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Release Date:
20 December 1995 (USA)
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Tagline:
He had greatness within his grasp. more
Plot:
A biographical story of former U.S. president Richard Milhous Nixon, from his days as a young boy to his eventual presidency which ended in shame. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 7 wins
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6 nominations
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Hopkins To Play Hemingway
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Frank Langella is a Tricky Dick in the First Frost/Nixon Trailer [First Look]
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(From WENN. 25 March 2009, 12:35 AM, PDT)
Frank Langella is a Tricky Dick in the First Frost/Nixon Trailer [First Look]
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Oliver Stone's best film
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | Anthony Hopkins | ... | Richard M. Nixon |
 | Joan Allen | ... | Pat Nixon |
 | Powers Boothe | ... | Alexander Haig |
 | Ed Harris | ... | E. Howard Hunt |
 | Bob Hoskins | ... | J. Edgar Hoover |
 | E.G. Marshall | ... | John Mitchell |
 | David Paymer | ... | Ron Ziegler |
 | David Hyde Pierce | ... | John Dean |
 | Paul Sorvino | ... | Henry Kissinger |
 | Mary Steenburgen | ... | Hannah Nixon |
 | J.T. Walsh | ... | John Ehrlichman |
 | James Woods | ... | H.R. Haldeman |
| Brian Bedford | ... | Clyde Tolson |
 | Kevin Dunn | ... | Charles Colson |
 | Fyvush Finkel | ... | Murray Chotiner |
 | Annabeth Gish | ... | Julie Nixon Eisenhower |
 | Tom Bower | ... | Frank Nixon |
 | Tony Goldwyn | ... | Harold Nixon |
 | Larry Hagman | ... | 'Jack Jones' |
 | Edward Herrmann | ... | Nelson Rockefeller (as Ed Herrmann) |
 | Madeline Kahn | ... | Martha Mitchell |
 | Dan Hedaya | ... | Trini Cardoza |
 | Tony Lo Bianco | ... | Johnny Roselli |
| Tony Plana | ... | Manolo Sanchez |
 | Saul Rubinek | ... | Herb Klein |
| Robert Beltran | ... | Frank Sturgis, Watergate Burglar |
| John Cunningham | ... | Bob |
| John Diehl | ... | Gordon Liddy |
 | John C. McGinley | ... | Earl in Training Film |
 | Michael Chiklis | ... | TV Director |
 | David Barry Gray | ... | Richard Nixon, 19 Years Old |
 | Joanna Going | ... | Young Student |
| George Plimpton | ... | President's Lawyer |
| Lenny Vullo | ... | Bernard Barker, Watergate Burglar |
 | Corey Carrier | ... | Richard Nixon, 12 Years Old |
| Ronald von Klaussen | ... | James McCord, Watergate Burglar |
 | John Bedford Lloyd | ... | Cuban Man |
 | Kamar De Los Reyes | ... | Eugenio Martinez, Watergate Burglar |
 | Enrique Castillo | ... | Virgilio Gonzales, Watergate Burglar |
| James Pickens Jr. | ... | Black Orator (as James Pickens) |
 | Victor Rivers | ... | Cuban Plumber |
 | Bridgette Wilson | ... | Sandy (as Bridgitte Wilson) |
| Drew Snyder | ... | Moderator |
 | Ric Young | ... | Mao Tse-Tung |
 | Sean Stone | ... | Donald Nixon |
| Joshua Preston | ... | Arthur Nixon |
| Ian Calip | ... | Football Player |
| Jack Wallace | ... | Football Coach |
 | Julie Condra | ... | Young Pat Nixon (as Julie Condra Douglas) |
 | Annette Helde | ... | Happy Rockefeller |
| Howard Platt | ... | Lawyer at Party |
| Mike Kennedy | ... | Convention Announcer |
| Harry Murphy | ... | Fan #1 |
| Suzanne Schnulle Murphy | ... | Fan #2 |
| Michael Kaufman | ... | Fan #3 |
| Pamela Dickerson | ... | Girlfriend |
 | O'Neal Compton | ... | Texas Man |
| Chris Renna | ... | Family Doctor (as Dr. Christian Renna) |
| Wilson Cruz | ... | Joaquin, Hoover's Servant |
| Mikey Stone | ... | Edward Nixon |
| Robert Marshall | ... | Spiro Agnew |
 | Marley Shelton | ... | Tricia Nixon Cox |
 | James Karen | ... | Bill Rogers |
 | Richard Fancy | ... | Mel Laird |
| Peter Carlin | ... | Student #1 |
 | Michelle Krusiec | ... | Student #2 |
 | Wass Stevens | ... | Protester |
| Tom Nicoletti | ... | Secret Service Agent #1 |
| Chuck Pfeiffer | ... | Secret Service Agent #2 |
| Alexander Butterfield | ... | White House Staffer (also archive footage) (as Alex Butterfield) |
 | Mark Steines | ... | White House Security |
 | Ling Bai | ... | Chinese Interpreter |
| Peter P. Starson Jr. | ... | Air Force One Steward |
 | Jon Tenney | ... | Reporter #1 |
| Julie Araskog | ... | Reporter #2 |
| Ray Wills | ... | Reporter #3 |
| John Bellucci | ... | Reporter #4 |
| Zoey Zimmerman | ... | Reporter #5 |
| Mary Rudolph | ... | Rosemary Woods |
