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The Assassination of Richard Nixon is a 2004 American drama film directed by Niels Mueller and starring Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson and Naomi Watts. It is based on the story of would-be assassin Samuel Byck, who plotted to kill Richard Nixon in 1974.
Oct 22, 2004 · The Assassination of Richard Nixon: Directed by Niels Mueller. With Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson. Based on real life events, Assassination is set in 1974 and centers on a businessman who decides to take extreme measures to achieve his American dream.
Jul 8, 2014 · 148. 43K views 9 years ago. In the winter of 1974, a time of great political unrest, Samuel J. Bicke (Sean Penn) is a 44-year-old man who wants to believe in something--anything. But at every turn,...
Jan 13, 2005 · The alienated Sam Bicke (Sean Penn) with the estranged-family dog (not Checkers) in "The Assassination of Richard Nixon." Baltimore, 1974. Sam Bicke explains and explains and explains. He has it all worked out, why he is right and the world is wrong, and he has a fierce obsession with injustice.
Samuel Joseph Byck (January 30, 1930 – February 22, 1974) was an American hijacker and attempted assassin. On February 22, 1974, he attempted to hijack a plane flying out of Baltimore/Washington International Airport, intending to crash into the White House in the hopes of killing President Richard Nixon. [1]
Dec 29, 2004 · Samuel Bicke (Sean Penn) is a disillusioned salesman whose elaborate views of honesty and morality alienate him from society. He purposely turns away customers, steals from his...
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Apr 6, 2010 · “The Assassination of Richard Nixon,” directed and co-written by Niels Mueller, is truthful and unobtrusively artful, and it’s about the characters and what they do, not about who created them. I’m not sure it can be rented anywhere, but you can purchase a DVD of it inexpensively at Amazon.
Fact-based story about a disturbed office furniture salesman who in 1972 concocted a plot to kill then-President Nixon by hi-jacking a plane to fly over the White House to drop a gas bomb.
Dec 29, 2004 · A chilling drama that explores and exposes the dark side of the American Dream, this film focuses on the prescient and tragic true story of Sam Bicke (Penn), a disillusioned "everyman" who, in 1974, was driven to plot the assassination of the 37th President of the United States.
Dec 29, 2004 · Summary. Based on the life of would-be Presidential assassin Samuel Byck. Content Rating. Producers. Independent Pictures. Distributors. THINKFilm , New Line Home Entertainment. Initial Release....
