Frost/Nixon (2008)

Director:

Ron Howard

Writers:

Peter Morgan (screenplay)
Peter Morgan (play)

Release Date:

23 January 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History

Tagline:

400 million people were waiting for the truth.

Plot:

A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.

Plot Keywords:

Interview | Nixon | Watergate | Television | Richard Nixon

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 16 wins & 48 nominations

Cast

Frank Langella	...	Richard Nixon
Michael Sheen	...	David Frost
Sam Rockwell	...	James Reston, Jr.
Kevin Bacon	...	Jack Brennan
Matthew Macfadyen	...	John Birt
Oliver Platt	...	Bob Zelnick
Rebecca Hall	...	Caroline Cushing
Toby Jones	...	Swifty Lazar
Andy Milder	...	Frank Gannon
Kate Jennings Grant	...	Diane Sawyer
Gabriel Jarret	...	Ken Khachigian
Jim Meskimen	...	Ray Price
Patty McCormack	...	Pat Nixon
Geoffrey Blake	...	Interview Director
Clint Howard	...	Lloyd Davis
Rance Howard	...	Ollie
Gavin Grazer	...	White House Director
Simon James	...	Frost Show Director
Eloy Casados	...	Manolo Sanchez
Jay White	...	Neil Diamond
Wil Albert	...	Sammy Cahn (as Will Albert)
Keith MacKechnie	...	Marv Minoff
Penny L. Moore	...	Lady with Dachshund (as Penny Moore)
Janneke Arent	...	Frost's Female Assistant
David Ross Paterson	...	Birt TV Show Presenter
Jennifer Hanley	...	Makeup Woman
Robert Pastoriza	...	Interview Cameraman
Louie Mejia	...	Interview Cameraman
Kevin P. Kearns	...	Fan at Airport (as Kevin Kearns)
David Kelsey	...	Smith House Reporter
James Ritz	...	Smith House Reporter
Pete Rockwell	...	Smith House Reporter
Ned Vaughn	...	Secret Serviceman
Simone Kessell	...	Airport Check-In Woman
Ben Pauley	...	Australian Stage Manager
Noah Craft	...	Australian Stage Director
Talley Singer	...	Stewardess (as Taylor Singer)
Kaine Bennett Charleston	...	Sydney Assistant Director
Gregory Alpert	...	White House Cinematographer (as Gregory H. Alpert)
Kimberly Robin	...	Ma Maison Girl
Michelle Manhart	...	Disco Girl
Steve Kehela	...	Premiere Reporter
Antony Acker	...	Premiere Reporter (as Anthony H. Acker)
John Kerry	...	Man at Disco
Jenn Gotzon	...	Tricia Nixon
Googy Gress	...	Network Executive
Marc McClure	...	Network Executive
Joe Spano	...	Network Executive
Jason Suhrke	...	Press Reporter (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jay Bird	...	Vietnam Protestor (uncredited)
Michael Patrick Breen	...	Houston Ballroom Diner (uncredited)
Scott Bryson	...	John Bryson (uncredited)
Marianne Chambers	...	Frost's Blonde (uncredited)
John Chancellor	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Danielle Cooper	...	Playmate (uncredited)
Alexandria Cree	...	Julie Nixon (uncredited)
Walter Cronkite	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eve Curtis	...	Sue Mengers (uncredited)
John Dean	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sam Ervin	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Joe Fedio	...	Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Gerald Ford	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Maggie Grant	...	Australian Reporter (uncredited)
Alan Gray	...	Orthodontist (uncredited)
Darbi Gwynn	...	Photo Mistress w / Michael Sheen in airport scene (uncredited)
Christopher Haskell	...	Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
Jimmy Heck	...	Bouncer (uncredited)
Kristina Hughes	...	White House Aide (uncredited)
Candy Ibarra	...	Nightclub Entourage (uncredited)
Dave Johnson	...	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Christopher Jude	...	Smith House Press / Reporter (uncredited)
Adam Karst	...	Huston Ballroom (uncredited)
Ariel Lazarus	...	Playboy Bunny (uncredited)
Paula Lemes	...	Woman in the sofá (uncredited)
Steve Longmuir	...	Cameraman (uncredited)
Les Mahoney	...	TV Reporter (uncredited)
Albert Miranda	...	Business Man (uncredited)
Dasha Mironova	...	Model (uncredited)
Victoria Monroe	...	Disco Dancer (uncredited)
Roger Mudd	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Andrew Jackson Murphy	...	Club Goer (uncredited)
Susanna Musotto	...	Tennis Player (uncredited)
Eddie Napolillo	...	Smith Crew (uncredited)
Rachael Owens	...	Socialite (uncredited)
Robert Phares	...	White House Aide (uncredited)
Yvette Rachelle	...	Playboy Bunny (uncredited)
John Robert	...	Heathrow Businessman (uncredited)
Howard Rosen	...	Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Andrea Russell	...	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Eric Sevareid	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
Evan Silverman	...	Smith Crew (uncredited)
Mark Simich	...	Hugh Hefner (uncredited)
Arne Starr	...	Business Man (uncredited)
Mark Strohman	...	Heathrow Businessman (uncredited)
Robson Vieira	...	Swimmer (uncredited)
Holly Weber	...	Playboy Playmate (uncredited)

