This television docudrama series traces the career of John Dean, President Nixon's special counsel.This television docudrama series traces the career of John Dean, President Nixon's special counsel.This television docudrama series traces the career of John Dean, President Nixon's special counsel.
- Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
- 5 nominations total
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Dumb ambition
Based on John Dean's bestseller Everyone's Guilty But Me . . . I'm sorry, it's Blind Ambition, isn't it? Excuse me.
A superb cast headed by Martin Sheen at his most smarmy poutiest (was there ever such a pouty actor?). I haven't read Dean's self-serving memoir so I don't know how closely they stuck to the story.
Despite the star-studdest cast the writers managed to make one of the great stories of the twentieth century quite dull. Sheen bears not the least resemblance to the real Dean.
A disclaimer: when this was first broadcast I was a liberal Democrat willing to love anything that destroyed Republicans. Now I no longer affiliate myself with that party and operate as a free thinker I try to be more open-minded and try to make judgement on the quality of the things themselves rather than on what they try to achieve. I see no better way to make judgments. So watch this if you like, but be prepared to yawn.
A superb cast headed by Martin Sheen at his most smarmy poutiest (was there ever such a pouty actor?). I haven't read Dean's self-serving memoir so I don't know how closely they stuck to the story.
Despite the star-studdest cast the writers managed to make one of the great stories of the twentieth century quite dull. Sheen bears not the least resemblance to the real Dean.
A disclaimer: when this was first broadcast I was a liberal Democrat willing to love anything that destroyed Republicans. Now I no longer affiliate myself with that party and operate as a free thinker I try to be more open-minded and try to make judgement on the quality of the things themselves rather than on what they try to achieve. I see no better way to make judgments. So watch this if you like, but be prepared to yawn.
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- Apr 5, 2023
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