| Clayton Townsend | ... | Floor Manager #1 |
| Donna Dixon | ... | Maureen Dean |
| John Stockwell | ... | Staffer #1 |
| Charles Haugk | ... | Staffer #2 |
| Boris Sichkin | ... | Leonid Brezhnev |
| Fima Noveck | ... | Andre Gromyko |
| Raissa Danilova | ... | Russian Interpreter |
| Marilyn Rockafellow | ... | Helen Smith |
| Bill Bolender | ... | Bethesda Doctor |
 | Melinda Renna | ... | Bethesda Nurse |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Dean Acheson | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Salvador Allende | ... | Himself - with Mother and Infant (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Robert Bork | ... | Himself - at Time of Saturday Night Massacre (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Arthur Bremer | ... | Himself - Shooting Wallace (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| David Brinkley | ... | Himself - Reporting FBI Findings on Dean and Hunt (voice) (uncredited) (archive footage) |
| Edmund G. Brown | ... | Himself - Running against Nixon / Meeting with JFK (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Barbara Bush | ... | Herself - Attending Nixon Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| George Bush | ... | Himself - Attending Nixon Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Jimmy Carter | ... | Himself - Attending Nixon Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Rosalynn Carter | ... | Herself - Attending Nixon Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Fidel Castro | ... | Himself - Smoking Cigar (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Whittaker Chambers | ... | Himself - Testifying before HUAC (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 | Bill Clinton | ... | Himself - Eulogizing Nixon (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton | ... | Herself - Attending Nixon Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Nellie Connally | ... | Herself - Leaving Air Force One after JFK (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Archibald Cox | ... | Himself - with Elliott Richardson (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Edward Cox | ... | Himself - at Helicopter after Resignation (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 | Nancy Davis | ... | Herself - Attending Nixon Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Bob Dole | ... | Himself - Eulogizing Nixon (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | ... | Himself - Returning from WW2 / Throwing Out First Ball / Handshake with JFK (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Mamie Eisenhower | ... | Herself - with Ike at Republican Convention (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Daniel Ellsberg | ... | Himself - Discussing Prison Sentence (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Sam Ervin | ... | Himself - at Senate Watergate Hearing (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Betty Ford | ... | Herself - when Gerald Becomes President after Nixon Resignation / Attending Nixon Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Gerald Ford | ... | Himself - Sworn in as President after Nixon Resignation / Attending Nixon Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Helen Gahagan | ... | Herself (runs against Nixon) (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 | Angie Gray | ... | Kennedy Staffer (uncredited) |
 | Michael Haddad | ... | White House worker (uncredited) |
| Richard Helms | ... | Himself - Leaning Forward to Testify (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Alger Hiss | ... | Himself - Testifying before HUAC (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Lyndon Johnson | ... | Himself - in First Speech as President / Attending JFK Funeral / Declining Renomination (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Caroline Kennedy | ... | Herself - Arriving for JFK Funeral with LBJ (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Ethel Kennedy | ... | Herself - behind RFK during Final Speech (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Jacqueline Kennedy | ... | Herself - with Jack in Dallas / Arriving for JFK Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 | John F. Kennedy | ... | Himself - Campaigning / Debating Nixon / Beginning Visit to Dallas (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| John Kennedy Jr. | ... | Himself - Arriving for JFK Funeral with LBJ (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Robert