Directed by
Ron Howard

Writing credits
Peter Morgan		(screenplay)
Peter Morgan		(play)

Produced by
David Bernardi	....	executive producer
Tim Bevan	....	producer
Matthew Byam-Shaw	....	executive producer (as Matthew Byam Shaw)
Liza Chasin	....	executive producer
William M. Connor	....	associate producer
Eric Fellner	....	producer
Brian Grazer	....	producer
Todd Hallowell	....	executive producer
Debra Hayward	....	executive producer
Ron Howard	....	producer
Karen Kehela Sherwood	....	executive producer
Kathleen McGill	....	associate producer
Peter Morgan	....	executive producer
Louisa Velis	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Hans Zimmer

Cinematography by
Salvatore Totino		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Daniel P. Hanley		(as Dan Hanley)
Mike Hill
Robert Komatsu

Casting by
Janet Hirshenson
Jane Jenkins

Production Design by
Michael Corenblith

Art Direction by
Brian O'Hara		(supervising art director)
Gregory Van Horn		(supervising art director) (as Greg Van Horn)

Set Decoration by
Susan Benjamin

Costume Design by
Daniel Orlandi

Makeup Department
Natasha Allegro	....	key hair stylist
David LeRoy Anderson	....	prosthetic makeup artist: Mr. Langella
Lance Anderson	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Robin Beauchesne	....	makeup artist
Colleen Callaghan	....	hair stylist: Mr. Langella
Greg Funk	....	key makeup artist
Edouard F. Henriques	....	makeup department head (as Edouard Henriques)
Elizabeth Hoel	....	makeup artist
Karyn Huston	....	hair stylist (as Karen Houston)
Sabine Roller	....	makeup artist (as Sabine Roller Taylor)
Kim Santantonio	....	hair department head
Linda Leiter Sharp	....	hair stylist (as Linda Sharp)
Justin Stafford	....	wig maker: Frank Langella
Patrick Baxter	....	makeup effects lab technician (uncredited)
Lori McCoy-Bell	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Gregory Alpert	....	production supervisor: second unit (as Gregory H. Alpert)
Michelle Brattson	....	production supervisor
Kathleen McGill	....	unit production manager
Michelle Wright	....	executive in charge of production: Working Title

