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Frost/Nixon

  • 2008
  • R
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
110K
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Frank Langella and Michael Sheen in Frost/Nixon (2008)
This is the first theatrical trailer for Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon.
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A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.

  • Director
    • Ron Howard
  • Writer
    • Peter Morgan
  • Stars
    • Frank Langella
    • Michael Sheen
    • Kevin Bacon
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    110K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ron Howard
    • Writer
      • Peter Morgan
    • Stars
      • Frank Langella
      • Michael Sheen
      • Kevin Bacon
    • 280User reviews
    • 300Critic reviews
    • 80Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 5 Oscars
      • 23 wins & 81 nominations total

    Videos8

    Frost/Nixon: Trailer #1
    Trailer 2:31
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    Ron Howard - The Power of True Stories
    Clip 2:45
    Watch Ron Howard - The Power of True Stories
    Frost/Nixon: Reston Tells Frost What He Wants To Achieve With The Interview
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    Watch Frost/Nixon: Reston Tells Frost What He Wants To Achieve With The Interview
    Frost/Nixon: Frost Tells Nixon That Only One Of Them Can Win
    Clip 0:52
    Watch Frost/Nixon: Frost Tells Nixon That Only One Of Them Can Win
    Frost/Nixon: Nixon Tells Frost That Their Roles In Life Should Have Been Switched
    Clip 0:53
    Watch Frost/Nixon: Nixon Tells Frost That Their Roles In Life Should Have Been Switched
    Frost/Nixon: Nixon Tells Frost That A President Does Not Committ Illegal Acts
    Clip 0:51
    Watch Frost/Nixon: Nixon Tells Frost That A President Does Not Committ Illegal Acts
    Frost/Nixon: Brennan Tells Nixon That Doing The Frost Interview Would Work In His Favor
    Clip 0:48
    Watch Frost/Nixon: Brennan Tells Nixon That Doing The Frost Interview Would Work In His Favor
    Frost/Nixon: Reston Tells Frost How Badly The Day's Interview Went
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    Watch Frost/Nixon: Reston Tells Frost How Badly The Day's Interview Went

    Photos96

    Frank Langella and Michael Sheen in Frost/Nixon (2008)
    Kevin Bacon in Frost/Nixon (2008)
    Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon (2008)
    Frank Langella, Oliver Platt, and Sam Rockwell in Frost/Nixon (2008)
    Sam Rockwell in Frost/Nixon (2008)
    Brian Grazer, Eric Fellner, and Peter Morgan in Frost/Nixon (2008)
    Frank Langella in Frost/Nixon (2008)
    Frank Langella and Patty McCormack in Frost/Nixon (2008)
    Ron Howard in Frost/Nixon (2008)
    Kevin Bacon, Kate Jennings Grant, and Andy Milder in Frost/Nixon (2008)
    Kevin Bacon, Frank Langella, Kate Jennings Grant, and Andy Milder in Frost/Nixon (2008)
    Michael Sheen in Frost/Nixon (2008)

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    Frank Langella
    Frank Langella
    • Richard Nixon
    Michael Sheen
    Michael Sheen
    • David Frost
    Kevin Bacon
    Kevin Bacon
    • Jack Brennan
    Sam Rockwell
    Sam Rockwell
    • James Reston, Jr.
    Matthew Macfadyen
    Matthew Macfadyen
    • John Birt
    Oliver Platt
    Oliver Platt
    • Bob Zelnick
    Rebecca Hall
    Rebecca Hall
    • Caroline Cushing
    Toby Jones
    Toby Jones
    • Swifty Lazar
    Andy Milder
    Andy Milder
    • Frank Gannon
    Kate Jennings Grant
    Kate Jennings Grant
    • Diane Sawyer
    Gabriel Jarret
    Gabriel Jarret
    • Ken Khachigian
    Jim Meskimen
    Jim Meskimen
    • Ray Price
    Patty McCormack
    Patty McCormack
    • Pat Nixon
    Geoffrey Blake
    Geoffrey Blake
    • Interview Director
    Clint Howard
    Clint Howard
    • Lloyd Davis
    Rance Howard
    Rance Howard
    • Ollie
    Gavin Grazer
    Gavin Grazer
    • White House Director
    Simon James
    Simon James
    • Frost Show Director
    • Director
      • Ron Howard
    • Writer
      • Peter Morgan
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • 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
      Frost and Nixon behave as if they've never met before. In real life, Frost interviewed Nixon when he ran for president in 1968. Nixon enjoyed the interview so much that after he was elected, he met with Frost in the White House to discuss producing a television special.
    • Quotes

      [from trailer]

      David Frost: Are you really saying the President can do something illegal?

