Frost/Nixon overview

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Synopsis:

Hollywood heavyweight Ron Howard adapts playwright Peter Morgan's West End hit for the silver screen with this feature focusing on the 1977 television interviews between journalist David Frost (Michael Sheen) and former president Richard Nixon (Frank Langella). At the time Nixon sat down with Frost to discuss the sordid details that ultimately derailed his presidency, it had been three years since the former commander in chief had been forced out of office. The Watergate scandal was still fresh in everyone's minds, and Nixon had remained notoriously tight-lipped until he agreed to sit down with Frost. Nixon was certain that he could hold his own opposite the up-and-coming British broadcaster, and even Frost's own people weren't quite sure their boss was ready for such a high-profile interview.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Ron Howard
  • Studio: Working Title Films, Imagine Entertainment
  • Year: 2008
  • Run Time: 122 minutes
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: R (for some language)
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Drama
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 2008 12 25 (USA), 2008 12 05 (USA - Limited)

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