Sony Pictures Classic’s unveiled a new trailer and poster for the dramatic film Truth based on a true story and starring Robert Redford and Cate Blanchett. Based on the book Truth and Duty by Mary Mapes, the cast of what could be one of this year’s Oscar contenders also includes Topher Grace, Elisabeth Moss, and Dennis Quaid. Written and directed by James Vanderbilt, Truth will open in theaters on October 16, 2015.
The Plot:
In the vein of All The President’s Men and The Insider, it is the incredible true story of Mary Mapes (Blanchett), an award-winning CBS News Journalist and Dan Rather’s producer, who broke the Abu-Ghraib prison abuse story, among others.
The film chronicles the story Mapes and Rather (Redford) uncovered that a sitting US president may have been AWOL from the United States National Guard for over a year during the Vietnam War. When the story blew up in their face, the ensuing scandal ruined Dan Rather’s career, nearly changed a US Presidential election, and almost took down all of CBS News in the process.
Watch the trailer:
