Dick is a 1999 US comedy movie directed by Andrew Fleming from a script by himself and Sheryl Longin. It is a parody retelling the events of the Watergate scandal (which ended the presidency of Richard "Tricky Dick" Nixon), featuring several cast members from Saturday Night Live. 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Comedy is the use of humour in the performing arts. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... Andrew Fleming was the director of the movie The Craft and currently is president of the Directors Guild of America. ... In contemporary usage, parody is a form of satire that imitates another work of art in order to ridicule it. ... The Watergate building. ... President of the United States - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Order: 37th President Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969–1973), Gerald Ford (1973–1974) Term of office: January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 Preceded by: Lyndon B. Johnson Succeeded by: Gerald Ford Date of birth: January 9, 1913 Place of birth: Yorba Linda, California Date of death: April 22, 1994 Place... Saturday Night Live (SNL) is a weekly late-night 90-minute comedy-variety show from NBC which has been broadcast virtually every Saturday night since its debut on October 11, 1975. ...

Kirsten Dunst and Michelle Williams star as two 15-year-old girls, Betsy and her inseparable friend Arlene. Dan Hedaya plays Nixon; his associates H. R. Haldeman, G. Gordon Liddy, John Dean, Henry Kissinger, and secretary Rose Mary Woods are respectively played by Dave Foley, Harry Shearer, Jim Breuer, Saul Rubinek, and Ana Gasteyer. Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein are played by Will Ferrell and Bruce McCulloch, and Teri Garr appears as Arlene's mother. Kirsten Caroline Dunst (born April 30, 1982 in Point Pleasant, New Jersey) is an American actress. ... Michelle Ingrid Williams (born September 9, 1980) is an American actress best known as Jen Lindley on Dawsons Creek. ... Harry Robbins (Bob) Haldeman (October 27, 1926 - November 12, 1993) was a U.S. political aide and businessman, best known for his service in the Nixon White House, and for his role in the Watergate scandal, for which he was convicted and imprisoned. ... George Gordon Battle Liddy (born November 30, 1930) was the chief operative for President Richard Nixons White House Plumbers unit that broke into the Watergate complex in 1972 and led to Nixons resignation in 1974. ... John Wesley Dean III (born October 14, 1938 in Akron, Ohio, USA) was White House Counsel to U.S. President Richard Nixon from July 1970 to April 1973. ... Henry Kissinger Henry Alfred Kissinger (born May 27, 1923) is a German-born American diplomat and Nobel Peace Prize winner who played an important part in foreign affairs through the positions he held in several Republican administrations between 1969 and 1977. ... Woods, on the cover of Time Magazine (December 10, 1973) Rose Mary Woods (December 26, 1917 - January 22, 2005) was Richard Nixons secretary from 1951, through the Watergate scandal, and until the end of his political career. ... David Scott Foley was born in Etobicoke, Ontario on January 4, 1963 to Mary and Michael Foley. ... External links HarryShearer. ... Actor Jim Breuer (born June 21, 1967 in Valley Stream, New York) is best known as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 1998. ... Ana Gasteyer (born May 4, 1967) is an a comedian who established herself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live. ... Alternative meaning: The Washington Post (march) Washington Post logo Screenshot from Washington Post website The Washington Post is the largest and oldest newspaper in Washington, D.C. It gained worldwide fame in the early 1970s for its Watergate investigation by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein which played a major role... A reporter is a type of journalist who researches and presents information in certain types of mass media. ... This article is about American journalist Bob Woodward. ... Carl Bernstein (born February 14, 1944) was a Washington Post investigative journalist who, along with Bob Woodward, broke the story of the Watergate break-in and consequently helped bring about the downfall of US president Richard Nixon. ... Will Ferrell (born July 16, 1967) is a comedian, impressionist, and actor who first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live (1995-2002). ... Bruce McCulloch (born 1961) is an actor, writer and comedian. ... Teri Garr (born December 11, 1949 in Lakewood, Ohio) is a United States actress. ...

Plot summary

Betsy and Arlene sneak out of Arlene's home, an apartment in the Watergate building, at the same time as the Watergate break-in. They accidentally cause the break-in to be discovered, but are seen by Liddy, who recognizes them the next day when a school tour takes them to the White House, and instantly becomes suspicious. This page is about the official residence of the President of the USA. For other White Houses see White House (disambiguation). ...

Nixon's men stumble to improvise reasons to keep the girls at hand until they can find out whether they are enemies of the President, and finally appoint them as the President's official dog-walkers... which means they must be admitted repeatedly to the White House. On these visits they accidentally influence major events in various ways, such as by bringing cookies that they have inadvertently baked marijuana into; and they also learn the major secrets of the Watergate scandal, without realizing what they know. Nixons Enemies List is the informal name of what started as a list of the Nixon administrations major political opponents compiled by Charles Colson and sent in memorandum form to John Dean on September 9, 1971. ... The Checkers speech was a speech given by Richard Nixon on September 23, 1952, when he was the Republican candidate for the Vice Presidency. ... Cannabis is a plant which is consumed by humans as a psychoactive drug. ... The Watergate building. ...

Arlene, previously infatuated with teen idol singer Bobby Sherman, now falls equally hard for "Dick", the president. Just after reading an 18½-minute message of love into his tape recorder, she plays back another part of the tape and quickly realizes his true nature. A teen idol is a famous person who generates attention from large numbers of teenagers, who follow their every move. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Bobby Sherman (born Robert Cabot Sherman, Jr. ... The 18½-minute gap is one of the recorded tapes of President Nixon, in connection with the Watergate scandal. ...

The girls now reevaluate what they have learned and decide to reveal everything to Woodward and Bernstein, so becoming Deep Throat. Nixon's men realize that the girls are a real threat, and attempt their usual tactics such as bugging and undercover agents; and for a time the girls distrust Woodward and Bernstein, who are depicted as small-mindedly competitive. Also, their only piece of physical evidence is eaten by Betsy's dog. Deep Throat was the name given to Bob Woodwards secret informant who leaked information about United States President Richard Nixons involvement in Watergate. ... A bug is the common name for a covert listening device, usually a combination of a miniature radio transmitter with a microphone. ... Being undercover is disguising ones identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information. ...

Eventually the girls decide to take action and sneak into Haldeman's house to steal a crucial tape recording. They give this to Woodward and Bernstein, and Nixon's career is over.

External link

• Dick (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144168/) at the Internet Movie Database