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Starring: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell (View All)
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Starring: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell
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. When the interview ultimately got under way and each man eschewed the typical posturing in favor of the simple truth, fans and critics on both sides were stunned by what they witnessed. Instead of Nixon stonewalling the interviewer as expected, or Frost lobbing softballs as the truth-seekers feared, what emerged was an unguardedly honest exchange between a man who had lost everything and another with everything to gain. In this film, viewers are treated to not only a recreation of that landmark interview, but a behind-the-scenes look at the power struggles that led up to it as well. Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, and Brian Grazer team to produce a film adapted for the screen by original play author Morgan (The Queen and The Last King of Scotland). ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
12/5/08
MPAA Rating
Rated R for some language.
Running Time
122 mins.
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$18,593,156
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Newcomer award at the 2008 Detroit Film Critics Society [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 2008 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2008 London Film Critics Association [Festi Awards.
- Winner of the Best Ensemble award at the 2008 San Diego Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 Detroit Film Critics Society [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2008 Vancouver Film Critics [Festival/Award Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2008 San Francisco Film Critics Circle [Fes Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 Association, Southeastern Film Critics Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2008 Detroit Film Critics Society [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best British Actor award at the 2008 London Film Critics Association [Festi Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 Austin Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2008 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Associat Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2008 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 2008 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 Producers Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Screenwriter of the Year award at the 2008 London Film Critics Association [Festi Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by a Cast award at the 2008 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Associat Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2008 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2008 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 London Film Critics Association [Festi Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Edited Feature - Drama award at the 2008 American Cinema Editors Guild [Festiva Awards.
- Winner of the Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2008 Journalists, Alliance of Women Film [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Screenplay award at the 2008 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2008 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Makeup and Hair award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2008 Detroit Film Critics Society [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Art Direction in a Period Film award at the 2008 Art Directors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2008 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2008 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Editing award at the 2008 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Drama award at the 2008 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2008 Writers Guild of America [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2008 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Ensemble award at the 2008 Detroit Film Critics Society [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Score award at the 2008 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting British Actor award at the 2008 London Film Critics Association [Festi Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 2008 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2008 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 Phoenix Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
Distributor
- Universal Pictures
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment
