The Post (tt6294822), a drama film, revolves around the legal process that took place in 1971 regarding the Pentagon Papers. Washington Post employees, editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks) and publisher Katharine Graham (Streep), decide to publish the Pentagon Papers, which were written and leaked by military analyst Daniel Ellsberg. The documents reveal that the Johnson administration lied to the public and Congress about the role of American soldiers in the Vietnam War, and that the Nixon administration secretly escalated the war. This creates a major scandal. The Nixon administration tries to stop The Post from publishing the papers, and the Deputy Secretary of Defense, William Rehnquist, takes the case to the Supreme Court. A significant legal battle ensues between the newspaper and the government, in order to protect the freedom of the press and publish the documents. The Post, directed by Steven Spielberg, who has brought some of cinema's most important classics to the audience such as Lincoln, Schindler's List, Artificial Intelligence, The Terminal, and Saving Private Ryan. The film stars two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks, who has previously worked with Spielberg in The Terminal and Bridge of Spies, and the renowned actress Meryl Streep, who has won three Oscars and has been nominated for a total of 20 times.