Saturday, March 28, 2015

March 28 - Frost\Nixon


Today’s movie is a drama with a scene that happens on March 28. Watch this film tonight and enjoy.

FROST/NIXON        

Nixon resigns from the presidency and is pardoned by Ford. Hoping for a ‘big’ interview David Frost decides to interview him. Nixon hopes to use the interviews to rehabilitate himself. Frost tries to sell the interviews to the networks but fails. He then syndicates them. He hires two researchers to investigate Nixon, who has people investigate Frost. In the initial interviews, Nixon is in control by keeping the focus on his success and giving long, rambling monologues of answers. For example on the one of March 28, 1977 Nixon rambles on about foreign policy, causing Frost and his associates to argue about the success of the interviews.  [1:12:13 to 1:15:29] When his Australian show is cancelled Frost is depressed. An inebriated Nixon calls him and tries to get inside his head by telling him the last interview will break one of them. This energizes Frost, who takes control in the last interview and gets Nixon to confess that he broke the law during Watergate and participated in a cover up. Frost’s career is revived, while Nixon is isolated for the rest of his life.

An interesting film. Gives some insight into the private Nixon. Also reveals the behind the scenes world of television news.

Date given in film at 1:12:16

Producer - Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner

Director - Ron Howard

Screenplay - Peter Morgan

Awards - The film was nominated for the Best Picture, Best Actor (Langella), Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director and Best Editing Oscars. 

Runtime - 2 hours 3 minutes

Released - October 15, 2008

Starring -

Frank Langella as Richard Nixon
Michael Sheen as David Frost
Kevin Bacon as Jack Brennan
Oliver Platt as Bob Zelnick
Sam Rockwell as James Reston Jr.
Matthew Macfadyen as John Birt
Rebecca Hall as Caroline Cushing
Patty McCormack as Pat Nixon
Toby Jones as Swifty Lazar
Andy Milder as Frank Gannon

Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.





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