      Richard Nixon: I'm saying that when the President does it, it's *not* illegal!

      David Frost: ...I'm sorry?

    • Crazy credits
      Michael Sheen and Frank Langella are credited simultaneously before the title. Sheen's name is on a lower level, but further to the left; while Langella's is higher up, but pushed to the right. Therefore, depending on whether you read the card top-to-bottom or left-to-right, either actor can be seen as being credited first.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Summer Special 2008/09 (2008)
    • Soundtracks
      By George It's David Frost
      Written by George Martin (as George Henry Martin)

      Performed by Atli Örvarsson

    User reviews280

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    Great cast, excellent screenplay
    The Frost/Nixon interviews are fascinating. Not every second of them, especially not when Nixon rambles on and on, avoiding questions by offering anecdotes in place of answers. Yet, they are an invaluable historical document, which allow us the rare privilege of seeing a major politician as a human being and nothing else. As interesting as the interviews themselves is the lead-up to them, the circumstances surrounding them, and the characters involved, particularly Frost and Nixon, of course. One could say that you only need to watch the actual footage, but there's ample room for a great dramatization, but it needed an even-handed approach, and certainly needed no political preaching.

    I have a personal dislike for Ron Howard as a director, a result of my sensibilities mainly, I suspect. Howard strikes me as a particularly heavy-handed, didactic director who has wasted many great concepts on mediocre films (out of 18 films I've seen by him, I only genuinely liked "Apollo 13". I was expecting the worst with "Frost/Nixon", but instead was met with one of the most entertaining films in a while, and a remarkably well-acted, even-handed, quality character study. I suppose I should have been prepared for a quality screenplay given the success of this Peter Morgan play in New York and London, but I was hardly expecting something this good. It's glib, funny, well-paced, expertly-structured, clever, observant, and intelligent. It creates a fascinating Nixon, played brilliantly by the great Frank Langella, though this is not quite up there with the likes of Oliver Stone's sadly under-appreciated "Nixon" or Robert Altman's endlessly fascinating "Secret Honor". The film is almost surprisingly well-directed, although there is a bit of the old TV trick of shaking the camera a bit, panning too often, to give the illusion of motion and energy when there's really just people in a room talking. The conversation's interesting enough, there's no need for that. Oh well, I suppose I am nitpicking.

    As far as Nixon movies go this is lightweight entertainment with plenty of comic moments largely leading up to two or three scenes of real human vulnerability. Aside from these scenes (which are truly, truly excellent), Peter Morgan conceives the meeting as something of a chess match with the unpredictability of a boxing match. To use J. Hoberman's words 'a prize fight between two comeback-hungry veterans, only one of whom could win'. On paper this could have been very heavy on amateur psychoanalysis and low on entertainment value but Morgan and I suppose Howard as well are clever enough to have some fun with the idea. This is not a criticism at all, the film has moments of surprisingly real depth and intellectualism, but overall the nature of the script works in its favor, makes those scenes more interesting, more ultimately rewarding.

    "Frost/Nixon" is an entertaining, exciting film, around as populist as I expected but in a very different way. This is the sort of writing we don't see enough of, particularly not in today's films. It's vaguely reminiscent of a particularly good BBC television drama. The cast is certainly good enough for that. Langella and Michael Sheen are outstanding, both manage to accurately portray the real-life men they are portraying while still adding some characterization and mannerisms of their own. Langella's Tony-award winning performance might be up for Oscar consideration soon, but Sheen's Frost almost upstages him at times. No heavy-handedness, no political 'messages', just a fun, clever script and a great cast in a well-made film.
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    • Dec 15, 2008

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 23, 2009 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • France
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Universal (United States)
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Sự Thật Chết Người
    • Filming locations
      • Palos Verdes Estates, California, USA(Nixon "San Clemente" Compound)
    • Production companies
      • Universal Pictures
      • Imagine Entertainment
      • Working Title Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $25,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $18,622,031
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $180,708
      • Dec 7, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $27,426,335
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • SDDS
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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