F. Kennedy | ... | Himself - in Final Speech / Attending JFK Funeral / Laying Mortally Wounded (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Eunice Kennedy Shriver | ... | Herself - Arriving for JFK Funeral with Ted (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Ted Kennedy | ... | Himself - Wearing Neck Brace after Chappaquiddick (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Nikita Khrushchev | ... | Himself - Wearing White Hat (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| King George VI | ... | Himself - with Truman (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 | Martin Luther King | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Albert Leon | ... | Ringmaster (uncredited) |
| Dave Mallow | ... | Newscaster Voice (voice) (uncredited) |
| Joseph McCarthy | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| George McGovern | ... | Himself - Facing the Press (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Robert McNamara | ... | Himself - Laughing (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 | Nicole Nagel | ... | Kissinger's Date (uncredited) |
| Pat Nixon | ... | Herself - Leaving White House after Resignation (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Richard Nixon | ... | Himself - Leaving White House after Resignation (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Tricia Nixon | ... | Herself - at Helicopter after Resignation (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| J. Robert Oppenheimer | ... | Himself - Smoking Cigarette (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Lee Harvey Oswald | ... | Himself - in Custody (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi | ... | Himself - Handshake with Diplomat (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Michael Pasby | ... | News Reporter at Press Conference (uncredited) |
 | Ronald Reagan | ... | Himself - in Pro-Nixon Speech / Attending Nixon Funeral (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Elliot Richardson | ... | Himself - with Archibald Cox (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Eleanor Roosevelt | ... | Herself - Wearing Fur Coat (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | ... | Himself - with Socialite (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Ethel Rosenberg | ... | Herself - Handcuffed with Husband (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Julius Rosenberg | ... | Himself - Handcuffed with Wife (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| William Ruckelshaus | ... | Himself - at Time of Saturday Night Massacre (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Adlai Stevenson | ... | Himself - Facing Microphones (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 | Oliver Stone | ... | Closing Narration (voice) (uncredited) |
 | Robert Taylor | ... | Himself - Testifying before HUAC (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Harry S. Truman | ... | Himself - with King George (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| George Wallace | ... | Himself - Shot by Bremer / in Wheelchair (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Earl Warren | ... | Himself - Swearing in JFK (archive footage) (uncredited) |
 | Breck Wilson | ... | Hippie (uncredited) |
| Mao Zedong | ... | Himself - in the 1940s (archive footage) (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Oliver Stone | |||
Writing credits(WGA) | ||
| Stephen J. Rivele | (written by) & | |
| Christopher Wilkinson | (written by) & | |
| Oliver Stone | (written by) | |
Produced by | |||
| Dan Halsted | .... | co-producer | |
| Eric Hamburg | .... | co-producer | |
| Richard Rutowski | .... | associate producer | |
| Oliver Stone | .... | producer | |
| Clayton Townsend | .... | producer | |
| Andrew G. Vajna | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| John Williams | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Robert Richardson | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Brian Berdan | |||
| Hank Corwin | |||
Casting by | |||
| Billy Hopkins | |||
| Heidi Levitt | |||
| Mary Vernieu | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Victor Kempster | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Richard F. Mays | |||
| Donald B. Woodruff | (as Donald Woodruff) | ||
| Margery Zweizig | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Merideth Boswell | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Richard Hornung | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| John Blake | .... | key makeup artist | |
