Nixon (Extended Director's Cut) (Blu-ray) R
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Blu-ray Details
- Number of Discs: 2
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 3 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 19, 2008
- Originally Released: 1995
- Label: Walt Disney Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Anthony Hopkins & Joan Allen | |
Performer: | James Woods, Powers Boothe, Bob Hoskins, Paul Sorvino, Ed Harris, David Paymer, Mary Steenburgen, J.T. Walsh, E.G. Marshall, David Hyde Pierce & Madeline Kahn | |
Directed by | Oliver Stone | |
Edited by | Hank Corwin & Brian Berdan | |
Screenwriting by | Oliver Stone, Stephen J. Rivele & Christopher Wilkinson | |
Composition by | John Williams | |
Subject: | Richard Nixon | |
Produced by | Oliver Stone, Clayton Townsend, Andrew G. Vajna & Dan Halstead | |
Director of Photography: | Robert Richardson |
Entertainment Reviews:
...Riveting....The film compliments Nixon with grandeur....A fascinating film...
Sight and Sound
...Gripping psychodrama....Technically the film is a marvel...
Rolling Stone
Rating: 3.5/5 --
What it finally adds up to is a huge mixed bag of waxworks and daring, a film that is furiously ambitious even when it goes flat, and startling even when it settles for eerie, movie-of-the-week mimicry.
New York Times
As wayward and self-regarding as its subject, the film long overstays its welcome.
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Time Out
You could say that Nixon is Oliver Stone's Citizen Kane, and not necessarily mean it as praise.
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City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
...[Stone] creates empathy for this most enigmatic of American leaders. One of the year's best films...
Chicago Sun-Times
Rating: 1.5/5 --
It's clear that Stone hates Nixon with a capital H.
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7M Pictures
Product Description:
Using a nonchronological narrative style à la CITIZEN KANE (from which he quotes), director Oliver Stone explores former president Richard Nixon's strict Quaker upbringing, his nascent political strivings in law school, and his strangely self-effacing courtship of his wife, Pat (played by Joan Allen). The contradictions in his character are revealed early, in the vicious campaign against Helen Gahagan Douglas and the oddly masochistic Checkers speech. His defeat at the hands of the hated and envied John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election, followed by the loss of the 1962 California gubernatorial race, seem to signal the end of his career. Yet, although wholly lacking in charisma, Nixon remains a brilliant political operator,
seizing the opportunity provided by the backlash against the antiwar movement
to take the presidency in 1968. It is only when safely in office, running far ahead in the polls for the 1972 presidential election, that his growing paranoia comes to full flower, triggering the Watergate scandal.
Surprisingly, Stone evinces considerable compassion as he gives us a Nixon of tragic stature and nearly Shakespearean dimension in this powerfully moving film. The star-studded cast, including Ed Harris and James Woods, complements Hopkins's extraordinary performance.
seizing the opportunity provided by the backlash against the antiwar movement
to take the presidency in 1968. It is only when safely in office, running far ahead in the polls for the 1972 presidential election, that his growing paranoia comes to full flower, triggering the Watergate scandal.
Surprisingly, Stone evinces considerable compassion as he gives us a Nixon of tragic stature and nearly Shakespearean dimension in this powerfully moving film. The star-studded cast, including Ed Harris and James Woods, complements Hopkins's extraordinary performance.
Description by Buena Vista Home Entertainment:
Anthony Hopkins electrifies the screen as NIXON in the acclaimed hit from controversial director Oliver Stone. Nominated for four Academy Awards(R), including best actor, Anthony Hopkins, 1995, NIXON takes a riveting look at a complex man whose chance at greatness was ultimately destroyed by his passion for power, when his involvement in conspiracy jeopardized the nation's security and the presidency of the United States. With a phenomenal all-star cast featuring Ed Harris, James Woods and Joan Allen, NIXON is a powerful motion picture. Included in this special 2-Disc Election Year Edition is an all-new 35-minute documentary on Nixon by Sean Stone you won't want to miss.