Frost Nixon Reviews
Frost/Nixon is a film adaptation of Peter Morgan's play of the same name. The Arizona Reporter review believes "the results are riveting. Here is a political movie that tramples Oliver Stone's W into the dust, making us wonder whether Stone is a sell-out. Director Ron Howard, by contrast, dazzles with a partisan exposition, though he and scripter (Peter) Morgan are not entirely unsympathetic to poor Mr. Nixon."1
Fast Facts
- Limited release date: December 5, 20082
- Release date: December 25, 20082
- Director: Ron Howard
- Based on Peter Morgan's Frost/Nixon theater production
- Screenwriter: Peter Morgan
- Producer: Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner
- Distributor: Universal Pictures
- Michael Sheen and Frank Langella reprise their roles as Frost and Nixon
- Frank Lagella won a Tony for his role as Nixon2
- Nominated for an International Press Academy Satellite Awards3
- Tag line: "400 million people were waiting for the truth"2
- MPAA rating: R
Review Quotes
- "One of the virtues of Frost/Nixon, Ron Howard's adaptation of Peter Morgan's hit play, is that it brings the intelligence back to the forefront without dispelling the elements of menace and fraudulence that were also part of Nixon’s temperament."— The New Yorker4
- "Most of the drama is evoked by backstage preparations, the sorts of brainstorming sessions we all know that the candidates for President and Vice-President went through in the 2008 debates."—Arizona Reporter1
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