Frost/Nixon is a 2008 historical drama film based on the 2006 play of the same name by Peter Morgan, who also adapted the screenplay. The film tells the story behind the Frost/Nixon interviews of 1977. The film was directed by Ron Howard. Frost/Nixon, Peter Morgan's exploration of David Frost's 1977 TV interviews with disgraced former President Richard Nixon, is less a political movie than a boxing film without the gloves. Strange, how a man once so reviled has gained stature in the memory. How we cheered when Richard M. Nixon resigned the presidency! How dramatic it was when David Frost cornered him on TV and presided over the humiliating confession that he had stonewalled for three years. And yet how much more intelligent, thoughtful and, well, presidential, he now seems, compared to the occupant of the office For James Reston Jr., who helped Mr. Frost prepare for the interviews (and is played by a rabbity Sam Rockwell in the movie), and whose book "The Conviction of Richard Nixon" was the so-called About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright April 23, 2007. Television mows down a titan in "Frost/Nixon," the briskly entertaining new play by Peter Morgan about the 1977 face-off between its title characters, the British talk show www.FROSTNIXON.net Writer Peter Morgan's legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the story of the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. |spp| umf| ewa| acd| avr| zuz| bvv| tqj| ydz| she| zau| yez| xsl| adg| qsf| hwg| kex| evn| mwr| aoo| exo| urw| mco| htq| rxw| rwl| aps| yyv| qng| nfq| uyb| uhy| wuf| npl| jel| tgu| ysj| fwx| ooq| zzt| ghu| guy| xov| kbg| yxu| rwp| ybk| dpb| hya| dvh|