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White House Plumbers is also based on a book written by one of these fixers, Egil Krogh. Gordon Liddy, an attorney and former FBI agent who was assigned to the White House Special Investigations unit known as 'The White House Plumbers'. Woody Harrelson plays his colleague, retired CIA officer E.
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The real G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt
Justin starred in the 2001 movie Mulholland Drive and American Psycho before playing Joe in the series Six Feet Under. He was in the 2006 Miami Vice movie plus the hit film The Girl on The Train. Justin was also in the series Parks and Recreation and last year’s Apple TV+ drama The Mosquito Coast. White House Plumbers is based partly on public records and the book Integrity by Egil ‘Bud’ Krogh and Matthew Krogh. The show follows the two political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds E.
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The producers of Succession and Veep are turning a satirical lens onto these individuals and their co-conspirators in a new HBO miniseries, White House Plumbers. The show's title refers to the actual name of this group, a covert unit formed during the Nixon administration to plug leaks of classified information (namely, the Pentagon Papers) to the press. The plumbers would eventually be responsible for the illegal activities—breaking into and bugging the Democratic National Committee headquarters—that would blow up into Watergate and force Nixon's resignation.
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The White House Plumbers is set to plunge onto HBO in March 2023. This five-part limited series imagines the behind-the-scenes story of how Nixon’s political saboteurs, E. Gordon Liddy (Justin Theroux), accidentally toppled the presidency they were zealously trying to protect… and their families along with it.
"White House Plumbers" is better before it gets to Watergate, with the first half depicting how Liddy and Hunt were bombastic but somehow good at their jobs, which helped them lead Nixon's corrupt Committee for the Re-election of the President. (The title comes from how they were known for "fixing leaks.") The series slightly elevates its comedy here. Harrelson and Theroux ham up liberally recounted events that have some shred of truth, and flourish in a passage about investigating the therapist of Daniel Ellsberg (who famously released the Pentagon Papers). We watch Liddy and Hunt, in bafflingly fake wigs, do dumb things like pose in front of the camera used during a break-in (only made worse when Hunt doesn’t take the film out before it reaches the authorities later on). It’s Coen brothers-lite with the bittersweetness of history and a looming sense of how ill-conceived each move is. Their patriotism isn’t just inflating their hubris; it will get them in serious trouble.
Domhnall Gleeson as John Dean
Another link to another assassination, that of Portuguese prime minister Francisco de Sá Carneiro. Jeb Magruder worked for Nixon in the White House before becoming director of the Committee to Re-elect the President in 1971, during which time he was involved in the planning and orchestrating of Watergate. Thanks to his cooperation with prosecutors, he served three months in federal prison, and another four at a safe house with Dean and others (they had been getting threats from fellow inmates). He was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1981. In the show he is portrayed by Ike Barinholtz, whose acting credits include The Afterparty and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. The Game of Thrones actress plays Dorothy Hunt, first wife of E.
Actors Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux will star in the TV series. Judy Greer as Fran Liddy Judy plays Fran, Liddy’s unflappable wife who has misplaced faith in her husband’s intelligence and abilities. Judy starred in Two and a Half Men, 13 Going On 30, Ant-Man, and Jurassic World. She’s also due to appear in The First Lady, coming out this year, which tells the story of the presidents’ wives. In the UK, White House Plumbers starts on Tuesday May 30 at 9pm on Sky Atlantic.
The Cubans were members of the Watergate break-in team that all had ties to working with Hunt during his time at the CIA. Jeb Magruder was a White House communications adviser during the Nixon administration as well as a deputy director for Nixon’s re-election committee, which ultimately gave him ties to the Plumbers and the Watergate break-in. Get the Envelope newsletter for exclusive awards season coverage, behind-the-scenes stories from the Envelope podcast and columnist Glenn Whipp’s must-read analysis. Grant Wilfley Casting is seeking locals who are interested in appearing as background in the upcoming HBO limited series THE WHITE HOUSE PLUMBERS, from the producers of Veep and Succession. The actors Justin Theroux (left) and Woody Harrelson play G. Howard Hunt in the new HBO miniseries White House Plumbers.
