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All the books by John O'Connor adapted to cinema and television
John O'Connor is known for being the author of the book Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House, first published in 2006, which was adapted to cinema by Peter Landesman in 2017.
We invite you to watch, read, and vote for either the adaptation or the original, and join the debate on whether the book or the movie is better.
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Mark Felt, John O'Connor, 2006
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Peter Landesman, 2017
The movie starts on April 11, 1972. Nixon’s advisers at the White House ask Mark Felt how to ask J. Edgar Hoover to step aside as the FBI director. Some days later, Hoover dies. Pat Gray becomes the acting FBI director. In June 1972, the several ex-CIA and FBI agent burglarize Watergate hotel to bug the DNC headquarters.