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The Cabinet wife who spoke out during Watergate and the Nixon administration's campaign to gaslight her into silence.The Cabinet wife who spoke out during Watergate and the Nixon administration's campaign to gaslight her into silence.The Cabinet wife who spoke out during Watergate and the Nixon administration's campaign to gaslight her into silence.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 nominations total
Martha Mitchell
- Self
- (archive footage)
Bonnie Angelo
- Self - Washington Correspondent, Time Magazine
- (archive footage)
John Chancellor
- Self - Anchor, NBC Nightly News
- (archive footage)
Walter Cronkite
- Self - Anchor, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
- (archive footage)
June Dankworth
- Self - Friend of Martha
- (archive footage)
Mike Douglas
- Self - Host, The Mike Douglas Show
- (archive footage)
David Frost
- Self
- (archive footage)
J. William Fulbright
- Self - Senator from Arkansas
- (archive footage)
- (as Sen. J. William Fulbright)
H.R. Haldeman
- Self - White House Chief of Staff
- (archive footage)
Dan Romaine Kirkham
- Self - Hotel On-Call Doctor
- (voice)
- (as Dr. Dan Romaine Kirkham)
Fred La Rue
- Self - Political Advisor to John Mitchell
- (archive footage)
Jeb Magruder
- Self - Committee for the Re-Election of the President
- (archive footage)
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It's a shame this documentary wasn't a full-length one that looked at Martha Mitchell's entire life. Instead, it was a very short look at her life in Washington and Watergate. Richard Nixon is seen in an interview saying if not for Martha Mitchell, there would have been no Watergate. The crimes would have not been exposed.
Martha Mitchell was the Mouth of the South. She was not like any of the other Republican wives. She did not censor her comments about anything, but still was much the Republican, except where the Vietnam War was concerned. It wasn't the war, however, that made the Nixon administration try to silence her. It was Watergate.
Not only did they try to silence her, they tried to make her out to be mentally ill. Her own husband, who she had always ferociously protected and supported, is heard on White House tapes saying she needed to be seen by the media as unstable. This wasn't gaslighting, because Martha Mitchell was way too smart to be gaslighted.
It was a campaign to discredit her in the eyes of the world. How it all ends is sad. Sad for everyone, including Martha Mitchell, the one person who would not be silenced. Too bad Martha Mitchell wasn't around to take on Donald Trump. She would not have supported his crimes, stupidity and incompetence for a second.
Martha Mitchell was the Mouth of the South. She was not like any of the other Republican wives. She did not censor her comments about anything, but still was much the Republican, except where the Vietnam War was concerned. It wasn't the war, however, that made the Nixon administration try to silence her. It was Watergate.
Not only did they try to silence her, they tried to make her out to be mentally ill. Her own husband, who she had always ferociously protected and supported, is heard on White House tapes saying she needed to be seen by the media as unstable. This wasn't gaslighting, because Martha Mitchell was way too smart to be gaslighted.
It was a campaign to discredit her in the eyes of the world. How it all ends is sad. Sad for everyone, including Martha Mitchell, the one person who would not be silenced. Too bad Martha Mitchell wasn't around to take on Donald Trump. She would not have supported his crimes, stupidity and incompetence for a second.
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By what name was The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022) officially released in Canada in English?
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