Published May 18, 2023, 12:20 a.m. by Bethany
The White House plumbers is a new hbo documentary that chronicles the rise and fall of the Nixon administration's "plumbers" unit, a group of operatives who were tasked with stopping leaks and investigating political enemies.
The film is directed by Emmy-winning filmmaker Peter Landesman, and features interviews with some of the key players in the plumbers unit, including Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, and John Ehrlichman.
The White House plumbers is an inside look at one of the most controversial periods in American history, and is sure to be must-see viewing for anyone interested in politics or the history of the Nixon administration.
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(PHONE RINGING)
DOROTHY HUNT: Howard!
It's the White House.
Howard Hunt.
EGIL KROGH: Howard, the president asked for a real son of a bitch
to handle this Pentagon leak.
What do you need?
EGIL: I want you to meet Gordon Liddy.
Toughest guy I know.
He'll hold his hand in the flame of a candle.
I do not bend and I do not break.
What's the trick?
EGIL: There isn't one.
He gets third-degree burns every time.
Please stop.
♪ (UPBEAT ROCK MUSIC PLAYS) ♪
JOHN DEAN: You now work for the committee
to re-elect the president.
(LAUGHING)
JOHN: Your new mission is to make sure
he wins this election.
We'll intercept confidential information
of the radical left.
-ALL: We want-- -What's the plan?
We're going to hit the DNC at the Watergate.
Howard, that is the stupidest thing
I've ever heard.
HOWARD HUNT: We strike tonight.
-These are the wrong tools. -What?
He has the wrong tools.
(OVERLAPPING ARGUING IN SPANISH)
HOWARD: This time, we walk straight in the front door.
There's a double-sided dead bolt.
Puta madre!
JEB MAGRUDER: Somebody needs to clean this mess up.
You want us to break in a fourth time?
Wait, what do you mean a fourth time?
Nothing. Spy talk.
♪ ("I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD" BY TEN YEARS AFTER PLAYS) ♪
How was work?
There's a chance I'll be going to prison.
Wait, what?
I really hope you understand
the scope and scale of this thing.
-(OVERLAPPING QUESTIONS) -(CHUCKLES)
DOROTHY: You tell those spineless, two-faced politicians
loyalty is a two-way street.
Did you just use the fun family outing
to cover up some spy shit?
We're not a bunch of bulls.
Why are you shredding money?
HOWARD: We're patriots acting in the country's best interest.
-Mrs. Hunt. -Mrs. Hunt.
What about the best interest of your family?
Lisa!
♪ I'd love to change the world ♪
♪ So I'll leave it up to you ♪
(SIRENS WAIL)
They are trying to break us.
Howard! What have you done?!
The president is a good man.
Between you and me,
I worry about some of the people
with whom he surrounds himself.
Mm.
♪ I'd love to change the world ♪
Plumbers?
We fix leaks.
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