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Actor: Frank Langella, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Macfadyen, Michael Sheen, Sam RockwellBrand: LANGELLA,FRANK
Primary Contributor: Ron Howard
Primary Contributor: Peter Morgan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 122 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-04-21
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Frost/Nixon
Movie Review: Dont watch it for a history lesson
Summary: 4 Stars
A play by Peter Morgan on Nixon turns in to a movie by Ron Howard. Peter Morgan has done some amazing work in the past, writing the screenplays of the Queen and the Last King of Scotland. I would consider it worth renting simply for the acting alone. Nixon was never tried because he received a pardon from Gerald Ford. This interview was done by David Frost with the view of giving Nixon a public trail. Nixon agrees to do the interview only because he takes Frost lightly and thinks he can control the course of the interview. Frost bags Nixon because he wants to change the course of his career and wants to be taken seriously. He pays one million for the right to interview Nixon, much of the money coming from his own pocket. The first three interviews go in Nixon's way because he is more experienced in deflecting and also using up the allocated interview time. It is only during the final interview that Frost manages to get Nixon's apologies for his role in the Watergate scandal. You may like the movie depending on your interest in matters as such. Since I love history, I enjoyed the movie. I would give it four stars. 111909
Summary of Frost/Nixon
From Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard comes the electrifying, untold story behind one of the most unforgettable moments in history. When disgraced President Richard Nixon agreed to an interview with jet-setting television personality, David Frost, he thought he'd found the key to saving his tarnished legacy. But, with a name to make and a reputation to overcome, Frost became one of Nixon's most formidable adversaries and engaged the leader in a charged battle of wits that changed the face of politics forever. Featuring brilliant portrayals by Frank Langella and Michael Sheen, Frost/Nixon is the fascinating and suspenseful story of truth, accountability, secrets and lies.Sounds like a good match: a historical drama from the author of The Queen, but with an American subject in the generational wheelhouse of director Ron Howard. And so Peter Morgan's Tony-winning play morphs into a Hollywood movie under the wing of the Apollo 13 guy. Morgan's subject is a curious moment of post-Watergate shakeout: British TV host David Frost's long-form interviews with ex-President Richard Nixon, conducted in 1977. It was a big ratings success at the time, justifying the somewhat controversial decision to cut an enormous check for Nixon's services. The movie adds a mockumentary note to the otherwise straightforward style, having direct-to-camera addresses from various aides to Frost and Nixon (played by the likes of Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell, and Kevin Bacon); these basically tell us things we already glean from the rest of the movie, adding unnecessary melodrama and upping the stakes. In this curious scheme, the success of Frost's career, which could bellyflop if he doesn't get something worthwhile out of the cagey, long-winded Nixon, is given somewhat more weight than the actual revelations of the interviews. Even with these questionable storytelling decisions, there's still the spectacle of two actors going at it hammer and tongs, and on that level the movie offers some heat. Michael Sheen, who played Tony Blair not only in The Queen but also in another Morgan-scripted project, The Deal, is adept at catching David Frost's blow-dried charm, as well as the determination beneath it. Frank Langella's physical performance as Nixon is superb, and he certainly can be a commanding actor, though veteran Nixon-watchers might find that he misses a certain depth of self-pity in the man. Both actors were retained from the original stage production, a rare thing in Hollywood--and probably Howard's best decision of the project. --Robert Horton
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