Ben Stiller To Direct “Bag Man” Feature – Dark Horizons

Ben Stiller has been set to direct the true-life drama “Bag Man” at Focus Features and based on a Peabody-winning podcast by Rachel Maddow.
The story focuses on Nixon’s vice president Spiro T. Agnew who ran a bribery and extortion ring in office for years.
At the height of Watergate, when three young federal prosecutors discovered his crimes, he called the investigation a ‘witch hunt’ and schemed to obstruct justice.
The podcast examined the attempts at a cover-up and the backroom deals that kept…

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