Oscar®-winning
director Ron Howard brings to the screen writer Peter Morgan's
electrifying 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 untold story of the historic encounter that
changed both: Frost/Nixon. Reprising their roles from Morgan's
stageplay are Frank Langella, who won a Tony for his portrayal of
Nixon, and Michael Sheen, who fully inhabited the part of Frost onstage
in London and New York.
For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent.
But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief
agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions
of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his
presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his
televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British
showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans.
Likewise, Frost's team harbored doubts about their boss' ability to
hold his own. But as cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.
Would Nixon evade questions of his role in one of the nation's greatest
disgraces? Or would Frost confound critics and bravely demand
accountability from the man who'd built a career out of stonewalling?
Over the course of their encounter, each man would reveal his own
insecurities, ego and reserves of dignity-ultimately setting aside
posturing in a stunning display of unvarnished truth.
Frost/Nixon not only re-creates the on-air interview, but the weeks of
around-the-world, behind-the-scenes maneuvering between the two men and
their camps as negotiations were struck, deals were made and secrets
revealed...all leading to the moment when they would sit facing one
another in the court of public opinion.
Frost/Nixon is a collaboration between Imagine Entertainment and
Working Title Films, with Academy Award® winners Brian Grazer
and Ron Howard joining Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner as producers. Joining
Langella and Sheen as the colorful real-life personalities who provide
the men counsel is a formidable roster of actors including Kevin Bacon,
Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell, Toby Jones and Matthew Macfadyen.
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