They were, in a sense, the straight men in their own comedy. Harrelson has even more screen time than Hunt, with the show trying to understand how misguided Hunt was. “White House Plumbers” grabs a few chuckles from how Hunt is only a layer away from Liddy's nuttiness or that he’s a dorky dad with a secret job. But Harrelson's veneers and gurgly voice do a lot of the heavy lifting for an otherwise bland comedic and dramatic performance.
“You are White House employees on the payroll,” instructs Nixon official Bud Krogh (Rich Sommer). “For God’s sake, don’t get caught.” Lena Headey and Judy Greer star as the wives of the men who were ultimately connected to the “third-rate” burglary attempt. The cast also includes Domhnall Gleeson, Ike Barinholtz, Kiernan Shipka, Kathleen Turner, Toby Huss, Kim Coates, Yul Vazquez, and more. Based partly on public records and the book Integrity, The White House Plumbers will be directed by Veep showrunner David Mandel. It’ll be a bit of a reunion project, as the show was created, written, and executive-produced by Veep executive producers Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck. Mandel, Harrelson, and Theroux are also onboard to executive-produce.
Chronicling actions on the ground, this satirical drama begins in 1971 when the White House hires Hunt and Liddy, former CIA and FBI, respectively, to investigate the Pentagon Papers leak. After failing upward, the unlikely pair lands on the Committee to Re-Elect the President, plotting several unbelievable covert ops – including bugging the Democratic National Committee offices at the Watergate complex. Proving that fact is sometimes stranger than fiction, White House Plumbers sheds light on the lesser-known series of events that led to one of the greatest political scandals in American history. HBO is taking on the infamous Watergate scandal in a new limited series coming to the network this spring. But there’s always another angle, and HBO’s five-part limited series “White House Plumbers” found a juicy one. Created by the team behind “Veep,” this is the Watergate of E.
Howard Hunt who along with Liddy organized the Watergate burglary. Michael Balderston is a DC-based entertainment and assistant managing editor for What to Watch, who has previously written about the TV and movies with TV Technology, Awards Circuit and regional publications. Spending most of his time watching new movies at the theater or classics on TCM, some of Michael's favorite movies include Casablanca, Moulin Rouge! On the TV side he enjoys Only Murders in the Building, Yellowstone, The Boys, Game of Thrones and is always up for a Seinfeld rerun. Toby Huss is a longtime character actor who is having a moment right now, as in addition to White House Plumbers he stars in the Paramount Plus original series Fatal Attraction. Some other Huss roles include Dickinson, Copshop and Halt and Catch Fire.
The ultimate political scandal has been an ever-flowing fount of pop culture practically since the moment resigned president Richard Nixon flashed double peace signs and boarded his helicopter out of Washington. The dialogue is rich throughout White House Plumbers, and so are the performances and characters. Harrelson is wonderful — exploding like Ralph Kramden one minute, simmering like Macbeth the next — and the supporting cast is a very deep bench, serving up unexpected treasures every episode. And Lena Headey from Game of Thrones as Hunt's wife, Dorothy! And Gary Cole as FBI executive Mark Felt – who, though he's not identified as such here, in real life was the infamous Deep Throat of All the President's Men.
I'm totally on top of everything good coming up too. White House Plumbers is on HBO and Sky Atlantic and focuses on the real-life burglary of the Democratic National Committee HQ in the Watergate Hotel in 1972, that led to the downfall of President Nixon. Start from the beginning of the series and watch the first episode of White House Plumbers for free. Frank Sturgis was a police officer, private investigator, Marine and anti-communist recruited by Howard Hunt to assist with the Watergate break-in.
The new HBO limited series is based on the hard to believe true events that ultimately led to Richard Nixon's resignation, specifically the blundering team of spies and burglars known as the Plumbers. As Huyck says, “All the President’s Men” is “the ne plus ultra” of Watergate entertainment. But it’s more of a journalism thriller than a study of political scandal. Oliver Stone’s “Nixon” dips into Watergate, but within the larger context of the president operating behind the scenes. With each episode directed by David Mandel (also a “Veep” alum, along with Gregory and Huyck), "White House Plumbers" initially gets considerable momentum from the weirdness of its two lead performances.
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