portrayed by Hal Holbrook in the 1976 classic ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, was later revealed to be Mark Felt, a former top man inside the FBI dating back to the days when J. Edgar Hoover ruled the roost, and beyond Hoover's death in May 1972. Felt's own story has now been told in the gripping political drama MARK FELT: THE MAN WHO BROUGHT DOWN THE WHITE HOUSE.

Liam Neeson portrays the long-time FBI executive who stands as a paragon of truth and integrity even as the FBI, by 1972, is still under the control of J. Edgar Hoover, as it had been since its founding in 1924. When Hoover dies, Neeson is thought to be the front-runner for the FBI director's post. Instead, however, that goes to Pat Gray (Martin Csokas), a law enforcement neophyte and, for lack of a better term, a glorified lackey to Nixon. Then comes June 17, 1972, the morning that five guys are caught with their hands in the cookie jar at the Democratic National Committee's headquarters inside the Watergate hotel. Neeson, still a senior adviser, is intent on having the FBI proceed with the investigation wherever it leads, and how far up in the government it goes; but Csokas only gives him 48 hours to finish the whole thing, then the bureau can wipe its hands off this so-called "third-rate burglary". Neeson, however, is undaunted; and very soon, under cover of anonymity, he gives things he knows from inside the bureau to Time Magazine writer Sandy Smith (Bruce Greenwood), and to Woodward (Julian Morris), who reveals to Neeson that he has been given the secret informant moniker of Deep Throat (the name being derived from the title of the notorious 1972 X-rated film).

Torn between the pressure of being loyal to the FBI and wanting the truth to get out about Watergate, and the various mini-scandals surrounding it (including bugging and wiretapping of the enemies of Nixon being conducted by Nixon's little Plumbers task force), Neeson also must mend fences with his daughter (Maika Monroe), who had become part of the radical Weather Underground, the domestic ISIS/Al Qaeda of its time. When Neeson retires after thirty-one years of service, his revelations about Watergate have already started the ball rolling on the implosion of the Nixon administration. This is not to make Felt out to be a saint, however; he was convicted for his part in illegal activities against 60s radicals, and spent a year in prison, before being pardoned by Reagan in 1981, and then, shortly after his passing in 2005, having him be revealed as Deep Throat.

Writer/director Peter Landesman, who also wrote and directed the 2015 sports drama CONCUSSION (about the NFL's attempt to cover up head injuries among their players for decades), brings a great deal out of this story, which may be two or three generations removed for 21st century audiences but which also seems as relevant as it was during the turbulent early and mid-1970s. Like ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN, MARK FELT's existence is not predicated on how and/or where the story ends, but how one gets to tha

Mark Felt (Liam Neeson) is the Associate Director of the FBI as the right-hand man of the legendary Hoover. He's considered the G-Men's G-Man. After Hoover's death, L. Patrick Gray is appointed the acting director over Felt despite his loyal 30 years career. His wife Audrey (Diane Lane) suggests resigning. They are still struggling with their estranged daughter Joan who had run away a year earlier. It's 1972 and there's a break-in at the Watergate. Felt is ordered to limit his investigation and he would become the infamous whistle blower Deep Throat.

This could work as a companion piece to All The President's Men. Oddly enough, both extreme sides of the political spectrum would consider Felt a villain. One would consider him a traitor. The other would consider him a jackbooted militaristic police. Neither would find this movie fair and balanced. On the other hand, some today would find this very fitting. Neeson is a perfect sincere self-righteous FBI agent. This is one version of the man and allows a bit of insight. That is more than enough.

Every history buff knows "Watergate" and the scandal that shook Washington and took down president "Nixon" and the term "Deep Throat" rings a bell with this issue. Well finally a film puts this person in showcase spotlight that being Mark Felt(good performance from Liam Neeson) the man who brought down the white house literally. The film is informative with the behind the scenes look at the interviews and investigations after the "Watergate" break ins and it's looked at first with doubt, cover up, skepticism, and not wanting to believe from not just the administration, but many agents who are close to Nixon want a cover up. However Mark Felt is the one agent who wants answers and the truth as he feels the need for honor and integrity. So this film is a well done investigative journey of the behind the scenes workings of the political game and it's under the table moves and ways of doing business, while it seeks truth and justice while bringing down those involved. Really if your a history buff this is a near perfect film to watch as it's informative.