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William M. Connor	....	first assistant director
Todd Hallowell	....	second unit director
Scott R. Meyers	....	second second assistant director
Kristen Ploucha	....	second assistant director
Scott Schaeffer	....	first assistant director: second unit
Paul Schmitz	....	assistant director: second unit
Paul Schmitz	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Jory Alvarado	....	drapery foreman
John Barbera	....	supervising laborer foreman
Joseph Bergman	....	gang boss
Glenn Braun	....	laborer foreman
Lawson Brown	....	on-set dresser: second unit
Lorrie Campbell	....	set designer
Tony Castagnola	....	greens foreman
Monica Castro	....	assistant property master
Martin Charles	....	graphic designer
Gary J. Coelho	....	laborer foreman (as Gary Coehlo)
Don Cooke	....	construction buyer
Curtis Corbitt	....	prop assistant
Juliane Crump	....	senior art researcher
Rosemary De Cicco	....	stand-by painter
Colin Dennis	....	propmaker foreman
Jennifer Durban	....	art department production assistant
Rachel A. Flores	....	prop assistant
Gregory P. Fuller	....	construction laborer
Trish Gallaher Glenn	....	property master
Ray Garcia	....	set dresser
Michael E. Goldman	....	assistant art director
Jon Kazunaga	....	propmaker foreman
Rebecca Keeling	....	buyer
Richard Martinez	....	laborer foreman
Stephen McCumby	....	set dresser
Gary Metzen	....	laborer foreman
Ralph Mock	....	head painter
Candice Muriedas	....	art department coordinator
Greg O'Donohue	....	gang boss
Jay Pelissier	....	assistant art director
Jeffrey J. Perkins	....	plaster foreman
Caroline Perzan	....	assistant set decorator
Caroline Perzan	....	buyer
Joel Prihoda	....	leadman
Elizabeth Ragagli	....	buyer
Tony Salazar	....	laborer foreman
Terry Scott	....	construction coordinator
Beau Shippee	....	set dresser
Anthony Syracuse	....	propmaker foreman
Earl Thielen	....	property master (as Earl V. Thielen)
Phillip Thoman	....	on-set dresser
Ciro Vuoso	....	construction foreman
Mark Woodworth II	....	painter
Jaime Beebe	....	buyer (uncredited)
Aaron Buchsbaum	....	art department intern (uncredited)
Josh Ian Elliott	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Joseph Fedo	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Chad S. Frey	....	set designer (uncredited)
Holiday Landa	....	set decoration coordinator (uncredited)
Jessica McDonald	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Jaudi Negri	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Portia Perry	....	painter (uncredited)
Tyler Pope	....	propmaker gangboss (uncredited)
Jonathan S. Rudnick	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Daniel Vincent Smith	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Hans Soto	....	stand-by greens (uncredited)
Naomi Treuherz	....	supervising signwriter (uncredited)