| Cydney Cornell | .... | hair designer | |
| Mindy Hall | .... | makeup artist | |
| Mary L. Mastro | .... | hair stylist | |
| Gordon J. Smith | .... | special makeup effects artist (as Gordon Smith) | |
| Jay McClennen | .... | prosthetic technician (uncredited) | |
Production Management | |||
| Bill Brown | .... | post-production supervisor | |
| Tova Laiter | .... | executive in charge of production | |
| Lenny Vullo | .... | unit production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Maggie Murphy | .... | second assistant director | |
| Scott Andrew Robertson | .... | second second assistant director (as Scott Robertson) | |
| David Sardi | .... | first assistant director | |
| Meta Valentic | .... | dga trainee (as Meta A. Puttkammer) | |
| Philip C. Pfeiffer | .... | second unit director (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| Henry Alberti | .... | set designer | |
| Fred Arbegast | .... | chief sculptor | |
| Sarah Bowen | .... | art department coordinator | |
| Jason Bryant | .... | art department production assistant | |
| Jon J. Bush | .... | swing gang boss | |
| Dennis Butterworth | .... | greensman | |
| Gary Clause | .... | propmaker gang boss | |
| Lou Economides | .... | labor foreman | |
| Kevin M. Gannon | .... | assistant props | |
| Michael R. Gannon | .... | assistant property master | |
| Bobby Joe Garren | .... | greensman | |
| Carmine Goglia | .... | stand-by painter (as Carmen Goglia) | |
| Karen Higgins | .... | general foreman | |
| Mike Holowach | .... | swing gang boss | |
| Peter J. Kelly | .... | set designer | |
| Bruce Kerner | .... | scenic supervisor | |
| Roger Knight | .... | on-set dresser | |
| Michael Levitre | .... | sculptor (as Mike Levitre) | |
| Sean R. MacCaul | .... | toolman | |
| Louis Marquis | .... | plaster foreman | |
| Stacey S. McIntosh | .... | construction coordinator | |
| Ryan T. Mennealy | .... | art department production assistant | |
| Samuel 'Buddy' Nalbone III | .... | construction shop manager | |
| William A. Petrotta | .... | property master | |
| David C. Potter | .... | lead man | |
| Paul M. Rohrbaugh III | .... | paint foreman | |
| Tommy Samona | .... | second lead man (as Anthony Samona) | |
| Jerry Sargent | .... | propmaker foreman | |
| Kirk Starbird | .... | sculptor | |
| Rob Stevens | .... | construction estimator | |
| Charles Vassar | .... | set designer (as Charlie Vassar) | |
| G. Roger Abell | .... | set dresser (uncredited) | |
| J. Bryan Holloway | .... | sculptor (uncredited) | |
| Mark A. Mancinelli | .... | construction foreman (uncredited) | |
| Lisa K. Sessions | .... | assistant set decorator (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| F. Lee Stone | .... | special effects | |
| Robert Calvert | .... | special effects foreman (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Michael Aguilar | .... | digital artist | |
| Daniel Chuba | .... | visual effects producer | |
| William S. Conner | .... | optical: VCE | |
| Joseph Conti | .... | digital artist | |
| Bryan Cooke | .... | digital artist | |
| David Emerson | .... | optical supervisor: VCE | |
| Brian Griffin | .... | digital supervisor | |
| Todd Hall | .... | optical: VCE | |
| Christer Hokanson | .... | optical effects supervisor | |
| Carlin Kmetz | .... | digital matte paintings | |
| Peter Kuran | .... | visual effects | |
| Chris Loudon | .... | optical effects coordinator | |
| Jo Martin | .... | editorial: VCE | |
| Marilyn Nave | .... | production coordinator: VCE | |
| Mark Sullivan | .... | digital matte paintings | |
| Pam Vick | .... | digital artist | |
| Larry Weiss | .... | digital artist: Hammerhead | |
| Brian Hanable | .... | digital compositor (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Charles Grisham | .... | stunts | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Kimberly Adams-Galligan | .... | assistant costume designer | |
| Mark Bridges | .... | assistant costume designer | |
| Steve Ellsworth | .... | key costumer | |
| Tricia Gray | .... | costumer | |
| Michelle Kurpaska | .... | costume supervisor | |
| Deedee Montesanto | .... | set costumer | |
| Valerie T. O'Brien | .... | set costumer | |
| Steffani Lincecum | .... | costume cutter and fitter (uncredited) | |
| Cookie Lopez | .... | costumer (uncredited) | |
