Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

Released Mar 1, 2019

1 hr. 25 min.

Documentary

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Hungarian immigrant Joseph Pulitzer becomes one of America's most feared and admired newspaper moguls and a crusader for freedom of the press.

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Lucy M

Amazingly fascinating look at an incredibly important historical figure. Great flow.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/17/19

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Audience Member

Great movie! Sex isnt the only thing that cells, news sells too, fake and real news. Has anyone at Fox news won a Pulitzer prize for best fake news? Now we know the origin of real news and fake news and the motivation behind each one,.... $$$$. Spoiler alert: I wonder if stress from working too hard had anything to do with Joseph Pulitzer losing his vision. If you dont get to the theater to watch this movie, set your DVR to record it on PBS and then come back here and rate it yourself.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Oren Rudavsky

Director

Adam Driver

Narrator

Liev Schreiber

Joseph Pulitzer

Tim Blake Nelson

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Rachel Brosnahan

Voice

Lauren Ambrose

Kate Davis

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Tim Cogshell

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

A fairly classically composed documentary about [Joseph Pulitzer].

Sep 20, 2019

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John Anderson

Wall Street Journal

By definition hagiographic. But it's not afraid to acknowledge Pulitzer's talent for making enemies on the level of a Teddy Roosevelt. Or that he was a somewhat obnoxious personality.

Apr 15, 2019

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Leonard Maltin

leonardmaltin.com

Joseph Pulitzer was a social reformer and a scandal-monger at the same time. That his name lives on as a synonym for excellence in journalism is a great tribute and, as we learn from this excellent documentary, a great irony

Mar 8, 2019

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Neely Swanson

Easy Reader (California)

Surely the man who won the quintessential battle for the first amendment deserves better.

Mar 4, 2019

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Louis Proyect

Counterpunch.org

Newspapers have been going downhill ever since the days of "yellow journalism" but this film about one of its masters demonstrates that documentaries are better than ever.

Mar 1, 2019

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People serves as a profile of the publishing giant and an important lesson on freedom of the press.

Rated: 4/5

Mar 1, 2019

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Synopsis

Hungarian immigrant Joseph Pulitzer becomes one of America's most feared and admired newspaper moguls and a crusader for freedom of the press.

Director: Oren Rudavsky
Screenwriter: Oren Rudavsky, Robert Seidman
Distributor: First Run Features
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 1, 2019, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.0K
Sound Mix: Stereo