Sound Department
David A. Arnold	....	dialogue editor (as David Arnold)
Dave Bergstrom	....	dubbing stage engineer
Brad Brock	....	foley mixer
Anthony J. Ciccolini III	....	supervising sound editor (as Chic Ciccolini III)
Peter J. Devlin	....	sound mixer (as Peter Devlin)
Teri E. Dorman	....	supervising dialogue editor
Steve Finnigan	....	adr recordist
George Flores	....	sound mixer: second unit
Jeff Gomillion	....	adr mixer
Chris Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Song Jones	....	boom operator: second unit
Greg LaPlante	....	digital mastering
Melissa Lytle	....	assistant sound editor
Frank A. Montaño	....	sound re-recording mixer
Daniel Pagan	....	sound designer
Michael Piotrowski	....	boom operator
David Raymond	....	sound utility (as David Fiske Raymond)
Lynn Sable	....	assistant sound editor
Solange S. Schwalbe	....	foley editor
Dean Thomas	....	cableperson: second unit
Deborah Wallach	....	adr supervisor
Tim Webb	....	sound recordist
Michael J. Broomberg	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Eddie Bydalek	....	digital sound mix technician (uncredited)
Tom Caton	....	boom operator (uncredited)
Gary A. Hecker	....	supervising foley artist (uncredited)
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Chad Baalbergen	....	special effects coordinator (as Chad Van Balbergen)
Jeff Miller	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Glenn Allen	....	visual effects producer: Brainstorm Digital
Matthew Conner	....	matte painter
Richard Friedlander	....	visual effects producer: Brainstorm Digital
Eric J. Robertson	....	visual effects supervisor: Brainstorm Digital
Daniel Abramovich	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Justin Ball	....	digital effects artist: senior systems engineer: Brainstorm Digital (uncredited)
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals (uncredited)
Aleksandar Djordjevic	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Gus Duron	....	digital opticals editor (uncredited)
Mark Scott Friedman	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (uncredited)
Brett Miller	....	cg supervisor (uncredited)
Scott Minter	....	compositor (uncredited)
Clayton Osmus	....	digital artist (uncredited)
James William Visconti III	....	media assistant (uncredited)
Chris 'Pinkus' Wesselman	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Anton Yri	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Jun Zhang	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Brian Avery	....	stunts
Rick Avery	....	stunt coordinator
Michael Hugghins	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Dominic Aluisi	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Danny Andres	....	rigging grip
Dale Balani	....	rigging electrician
John Barr	....	director of photography: second unit
John Barr	....	gaffer
Renzo Bartolopta	....	rigging electrician
Michael Berger	....	electrician: second unit (as Michael J. Berger)
Tony Bryan	....	best boy
Tony Bryan	....	gaffer: second unit
Marc Bussio	....	electrician
Anthony Cady	....	key grip: second unit
Craig Campbell	....	dimmer operator
Kenny Carceller	....	grip
David Chase	....	electrician
Sal Cocuzza	....	electrician
Thomas Crawford	....	best boy grip
Bruce Del Castillo	....	grip (as Bruce Del Castille)
Ralph Del Castillo	....	dolly grip: "a"camera
Carlos DePalma	....	rigging grip foreman (as Carlos De Palma)
Andy Dorowsky	....	rigging electrician
Christopher Dorowsky	....	rigging electrician
Casey Dunn	....	rigging best boy
Stefan Duschaine	....	electrician: second unit (as Stefan Duchaine)
Kevin Fahey	....	best boy rigging grip
Greg Fausak	....	grip (as Gregory Fausak)
Cory Foster	....	best boy electric: second unit (as Corey Foster)
Cory Foster	....	electrician (as Corey Foster)
Clayton Fowler	....	rigging grip
Alexander W. Gage	....	grip (as Alexander Gage)
John-Anthony Gargiulo	....	grip (as John Anthony Gargielo)
Peter Geraghty	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Charley Gilleran	....	key rigging grip
William J. Gilleran	....	rigging grip (as William Gilleran)
Jose L. Gonzalez	....	rigging grip
Mike Hester	....	rigging grip
Bodie Hyman	....	grip
Eric Jensch	....	film loader
David Kaiser	....	electrician (as David Alan Kaiser)
Stuart Kirschner	....	rigging electrician (as Stewart Kirschner)
Alex Klabukov	....	key grip
Kyle Kovacs	....	rigging electrician
Jimmi Lyon	....	rigging electrician (as Jimi Lyons)
Benn Martenson	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Graham McPherson	....	grip: second unit
Matthew Morrissey	....	video playback supervisor (as Matt Morrissey)
Richard Nasworthy	....	dolly grip (as Richard A. Nasworthy)
Ralph Nelson	....	still photographer
Matt Perry	....	best boy grip: second unit
Daniel R. Purinton	....	rigging gaffer (as Daniel Purinton)
Andrew Rowlands	....	Steadicam operator
Andrew Rowlands	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Mark Santoni	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Richard Scarpone	....	video assist operator
Sandy Sevven	....	rigging electrician
Alec Shepherd	....	grip (as Alec Shepard)
Bryce Shields	....	assistant video assist operator
David Sirianni	....	grip
Joshua Stern	....	electrician: second unit
Larissa Supplitt	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Salvatore Totino	....	camera operator
David Winner	....	dolly grip: second unit
Andy Young	....	rigging grip
Ben Betts	....	video engineer (uncredited)
Chris Gordon	....	dolly grip (uncredited)
Grant Goza	....	additional grip (uncredited)
Casey Green	....	video playback operator (uncredited)
Charles Hart	....	set grip (uncredited)
Rory Hinds	....	operator: "red" camera (uncredited)
Dustin Penrod	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
Francesco Sauta	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Peter Villani	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Jamie Castro	....	casting assistant
Terrence Harris	....	casting associate
Terry L. Lamfers	....	casting executive (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Myron Baker	....	set costume supervisor
Shawneene Carter	....	costume production assistant
Laurel Frushour	....	set costumer
Monica Haynes-Nino	....	costumer (as Monica Hayes Nino)
Andrea Knaub	....	key costumer
Bob Moore Jr.	....	key set costumer
David Perrone	....	set costumer (as David Perrione)
Robert Sparkman	....	costume supervisor
Leslie Weir	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Steve Bowen	....	digital colorist
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Carolyn Calvert	....	assistant editor (as Carolyn Horton)
Jacquelyn Dean	....	assistant editor
Chris Jensen	....	senior digital colorist assist
Michael Kennedy	....	digital intermediate producer
Michael Dillon	....	digital intermediate assistant producer (uncredited)
Mindy Weissman	....	post-production coordinator (uncredited)

