The Post

Does any movie in the Oscar race stand a chance against “The Post”? The latest from Steven Spielberg unites three-time Oscar winner Meryl Streep and two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks for the first time on the big screen. That alone demands serious awards season attention.

The film tracks the efforts made by journalists at the Washington Post to declassify the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War. Spielberg has assembled one of his most star-studded casts for “The Post,” which you can see for yourself by clicking through the gallery.

Click here to watch the first official trailer.

Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham

Graham was the country’s first female newspaper publisher of The Washington Post, which she ran for more than two decades. 

Tom Hanks as Ben Bradlee

Bradlee was executive editor of The Washington Post from 1968 to 1991. Jason Robards won an Oscar for portraying him in “All the President’s Men.”

Carrie Coon as Meg Greenfield

Greenfield spent 20 years at The Washington Post as the newspaper’s editorial page editor. She worked closely with Katharine Graham and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing in 1978.

Tracey Letts as Paul Ignatius

Ignatius served as president of The Washington Post newspaper and executive vice president of The Washington Post Company.

Jessie Mueller as Judith Martin

Martin became famous for her column on etiquette authority under the name Miss Manners. Prior to this column, she covered social events at the White House.

Sarah Paulson as Antoinette “Tony” Bradlee

Antoinette was Ben Bradlee’s second wife. They had two children together, Dominic and Marina Bradlee.

Bob Odenkirk as Ben Bagdikian

Bagdikian came into possession of the Pentagon Papers and pushed the Washington Post to publish them. Prior to his work at the Post, he was an investigative journalist for The Providence Journal, where he won a Peabody Award and a Pulitzer Prize.

Bruce Greenwood as Robert McNamara

McNamara serves as Secretary of Defense under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. He is infamous for escalating America’s involvement in the Vietnam War.

Bradley Whitford as Fritz Beebe

Beebe was the Washington Post’s chief corporate officer. He later served as chairman of the board of the Washington Post Company.

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“The Post” opens in select theaters December 22.