Dick (1999‪)‬ Forgotten Film Club

Sarah, John, and Hallie discuss the Watergate teen comedy, Dick, starring Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams, and Dan Hedaya.

Sources for this episode:

Gajewski, Ryan. ““Dick” Director on Challenges of Making a Watergate Comedy and Whether It Could Be Done Today.” The Hollywood Reporter, 17 June 2022, www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/dick-film-director-watergate-comedy-annivesary-1235167156/. Accessed 9 Apr. 2024.

Jacobs, Matthew. “9 Things You Really Never Knew about “Dick.”” HuffPost, 27 Aug. 2014, www.huffpost.com/entry/dick-andrew-fleming_n_5698264. Accessed 9 Apr. 2024.

Busis, Hillary. “Everything I Know about Watergate I Learned from Watching Dick.” Vanity Fair, 26 Apr. 2022, www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/04/dick-movie-1999-watergate-gaslit. Accessed 9 Apr. 2024.

"Bedfellows." Slow Burn. Season 2, Episode 7. Accessed 10 Apr. 2024. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/slow-burn-season-2-episode-7-transcript.html

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