| Ellen Ryba | .... | costumer (uncredited) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Scott Griffin | .... | apprentice editor | |
| Jennifer Neysa Jew | .... | first assistant editor | |
| Bob Kaiser | .... | color timer | |
| Alan Z. McCurdy | .... | assistant editor | |
| Thomas J. Nordberg | .... | associate editor | |
| Alex Olivares | .... | assistant editor: avid | |
| James Stellar Jr. | .... | assistant editor | |
| Calvin Wimmer | .... | assistant editor | |
| Pamela Jule Yuen | .... | assistant editor | |
| Kim Jorgensen | .... | assistant editor (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Budd Carr | .... | executive music producer | |
| Sandy DeCrescent | .... | music contractor (as Sandy De Crescent) | |
| Amy Dunn | .... | associate music supervisor | |
| Kelly Mahan-Jaramillo | .... | assistant music editor | |
| Shawn Murphy | .... | music scoring mixer | |
| Sylvia Nestor | .... | associate music supervisor | |
| John Neufeld | .... | orchestrator | |
| Kenneth Wannberg | .... | music editor (as Ken Wannberg) | |
| Tim Morrison | .... | musician: trumpet (uncredited) | |
| Conrad Pope | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Wayne Roberts | .... | transportation captain | |
| Eddie Lee Voelker | .... | transportation coordinator | |
Other crew | |||
| Sashy Bogdanovich | .... | research assistant | |
| Alexander Butterfield | .... | technical consultant | |
| Ian Calip | .... | office production assistant | |
| Christian Clarke | .... | set production assistant | |
| Jennifer Clark | .... | accounting assistant | |
| Mindy Cole | .... | assistant: Mr. Halsted | |
| Kyle Cooper | .... | title designer: main and end titles | |
| John Dean | .... | technical consultant | |
| Ann Marie Digioia | .... | office production assistant | |
| Jeff Flach | .... | location manager | |
| Carol Flaisher | .... | location manager: Washington D.C. | |
| Christine C. Fransen | .... | production coordinator (as Christine Fransen) | |
| Nicolas Goddet | .... | set production assistant | |
| Dori Greenberg | .... | set production assistant | |
| Basil Grillo | .... | accounting assistant | |
| Deirdre Horgan | .... | script supervisor | |
| Nicholas Irwin | .... | second assistant accountant | |
| Eddie Kish | .... | assistant: Mr. Stone | |
| Albert Leon | .... | set production assistant | |
| Arthur Manson | .... | producer's representative | |
| Carla Meyer | .... | additional dialect coach | |
| Suzanne Schnulle Murphy | .... | first assistant accountant (as Sue Schnulle Murphy) | |
| John M. Newman | .... | technical advisor (as John Newman) | |
| Sandra Noriega | .... | location production assistant | |
| Darrin O'Hanlon | .... | production secretary | |
| Amy Pearson | .... | assistant production coordinator | |
| David Pomier | .... | location assistant (as Dave Pomier) | |
| Ted Rae | .... | effects set supervisor | |
| Chris Renna | .... | production physician (as Dr. Christian Renna) | |
| John Riley | .... | set production assistant | |
| Michael Riley | .... | title designer: main and end titles | |
| Concepcion Roca | .... | location production assistant | |
| Denyse Rossi | .... | payroll accountant | |
| Christopher Weills Scheer | .... | project consultant | |
| Robert Scheer | .... | project consultant | |
| John P. Sears | .... | technical consultant | |
| Michael Singer | .... | unit publicist | |
| Rachel Smith | .... | set production assistant | |
| Barbara-Ann Stein | .... | controller | |
| Sunday Stevens | .... | assistant: Mr. Townsend | |
| Cecil Stoughton | .... | archive source (as Cecil W. Stoughton) | |
| Kayla Thames | .... | assistant location manager | |
| Annie Tien | .... | assistant: Mr. Stone | |
| Lucas Van Alen | .... | production secretary | |
| Nadia Venesse | .... | dialogue coach | |
| Keenan Werner | .... | location production assistant | |
| Ted Yonenaka | .... | craft service | |
| Ian Abercrombie | .... | adr loop group (uncredited) | |
| Lisa Marie Boiko | .... | stand-in: Madeline Kahn (uncredited) | |
| Patrick Burn | .... | assistant location manager (uncredited) | |
| David Cohen | .... | mold maker foreman (uncredited) | |
| Jim Davidson | .... | production representative (uncredited) | |
| Claudia Eastman | .... | location scout (uncredited) | |
| Linda Klein | .... | medical technical advisor (uncredited) | |
| Michael Kolko | .... | accountant (uncredited) | |
| Tom Lent | .... | adr voice (uncredited) | |
| Bill McCamey | .... | construction nurse (uncredited) | |
