Directed by:
Ron HowardCinematography:
Salvatore TotinoComposer:
Hans ZimmerCast:
Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Macfadyen, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones, Andy Milder, Kate Jennings Grant (more)VOD (4)
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Based on Peter Morgan's stage play, Ron Howard directs this dramatised account of the 1977 TV interviews between scandalised former President Richard Nixon and British talk-show host David Frost. Three years after the Watergate scandal that led to his demise, former president Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) sat down with Frost (Michael Sheen) to discuss, for the first and only time, the details of his term in the White House and his spectacular fall from grace. With the famously steely Nixon confident that he could come out tops in the encounter, and Frost's side questioning whether this was a step too far, media commentators prepared themselves for a PR exercise. But when the interviews got underway, observers were astonished when both men abandoned their usual stances, and chose to conduct an open, honest and frank exchange of views, covering all the areas of concern that had previously remained off-limits. In addition to covering the interviews themselves, the film also traces the difficulties that had to be overcome, and egos that had to massaged, before the historic events could finally take place. (Fabulous Films)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 2009 - Brian Grazer, Eric Fellner, Ron Howard (Best Motion Picture of the Year)
- 2009 - Ron Howard (Best Achievement in Directing)
- 2009 - Frank Langella (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
- 2009 - Peter Morgan (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 2009 - Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill (Best Achievement in Film Editing)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 2009 - Best Film
- 2009 - Ron Howard (Best Director)
- 2009 - Frank Langella (Best Leading Actor)
- 2009 - Peter Morgan (Best Adapted Screenplay)
- 2009 - Best Editing
- 2009 - Best Make Up/Hair
Golden Globes
- 2009 - Best Motion Picture – Drama
- 2009 - Ron Howard (Best Director)
- 2009 - Peter Morgan (Best Screenplay)
- 2009 - Frank Langella (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama)
- 2009 - Hans Zimmer (Best Original Score)
Critics Choice Awards
- 2009 - Best Picture
- 2009 - Ron Howard (Best Director)
- 2009 - Frank Langella (Best Actor)
- 2009 - Peter Morgan (Best Writer)