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Frost/Nixon is a 2008 historical drama film based on the 2006 play of the same name by Peter Morgan, who also adapted the screenplay. The film tells the story behind the Frost/Nixon interviews of 1977. The film was directed by Ron Howard. A co-production of the United States, the United Kingdom and France, ...
Jan 23, 2009 · Frost/Nixon: Directed by Ron Howard. With Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon. A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
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Though Nixon believes it will be easy to mislead Frost, and the latter's own team doubts that he can stand up to the former president, what actually unfolds is an unexpectedly candid and revealing ...
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Frost meets Nixon prior to the interviews and Nixon says that he looks forward to their duel. Under scrutiny by Nixon's post-presidential chief of staff, Jack Brennan (Kevin Bacon) (Brennan had called Frost and explicitly told him to cover the positive aspects of Nixon's presidency for 75% of the interview taping time as per the contract), Frost and Nixon embark on the first three recording sessions (March 23rd, 1977). ...
Dec 10, 2008 · Ron Howard's "Frost/Nixon" is a somewhat fictionalized version of the famous 1977 interviews, all the more effective in taking the point of view of the outsider, the "lightweight" celebrity interviewer, then in his own exile in Australia. Precisely because David Frost (Michael Sheen) was at a low ebb professionally and had gambled all his money on the interviews, his POV enhances and deepens the shadows around Nixon (Frank Langella). This story could not have been told from Nixon's POV ...
Jul 15, 2013 · Release Date: December 5, 2008 (limited; expands: Dec. 12; expands: Dec. 25)Oscar®-winning director Ron Howard brings to the screen writer Peter Morgan's ("T...
From Academy Award-winning director, Ron Howard, comes the electrifying, untold story behind the unforgettable battle of wits that changed the face of politi...
Dec 5, 2008 · For James Reston Jr., who helped Mr. Frost prepare for the interviews (and is played by a rabbity Sam Rockwell in the movie), and whose book “The Conviction of Richard Nixon” was the so-called ...
Dec 5, 2008 · Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans. Likewise, Frost's team harboured doubts about their boss's ability to hold his own. But as the cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted. For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all ...
