Frost/Nixon (2008)

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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. 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

Cast

Kevin Bacon	Jack Brennan
Frank Langella	Richard Nixon
Patty McCormack	Pat Nixon
Andy Milder	Frank Gannon
Oliver Platt	Bob Zelnick
Sam Rockwell	James Reston
Sam Rockwell	James Reston Jr.
Sam Rockwell	James Reston, Jr.
Andy Miller	Frank Gannon
Michael Sheen	David Frost
Toby Jones	Swifty Lazar
Matthew MacFadyen	John Birt
Matthew MacFadyen	John Burt
Kate Jennings Grant	Diane Sawyer
Rebecca Hall
Rebecca Hall	Caroline Cushing
Eve Curtis	Sue Mengers

Production Crew

Brian O'Hara	Art Director
Kathleen McGill	Associate Producer
Louisa Velis	Associate Producer
William M. Connor	Associate Producer
Jane Jenkins	Casting
Janet Hirshenson	Casting
Salvatore Totino	Cinematographer
Hans Zimmer	Composer (Music Score)
Daniel Orlandi	Costume Designer
Ron Howard	Director
Dan Hanley	Editor
Dan Hanley	Editor
Mike Hill	Editor
Mike Hill	Editor
David Bernardi	Executive Producer
Debra Hayward	Executive Producer
Karen Kehela Sherwood	Executive Producer
Liza Chasin	Executive Producer
Matthew Byan Shaw	Executive Producer
Peter Morgan	Executive Producer
Peter Morgan	Executive Producer
Todd Hallowell	Executive Producer
William M. Connor	First Assistant Director
Gregory H. Alpert	Location Manager
Peter Morgan	Play Author
Mindy Weissman	Post Production Coordinator
Brian Grazer	Producer
Eric Fellner	Producer
Ron Howard	Producer
Tim Bevan	Producer
Michael Corenblith	Production Designer
Peter Devlin	Production Sound Mixer
Gregory H. Alpert	Production Supervisor
Michelle Brattson	Production Supervisor
Chris Jenkins	Re-Recording Mixer
Frank A. Montaño	Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Morgan	Screenwriter
Kristen Ploucha	Second Assistant Director
William M. Connor	Second Assistant Director
Todd Hallowell	Second Unit Director
John Barr	Second Unit Director Of Photography
Susan Benjamin	Set Decorator
Chad S. Frey	Set Designer
Lorrie Campbell	Set Designer
Peter Devlin	Sound/Sound Designer
Brian O'Hara	Supervising Art Director
Gregory Van Horn	Supervising Art Director
Chic Ciccolini III	Supervising Sound Editor
Kathleen McGill	Unit Production Manager

Genre
Drama

Awards
2008 - Film Presented - London Film Festival
2008 - Best Picture - National Board of Review
2008 - Best Picture - Drama - Hollywood Foreign Press Association
2008 - Best Picture - Broadcast Film Critics Association
2008 - Best Picture - Southeastern Film Critics Association
2008 - Best Ensemble - San Diego Film Critics Association
2008 - Best Picture - Detroit Film Critics Society
2008 - Best Ensemble - Detroit Film Critics Society
2008 - Best Ensemble - Detroit Film Critics Society
2008 - Best Performance by a Cast - Screen Actors Guild
2008 - Best Picture - Austin Film Critics
2008 - Best Picture - London Film Critics Association
2008 - Best Picture - Phoenix Film Critics Association
2008 - Best Picture - Las Vegas Film Critics Association
2008 - Best Picture - Dallas/Ft. Worth Film Critics
2008 - Best Picture - American Film Institute
2008 - Best Picture - British Academy of Film and Television
2008 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
2008 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
2008 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
2008 - Best Picture - Producers Guild of America
2008 - Best Picture - Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Associat

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