Frost Nixon

In summer 1977, the televised David Frost/Richard Nixon interviews attracted the largest audience for a news program in the history of American TV. More than 45 million viewers—hungry for a glimpse into the mind of their disgraced former commander in chief and anxious for him to acknowledge the abuses of power that led to his resignation—sat transfixed as Nixon and Frost sparred in a riveting verbal boxing match over the course of four evenings. Two men with everything to prove knew only one could come out a winner. Their legendary confrontation would revolutionize the art of the confessional interview, change the face of politics and capture an admission from the former president that startled people all over the worldpossibly even including Nixon himself.

Now, Academy Award®-winning director Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, Apollo 13) brings to the screen playwright and screenwriter Peter Morgans (The Queen, The Last King of Scotland) electrifying dramatization of the battle between Richard Nixon (FRANK Langella, Good Night, and Good Luck.), the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost (MICHAEL SHEEN, The Queen), a jet-setting featherweight television personality with a name to make, in the untold story of the historic encounter that changed both: Frost/Nixon. Re-creating not only the on-air interviews that captivated the nation, but weeks of around-the-world, behind-the-scenes maneuvering and negotiations between the men and their opposing camps, the film explores the long-untold story that led to the ultimate face-off in the court of public opinion.

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UNIVERSAL PICTURES/IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT/WORKING TITLE FILMS Present

In Association with STUDIOCANAL and RELATIVITY MEDIA

A BRIAN GRAZER/WORKING TITLE Production

A RON HOWARD FILM

FRANK LANGELLA
MICHAEL SHEEN
KEVIN BACON
REBECCA HALL
TOBY JONES
MATTHEW MACFADYEN
OLIVER PLATT
SAM ROCKWELL

Executive Producers
PETER MORGAN
MATTHEW BYAM SHAW
KAREN KEHELA SHERWOOD
DAVID BERNARDI
DEBRA HAYWARD
LIZA CHASIN
TODD HALLOWELL

Produced by
BRIAN GRAZER
RON HOWARD
TIM BEVAN
ERIC FELLNER

Based on the Stage Play by
PETER MORGAN

Screenplay by
PETER MORGAN

Directed by
RON HOWARD

Select Theatres 12/5

Category:

Film & Animation

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