Tony Winner John Benjamin Hickey Joins Cast of Dan Rather Film TRUTH

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tony winner John Benjamin Hickey has joined the cast of TRUTH, "the story of Dan Rather's fall from grace." The film also stars Robert Redford, Cate Blanchett, Elisabeth Moss, Topher Grace, and Dennis Quaid.

Based on the 2005 memoir Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power by CBS producer Mary Mapes, the movie will center on Rather's 2004 controversial featured on 60 Minutes, which reported that George W. Bush received preferential treatment that put him in the National Guard to avoid being drafted in the Vietnam War. The story broke during Bush's re-election campaign and resulted in the firing of Mapes and affected Rather's reputation as a journalist going forward.

Hickey will play the husband of Mary Mapes (Blanchett.)

Redford previously starred as newsman Bob Woodward in the 1976 movie All The President's Men. The actor is also a director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist, and founder of the Sundance Film Festival. He has received two Academy Awards: one in 1981 fordirecting Ordinary People, and one for Lifetime Achievement in 2002. In 2010, he was awarded French Knighthood in the Legion d'Honneur.

In April 2014, Time magazine included Redford in its annual TIME 100 as one of the "Most Influential People in the World" declaring him the "Godfather of Indie Film."

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