Frost/Nixon
Short description
Frost/Nixon dramatises the 1977 television interviews between former US president Richard Nixon and British talk-show host David Frost. Three years after resigning over Watergate, Nixon agrees to a wide-ranging sit-down, believing he can outmatch a presenter he regards as lightweight. Frost's own team doubts he can hold his ground. What begins as an apparent mismatch turns into a contest of preparation and nerve once the cameras start rolling.
Ron Howard directed the film, the eighteenth of the thirty-two features listed for him, arriving between The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. Peter Morgan wrote the screenplay, and Brian Grazer, Tim Bevan and Tim Fellner produced. Frank Langella plays Nixon opposite Michael Sheen as Frost, with Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones and Matthew Macfadyen among the supporting cast.
Released in 2008, the film cost about 25 million dollars and took roughly 27 million worldwide, a modest theatrical return. Audiences rate it 7.6 on IMDb from around 116,000 votes and 7.3 on TMDB from a much smaller base, while the critics' score stands higher at 8.2 from 258 reviews, suggesting stronger critical than popular enthusiasm. It runs 122 minutes and was made across the United Kingdom, the United States and France.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on the play of the same name by Peter Morgan.
- Before Ron Howard was chosen as the film's director, the project was of interest to Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols, George Clooney, Sam Mendes, and Bennett Miller.
- Both of the lead actors – Michael Sheen and Frank Langella – embodied in the film images they had previously created on stage. Ron Howard agreed to direct the film only if the studio allowed the same actors to play the main roles.
- When Frost persuades one of the studio bosses to buy his interview, a poster for M*A*S*H can be seen in the background.
- For his role as Nixon in the original 2007 stage production, Frank Langella was awarded a Tony Award for theatrical performance.
- Off-set, the actors didn't break character and continued the Frost/Nixon rivalry, constantly bickering and mocking each other. Even when addressing Frank Langella or simply mentioning him, all the cast and crew members used 'Mr. President'.
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