Frost/Nixon (Blu-ray) R
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 2 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 21, 2009
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall & Toby Jones | |
Performer: | Matthew Macfadyen & Oliver Platt | |
Directed by | Ron Howard | |
Edited by | Mike Hill & Dan Hanley | |
Screenwriting by | Peter Morgan | |
Composition by | Hans Zimmer | |
Produced by | Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Tim Bevan & Eric Fellner | |
Director of Photography: | Salvatore Totino | |
Executive Production by | Peter Morgan, Matthew Byam Shaw, Karen Kehela Sherwood, David Bernardi, Debra Hayward, Liza Chasin & Todd Hallowell |
Entertainment Reviews:
3.5 stars out of 4 -- Start with 'magnificent' to describe Frank Langella's bone-deep performance as Nixon. It's one for the time capsule....One of the year's best films...
Rolling Stone
The result is involving, engrossing cinema -- more thrilling, in fact, than Howard's THE DA VINCI CODE -- filmmaking of a type rarely seen anymore and sorely missed.
Los Angeles Times
Without a supremely nuanced performance from Langella, it would be easy for the Nixon Howard and Morgan offer to fall once again into vaudeville villainy.
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WORLD
4.5 stars out of 5 -- [T]his one finds the most compelling truths in anecdotal detail....It's a film worthy of multiple Oscar nominations, and one that probably deserves a few more in categories that don't exist.
Box Office
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Mr. Langella wisely decided not to impersonate the iconic president exactly, but he has captured Mr. Nixon perfectly nonetheless.
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Washington Times
Ranked #4 in Rolling Stone's 'Movies Of The Year' -- All the actors excel, but Langella is transcendent, a lion roaring against a lonely winter.
Rolling Stone
The movie is essentially a chamber piece pivoting on two beautifully nuanced performances.
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Maclean's Magazine
Product Description:
The power of television, and one man's drive to achieve what seems like, at times, an impossible dream, are the two central themes explored in Ron Howard's enthralling drama FROST/NIXON. The impossible dream belongs to David Frost (Michael Sheen), a moderately successful English talk show host who set out to interview disgraced former president Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) following his resignation in 1974. Howard examines how Frost pulled off such an audacious achievement, and also looks at how both sides prepared for the series of interviews, which eventually transpired in 1977. The confrontation between the two is laced with tension, and the director makes it clear that both men had plenty to lose and a lot to gain, depending on who the public perceived to be in control.
Langella gives a supreme performance as Nixon, easily matching Anthony Hopkins's turn as the former president in Oliver Stone's NIXON (1995). Howard's film, which is based on the play of the same name by Peter Morgan, expertly pits the two men against one another by highlighting both their strengths and weaknesses. Frost was a consummate TV host but was out of his depth in political commentary; Nixon was highly adept at avoiding direct answers to Frost's questions, but couldn't mask his sullen facial expressions from the camera. Sheen and Langella are supported by a resolutely excellent cast, and the tension builds to almost unbearable levels as the two finally sit down and discuss Nixon's career. The key scene, in which Nixon's true feelings are exposed via a simple trick--a close-up shot of the former president's sad-eyed face, clearly indicating his deep unhappiness at all his failings--is adeptly handled by Howard, and serves to highlight how vital it is for politicians to perform under the unforgiving gaze of the media.
Langella gives a supreme performance as Nixon, easily matching Anthony Hopkins's turn as the former president in Oliver Stone's NIXON (1995). Howard's film, which is based on the play of the same name by Peter Morgan, expertly pits the two men against one another by highlighting both their strengths and weaknesses. Frost was a consummate TV host but was out of his depth in political commentary; Nixon was highly adept at avoiding direct answers to Frost's questions, but couldn't mask his sullen facial expressions from the camera. Sheen and Langella are supported by a resolutely excellent cast, and the tension builds to almost unbearable levels as the two finally sit down and discuss Nixon's career. The key scene, in which Nixon's true feelings are exposed via a simple trick--a close-up shot of the former president's sad-eyed face, clearly indicating his deep unhappiness at all his failings--is adeptly handled by Howard, and serves to highlight how vital it is for politicians to perform under the unforgiving gaze of the media.
Keywords:
Enemies
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Rivalry
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Live-Action
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Politics
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Scams And Cons
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True Story
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Injustice
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Social Issues
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Recommended
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Character Study
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Period Piece
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Showbiz
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Corruption
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Scandal
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Political
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Historical
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Theatrical Release
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Behind The Scenes
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1970s
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Interviews
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 128,673
- UPC: 025195053433
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