Robert Redford played Bob Woodward and Dustin Hoffman was Carl Bernstein in the movie based on their book "All the President's Men."

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The biggest public hint appeared in November, when the influential Proceedings monthly of the U.S. Naval Institute carried an essay on amphibious warfare by Navy Under Secretary Robert Work and widely respected military analyst Frank Hoffman.

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Robert DeNiro plays a spin doctor who hires Dustin Hoffman (as a Hollywood producer) to oversee the charade.

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The spin doctor Connie Brean (Robert De Niro) partners with the Hollywood producer Stanley Motss (Dustin Hoffman) to concoct a straight-to-video war with Albania.

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