| Keith McNulty | .... | teleprompter operator (uncredited) | |
| Charlie Puritano | .... | researcher (uncredited) | |
| Shannon Rawls | .... | security officer (uncredited) | |
| Carol Riggins | .... | animal trainer (uncredited) | |
| Azita Zendel | .... | assistant: Oliver Stone (uncredited) | |
Thanks | |||
| Andrew Harland Jr. | .... | special thanks | |
| Erica Schwartz | .... | special thanks | |
| Louis Stone | .... | dedicatee | |
| Stanley Weiser | .... | special thanks | |
| Robert Yamamoto | .... | special thanks (as Rob Yamamoto) | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Buena Vista Pictures (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista International (1996) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Laurenfilm (1996) (Spain) (theatrical)
- RCV Film Distribution (1996) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (1996) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Buena Vista Home Video
- Gativideo (199?) (Argentina) (VHS)
- Hollywood Pictures Home Video (USA) (DVD)
- Hollywood Pictures Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- RCV Film Distribution (Belgium)
- RCV Film Distribution (Luxembourg)
- Touchstone Home Video (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
- Warner Home Video (USA) (DVD)
- Audio Tracks digital audio
- Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment camera cranes and dollies
- Chemical Bank financial arranger
- Complete Film Company completion guaranty provided by
- D. Bassett & Associates negative cutting
- Encore Video avid editing systems
- Hollywood Film & Video optical effects film laboratory
- Hollywood Records soundtrack published by
- Illusion Records soundtrack published by
- Jo Anne Kane Music Services music preparation
- M/S Billings Publicity Ltd. additional publicity
- Manley, Gorin & Associates production insurance
- Michelson Food Services catering
- Movie Movers cast trailers
- Pacific Title titles and opticals
- Paskal Lighting lighting
- R/GA (West) title design
- Soundelux sound design
- Stephen Rivers & Associates marketing and publicity
- Todd-AO Studios (West) re-recording facilities
- Vidipax videotape restoration
- White House Historical Association presidential paintings
Additional Details
MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Parents Guide:
Runtime:
192 min | USA:212 min (director's cut)
Country:
Color:
Black and White |
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Certification:
USA:R (certificate #34303) |
Iceland:L |
South Korea:15 |
Brazil:14 |
New Zealand:M |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Canada:AA (Ontario) |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Denmark:12 |
Finland:K-8 |
France:U |
Germany:12 (f) (bw) |
Norway:11 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
UK:15
Filming Locations:
Company:
Fun Stuff
Trivia:
Oliver Stone plays the off-screen interviewer of Hannah Nixon.
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Goofs:
Factual errors: The movie depicts demonstrators being menaced by police and chanting "the whole world is watching" while Nixon is speaking at the 1968 Republican Party convention in Miami Beach. However the confrontation between demonstrators and police that is depicted actually took place during the 1968 Democratic Party convention in Chicago.
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Quotes:
[Nixon awkwardly puts his arm around John Dean, his legal counsel]
Richard M. Nixon: John, I want you to get away from this madhouse, these reporters, and go up to Camp David for the weekend. And I want you to write up a report. I want you to put everything you know about Watergate in there.
John Dean: You want me to put it all in writing. Over my signature.
Richard M. Nixon: Well, nobody knows more about this thing than you do, John. The details, that stuff, I don't know about.
[a pause]
John Dean: Sir, I'm not going to be the scapegoat for this. Haldeman and Ehrlicman are in just as deep as me.
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Richard M. Nixon: John, I want you to get away from this madhouse, these reporters, and go up to Camp David for the weekend. And I want you to write up a report. I want you to put everything you know about Watergate in there.
John Dean: You want me to put it all in writing. Over my signature.
Richard M. Nixon: Well, nobody knows more about this thing than you do, John. The details, that stuff, I don't know about.