Music Department
Ryeland Allison	....	musician: drums
Lorne Balfe	....	composer: additional music
Lorne Balfe	....	orchestrator
Tom Broderick	....	technical music coordinator (as Thomas Broderick)
Steven Kofsky	....	music production services (as Steve Kofsky)
Alan Meyerson	....	music scoring mixer
Kathy Nelson	....	music supervisor
Daniel Pinder	....	music editor
Tom Player	....	technical score engineer
Peter Oso Snell	....	technical music coordinator
James Thatcher	....	musician: French horn
Martin Tillman	....	soloist: cello
Greg Vines	....	score mixing assistant
Mel Wesson	....	ambient music designer
Andrew Zack	....	music production coordinator
Hans Zimmer	....	orchestrator
Katia Lewin Jablonsky	....	score mixing assistant (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Frank Annunziata	....	transportation dispatcher
Rick Collins	....	picture car coordinator
Gabe Davila	....	picture car wrangler
John Feinblatt	....	transportation captain
Dennis McCarthy	....	transportation coordinator
Gregg Wallace	....	transportation co-captain (as Greg Wallace)
Ryan Allen	....	dot supervisor (uncredited)
Michael DePue	....	driver: production van (uncredited)
Royale Edward	....	driver (uncredited)
Jay Fulton	....	driver (uncredited)
Ted Joneson	....	driver (uncredited)
A.J. Mink Jr.	....	driver (uncredited)
Kevin Warendorp	....	driver (uncredited)
Christopher Weippert	....	driver (uncredited)
Gary Thomas Williams	....	driver: Mr. Howard (uncredited)

Other crew
Gregory Alpert	....	location manager (as Gregory H. Alpert)
Jorge Luis Alvarez	....	assistant location manager
Christina Angeloudes	....	legal & business affairs manager: Working Title
Kimi Armstrong Stein	....	assistant: Mr. Grazer (as Kimi Armstrong)
Laura Bagano	....	key craft service
Kate Bailey	....	assistant production coordinator: Working Title
Joe Biggins	....	inflatable crowd supervisor
Clinton Wade Childress	....	production office assistant (as Clinton Childress)
Mark Colbert	....	asset representative
Karen Leigh Crutcher	....	medic (as Karen Crutcher)
Josh Deceuster	....	accounting clerk
Jim DeMarco	....	first assistant accountant
Dominique Derrenger	....	construction accountant
Mandi Dillin	....	assistant location manager
Chloe Dorigan	....	assistant: Tim Bevan, Working Title
Timothy Easthill	....	finance controller: Working Title (as Tim Easthill)
Zain Effendi	....	samples coordinator
Missy Eustermann	....	post-production accountant
Sherry Gallarneau	....	script supervisor
Katy Genovese	....	payroll accountant (as Katy Tatian-Genovese)
Dennis Geraghty	....	set production assistant
Marco Gonzalez	....	caterer
Michael Goosen	....	financial controller
Sage Grazer	....	production office assistant
Gary Greenberg	....	stand-in
Matt Haggerty	....	set production assistant (as Matthew Haggerty)
Asleigh Hall	....	accounting clerk
Rob Harris	....	unit publicist
Justin Haut	....	assistant production coordinator
Michael Hjelmstad	....	motion picture and television liaison
Clint L. Howard	....	secret service advisor
Samantha C. Kirkeby	....	script supervisor: second unit (as Samantha Kirkeby)
Alex Kivlen	....	assistant location manager
Richard 'Curly' Lopez	....	location security (as Richard Lopez)
Ann Lynch	....	executive coordinator: Working Title
Ben Marks	....	key production office assistant
Jonathan Mason	....	assistant: Mr. Langella (as Jonathan A. Mason)
Gráinne Mckenna	....	president of legal and business affairs: Working Title (as Gráinne McKenna)
Gregory Metcalf-Hall	....	second assistant accountant (as Gregory Metcalf)
Susan Mieras	....	assistant: Mr. Bacon
Andrew Miller	....	location assistant
Angela Morrison	....	chief operating officer: Working Title
Andrew Jackson Murphy	....	location assistant
Laura O'Keefe	....	set production assistant
Seth Olson	....	archival footage supervisor
Paris P. Pickard	....	set production assistant
Benjamin Pitts	....	production assistant
Carlo Pratto	....	additional first assistant accountant
Charlotte Rapak	....	production secretary
Lynne Redding	....	adr loop group
Ferguson Reid	....	medic
Jeremy Scripter	....	set production assistant
Sheeraz Shah	....	head of legal and business affairs: Working Title
Lynda Shapiro	....	second assistant accountant
Cara Shine	....	assistant: Eric Fellner, Working Title
Grant Singer	....	assistant to David Bernardi
Talley Singer	....	assistant: Mr. Hallowell (as Taylor Singer)
Felipe Torres Urso	....	assistant: Mr. Howard (as Felipe Torres)
Felipe Torres Urso	....	assistant: Mr. Howard
Lucy Wainwright	....	legal and business affairs executive: Working Title
Troy Waters	....	marine coordinator
Ricky R. Weaver	....	production office assistant (as Ricky R. Weaver II)
Mindy Weissman	....	assistant: Ms. McGill
Danielle Zloto	....	assistant: Mr. Grazer
Kat Abbott	....	production assistant: second unit (uncredited)
Florence Chung	....	extras coordinator (uncredited)
Wayne Fielder	....	medic (uncredited)
Cary Sato Lee	....	craft service (uncredited)
Lily Pahlow	....	additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Patrick Tendai Pfupajena	....	assistant: Brian Grazer (uncredited)
Lee Ryder	....	hand double (uncredited)
Grant Singer	....	assistant: David Bernardi (uncredited)
Jason Suhrke	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Girard Swan	....	stand-in: Kevin Bacon (uncredited)
Melissa Voyagis	....	epk field producer (uncredited)
Chris 'Pinkus' Wesselman	....	title designer (uncredited)

