Five years ago when Oscar-nominated documentarian Charles Ferguson (“Inside Job”) started deeply researching the 1972 Watergate break-in, he was chasing a documentary thriller that would be fun to watch.
A & E and History were on board.
But as the political climate dramatically transformed, he wound up with a more sober narrative, which debuted at the fall festivals ahead of an October theatrical run of the four-hour version.
On television, the series airs in six one-hour episodes playing over three nights, starting November 2 as part of “History 100,” a History Channel documentary series comprised of 100 films focused on compelling historical events of the last 100 years.When A&E commissioned “Watergate,” everyone expected Hillary Clinton was going to be president.
“We had no idea how timely it would be,” said A&E chief Molly Thompson.
“That’s the way things played out.
Watching a cut of the film feels like watching the nightly news.
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