[a pause]
John Dean: Sir, I'm not going to be the scapegoat for this. Haldeman and Ehrlicman are in just as deep as me.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in American Splendor (2003)
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Soundtrack:
FEVER
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I'm not normally a fan of Oliver Stone (in fact, I've NEVER liked an Oliver Stone picture before)but this one just blew me away. The reason I usually don't like him is that, though he is a great technical director and visual stylist, his scripts are heavy-handed and one-sided to the point of absurdity. But not here. In fact, the script is perhaps the most impressive element in this whole movie, not only for how ambiguous and even-handed it is in dealing with Nixon as a character, but also for the brilliant way it moves around in time. It starts with Nixon, feeling embattled in the White House in 1973 as the Watergate hearings are upon him, and uses the device of him listening to his secret tapes to jump back and forth to previous eras, flawlessly moving between past and present to give an impressionistic, kaleidoscopic overview of the man's life, instead of following the staid and ho-hum linear approach most movie biographies take (most recent example: "Man on the Moon", the bio on Andy Kaufman which was a snoozer in spite of a great performance by Jim Carrey mainly because of the dry boring, "This happened. . .And then this happened" approach).
Another reason to see this film is the brilliant, absolutely overwhelming lead performance by Anthony Hopkins; his Nixon may not look or sound exactly like the 37th president (but come on, except maybe for Ed Sullivan, who does?) but he embodies his qualities - strengths as well as weaknesses - to such an enormous degree that he simply BECOMES Nixon, at least for the three hours the movie is on screen.
I have to say, though, I was not nearly as impressed as every one else (critics and general audiences alike) seems to be about Joan Allen as Pat Nixon. It's nothing against her performance, she did fine, it's just that as written, the part is rather weak. In fact, I was much more bothered about the liberties the filmmakers took in fleshing out her character than in all the political events; it's like, whenever they wanted to have someone blast Nixon or act as his conscience, they'd trot out Ol' Pat, giving her some of the most embarrasingly "speechified" moments in all of the movies - almost none of their scenes together ringed true as husband as wife; it was more like Nixon sitting across from the Filmmakers' Conscience. In fact, she's angry at him so often in the film you have to wonder, what exactly does she love about the man? The film never answers (or attempts to answer) this question.
But this one minor quibble is not enough to make me downgrade this film. It is an absolutely stunning achievement by any stretch of the imagination, and it contains some interesting thematic and technical echoes of both Citizen Kane (cavernous high ceiling scenes, a "March of Time"-type newsreel on Nixon, a dinner scene between Dick and Pat at a long, impersonal table) as well as The Godfather (the burnished, half-dark half-light cinematography, several "chamber of power" scenes in tight, dark and claustrophobic rooms)that I found, in context, to be totally appropriate. It paints both Nixon and the times he (and the country) lived through on a grand and mythic scale that was truly awesome and, once again, entirely appropriate. Yes, it's a film that is at times big, loud and bombastic (because so, after all, was Nixon himself) but, just as often quiet, contemplative and told at an achingly *human* level. The contrast between these two states is what gives the film a good deal of its overall power and, as I've said, I never would have believed that Stone would have been capable of doing the smaller, quieter scenes so well.
This is a good film to have on tape or DVD, for two reasons. It's so long, and so dense with facts, characters and events, that you're not likely to want to watch it all the way straight through (the first time I saw it was in the theater and though I was held spellbound, I began wishing for an intermission at about the two-hour mark, not so much to stretch my legs but to give my brain a chance to process all I'd seen and heard so far). Also, and more importantly, the videotape includes after the credits two scenes cut out of the final film for time purposes. In both cases, I believe, a severe mistake was made - these are both, I believe, ESSENTIAL sequences; not just nice to have as an additional bargain, but scenes which Stone should have fought tooth and nail to keep in (even cutting out some others if he had to - my vote would have been to excise a few of those Pat Nixon scenes instead). Once scene involves Nixon's visit to the CIA and another a discussion between Nixon and J. Edgar Hoover in the Oval Office. The first scene is a masterpiece of writing and acting (with Sam Waterston as CIA Director Richard Helms, otherwise in no other scene of the movie) and the other is, I think, key in understanding Nixon's motivation to begin taping his White House conversations in the first place (also - an issue which is touched on no other place in the movie). I feel that these two scenes should be edited back into their appropriate places in the movie; seeing them separated from the rest of the film is better than not seeing them at all, but they really belong as part of the entire story.