Frost/Nixon (2008)
Country: US/GB/FR
Technical: DeLuxe/2.35:1 122m
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Kevin Bacon, Toby Jones, Rebecca Hall, Matthew Macfadyen, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell
Synopsis:
Successful television presenter David Frost persuades a producer at the BBC to join him in a bid to interview the former president of the United States, Richard Nixon. After initial complacency gives way to the Frost magic of persistence and confessorial empathy, the smooth-talking Mr Nixon permits himself what amounts to an admission of guilt, and with no hard feelings.
Review:
Another impressive addition to the gallery of Sheen impersonations, and Howard's most mature film to date, this gripping drama-doc. takes you through what amounted to Frost's finest hour, for all its unpromising antecedents. The leads and supporting cast are outstanding.
Country: US/GB/FR
Technical: DeLuxe/2.35:1 122m
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Kevin Bacon, Toby Jones, Rebecca Hall, Matthew Macfadyen, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell
Synopsis:
Successful television presenter David Frost persuades a producer at the BBC to join him in a bid to interview the former president of the United States, Richard Nixon. After initial complacency gives way to the Frost magic of persistence and confessorial empathy, the smooth-talking Mr Nixon permits himself what amounts to an admission of guilt, and with no hard feelings.
Review:
Another impressive addition to the gallery of Sheen impersonations, and Howard's most mature film to date, this gripping drama-doc. takes you through what amounted to Frost's finest hour, for all its unpromising antecedents. The leads and supporting cast are outstanding.
Country: US/GB/FR
Technical: DeLuxe/2.35:1 122m
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Kevin Bacon, Toby Jones, Rebecca Hall, Matthew Macfadyen, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell
Synopsis:
Successful television presenter David Frost persuades a producer at the BBC to join him in a bid to interview the former president of the United States, Richard Nixon. After initial complacency gives way to the Frost magic of persistence and confessorial empathy, the smooth-talking Mr Nixon permits himself what amounts to an admission of guilt, and with no hard feelings.
Review:
Another impressive addition to the gallery of Sheen impersonations, and Howard's most mature film to date, this gripping drama-doc. takes you through what amounted to Frost's finest hour, for all its unpromising antecedents. The leads and supporting cast are outstanding.