Thanks
John Birt	....	thanks
Jack Brennan	....	thanks
Carol Dykes	....	grateful thanks
David Frost	....	thanks (as Sir David Frost)
Miranda Gallimore	....	grateful thanks
Frank Gannon	....	thanks
Caroline Jane Graham	....	thanks
Gavin Herbert	....	grateful thanks
Ninetta Herbert	....	grateful thanks
Marvin Minoff	....	grateful thanks (as Marv Minoff)
Tricia Nixon	....	thanks (as Tricia Nixon Cox)
Sandy Quinn	....	the filmmakers gratefully thank: the Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace Foundation
James Reston Jr.	....	special thanks
Jodi Strong	....	the filmmakers gratefully thank: director of production planning, Film LA Inc.
Danielle Todd	....	the filmmakers gratefully thank: project manager, The Beverly Hilton
Bob Zelnick	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures (presents)
• Imagine Entertainment (presents)
• Working Title Films (presents)
• StudioCanal (as StudioCanal) (in association with)
• Relativity Media (in association with)

Distributors

• Bontonfilm (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• StudioCanal (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Tatrafilm (2009) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• Toho-Towa (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Finnkino (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2010) (USA) (TV)
• ION Television (2013) (USA) (TV)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Pictures Nordic (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Brainstorm Digital (visual effects)

Other Companies

• ABC News Video Source  footage courtesy of
• Air Hollywood  additional props
• BBC Motion Gallery  footage courtesy of
• Bill Dance Casting  extras casting
• Brainstorm Digital  title design
• C.A.S.T. Security  security: Los Angeles
• Cartier  thanks
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Clairmont Camera  cameras (as Clairmont)
• Coca-Cola Company, The  thanks
• Corbis  stock photographs
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• EFilm  digital intermediate
• Filmtools  expendables
• Getty Images  footage courtesy of
• Gucci  thanks
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Jupiterimages  stock photographs
• LCW Props  set equipment
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  hair and make-up trailers
• Movie Movers  production trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• NBC News Archives  footage courtesy of
• On Tour Productions  transportation services
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing system provided by
• Technicolor  release printing
• Universal Studios Sound Facilities  re-recording services (as Universal Studios Sound)
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for some language

Runtime:

122 min

Country:

USA | UK | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #44159) | UK:15 | Australia:M | Ireland:PG | Finland:K-11 | Norway:11 | South Korea:12 | Netherlands:12 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Czech Republic:15 | Germany:6 | New Zealand:M | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Portugal:M/12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Sweden:7 | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:12 | Denmark:11 | Austria:6 | France:U | Iceland:12 (theatrical rating) | Iceland:7 (video rating) | Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) | Peru:PT

Filming Locations:

Palos Verdes Estates, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Frank Langella admits that he usually enjoys playing cards and joking around on movie sets, but felt it would compromise his character if he didn't remain presidential on this set. While working on this movie other cast and crew referred to him as "Mr. President." Langella suggests almost none of the crew ever met Frank Langella.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Upon Frost's first meeting with Nixon at La Casa Pacifica, the former president tells a story about presenting Soviet Premier Brezhnev with a Lincoln Continental. Although Brezhnev was given several American cars as gifts, only one was a Continental. This was given to him in 1973 at Camp David, not La Casa Pacifica.

Quotes:

James Reston, Jr.:You have to set up that he has an anti-democratic personality. There's a reason they call him Tricky Dick.

Movie Connections:

References David Frost Interviews Richard Nixon (1977) (TV)

Soundtrack:

I Feel Love

Howard redeems himself with a truly compelling film that leaves its theatrical roots behind

It is a testament to Peter Morgan's humility and skill as a writer and Ron Howard's ability to take a based on real events story to which the outcome is widely known and create a compelling "what will happen" drama (as he did with Apollo 13) that Frost/Nixon succeeds as a film.

This is a film based on a play that neither felt trapped in staginess nor weakly expanded with just the stage dialogue delivered exactly but in a variety of outdoor locales. I have to give Peter Morgan a lot of credit here. I saw the play in London and wondered throughout production of the film how they would escape its theatricality. Many recent films from plays like Proof, Closer, The Producers, have failed to throw off the shackles of stage feel. Not that all bad films, many served as a good way to see the play if you hadn't had the chance, but they weren't necessarily compelling films in their own right. What is so impressive about Morgan's work here is that in adapting his own play he has not been precious, he has not tried to enforce his already successful stage-play onto a film director – he has wholly reworked it from beginning to end and yet retained all the gravity and drama that the play elicited. If you saw the play everything key is here and yet you can feel the difference – the pacing is changed, the power achieved in different ways.

For this Howard also deserves credit. To have filmed the play as it was would have been disastrous on film – one long two-hander scene after another, duelling narrators. And given the reverence the play has enjoyed a less experienced director could have fallen into this trap or that of simply changing the settings, but Howard knows when we need quick cuts, when a long drawn out piece that worked on stage needs to be reduced to a couple of lines and a post-scene reaction, and when he needs to hold with a scene and let it play between the two leads. This happens in several impressive moments in the latter half of the film.

For some this might constitute the films biggest flaw however. Morgan and Howard can't escape the fact that in the final stages of the film it is the head-to-head scenes of Frost and Nixon that are key and they must stay with them more. This is necessary, but it sadly means that the supporting players, so well established and broadened out to expand the scope in the first half, fall be the wayside. A superb Toby Jones as Irving 'Swifty' Lazar, Matthew Macfadyen as John Birt and always reliable Oliver Platt as Bob Zelnick all but disappear and only Kevin Bacon and Sam Rockwell play any significant role beyond the two leads in the final stages. This is a shame. It may best serve the story creating the sense of claustrophobia necessary to keep you gripped but it does feel like a film of two halves because of it and it noticeable.

Frank Langella and Michael Sheen are superb, as they were on stage, and Langella will take a lot of beating for the Oscar this year. There are many moments here when I was so involved I forgot I wasn't watching the real Nixon. It's not that he looks that like Nixon but he is so real you believe it completely and have to remind yourself you're watching an actor.

Platt is reliably Platt. Bacon is also his typically understated solid presence doing a lot with little. Toby Jones is fantastic in a small role – instantly memorable; and Rebecca Hall builds on a series of strong performances. But in the supporting cast it is Rockwell that stands out. Sure, he has the most to do but he is completely in this role, he manages to sink into the role which is something he rarely does. He matches the skill he showed in Lawn Dogs and Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind here and it is great to see him back at his best.

I thoroughly recommend this film.