Directed by: Ron Howard
Frost Nixon is a historical drama from 2008,
based on the 2006 play by Peter Morgan of the same name. The film is directed
by Ron Howard, it stars Frank Langella and Michael Sheen.
Essentially it’s a dramatization of the story
behind the Frost/Nixon interviews of 1977; which were a series of taped
interviews of former United States President Richard M. Nixon conducted by
British television broadcaster David Frost.
What I love about this film is the build-up to
the eventual interviews. There’s a good amount of time devoted to character
development, we learn their personalities and what their intentions and
expectations are in regards to the interviews.
The interviews themselves are like verbal
boxing matches, particularly in the way it’s sometimes shot, I thought that was
really clever.
Langella as
Richard Nixon is excellent; he manages to do Nixon’s voice without getting into
parody which must have been very difficult. And he plays the character quite
well, giving the audience mixed emotions. I didn’t really like him yet I often
felt sorry for him.
Michael
Sheen as David Frost is very charming; he’s confident, very likeable and from a
very different world as Nixon, which makes their more personal scenes together
work so well.
The film
also boasts an impressive supporting cast, including Sam Rockwell and Oliver
Platt as two investigative journalists who assist Frost in preparing for the
interviews; also there’s Rebecca Hall as Frost’s love interest and Kevin Bacon
as Nixon’s fiercely loyal personal aid.
Here's the video version if you're too lazy to read.
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