Frost/Nixon

[Dark Donnie]

Driector:
Ron Howard

Screenplay:
Peter Morgan

Starring:
Frank Langella-Richard Nixon
Micheal Sheen-David Frost
Kevin Bacon
Sam Rockwell
Oliver Platt
Toby Jones

Plot Outline:
The film is based on the popular Broadway production, by the same name, and focuses on interview Nixon gave, post-resignation, to English journalist David Frost. Nixon spoke about the Watergate scandal during the sessions, which aired in 1977.

Im liking the sound of this....With Howard directing, and a superb cast, this will surely be an Oscar contender.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Langella as Nixon:

Langella & Sheen:

 

[Artos]

When does this come out?

 

[Dark Donnie]

Someone said June/July over at IMDB, but I would think this would be a Oct/Nov release.

 

[Artos]

Yeah, I kinda figured later in the year. I'm really looking forward to this.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Same here, I hadn't heard about it till a few days ago.....

 

[Artos]

It's seems like it's been in production forever. It apparently had a good run as a play on Broadway and I believe won some Tonys. I love anything with Nixon so I'm pretty excited for this.

 

[Kevin Roegele]

I just hope that the sequel will be Through the Keyhole.

 

[tzarinna]

I don't know much about the play, but so far I'm curious.

 

[thejon93]

Sounds pretty cool/good.

 

[Hunter Rider]

I just hope that the sequel will be Through the Keyhole.

[Pretentious Canadian voice] Who would live in a house like this [/Pretentious Canadian voice]

 

[Dark Donnie]

Anyone have the scan from the Fall Preview of Entertainment Weekly?

 

[Dark Donnie]

http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20219070_20219072_20219350,00.html

Frost/Nixon

By Steve Daly

No, it's not an ice-tinged holiday story about the late ex-president. It's a witty look at the backstage jockeying behind ex-talk-show host David Frost's revelatory 1977 TV interviews with Richard M. Nixon, in which the disgraced pol essentially admitted culpability for Watergate. In 2006, a stage version by Morgan (The Queen) opened to raves in London, with a gangly Langella as Tricky Dick and Sheen (Tony Blair in The Queen) as a grin-wielding Frost. By the end of opening week, there were six major-league suitors for the film rights. Howard, just off The Da Vinci Code, seemed an odd match, but he was willing to commit to a late-2008 release — and Morgan wanted the movie out before George W. Bush left the White House. (In Morgan's view, abuse-of-power issues are at peak relevancy.)

Howard and Co. took lowered fees, the director says. But according to Morgan, even with a modest $25 million budget, the studio pushed for a bigger star to play Nixon. Howard considered Jack Nicholson, then Warren Beatty. (Both passed.) But just after the show opened on Broadway in April 2007 with the original leads, Langella got a call. ''It was [Universal honcho] Ron Meyer,'' recalls the actor. ''He said, 'We'd like you to come join us.' I said, 'Where are you?' He said, 'No, for the film!'''
OUR TWO CENTS Frost/Nixon will outscore Da Vinci critically, and Langella and Sheen should be busy this awards season. 12/5

 

[Gotham]

He's recognizable in a few of the pictures.

 

[Gotham]

http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/08/20/must-watch-ron-howards-frostnixon-trailer/

I don't mean to double post, but the trailer is now up. It looks really good.

 

[Artos]

Looks really good. Love the music in the trailer. I'm excited.

 

[Dark Donnie]

Looks good....looks like it will be a big hit come award season. I think the ending music is from Requiem for a Dream.

 

[Gotham]

Looks good....looks like it will be a big hit come award season. I think the ending music is from Requiem for a Dream.

I heard that as well.

The end line is chilling. "No. I'm saying that if the President does it, it's not illegal."

 

[flickchick85]

The ending music is from The Fountain, NOT Requiem for a Dream. But I can see how you'd get confused since it's from the same composer/director. I personally prefer The Fountain's score, though it's becoming just as overused in trailers as Requiem's music was.

And yeah, this looks great. According to IMDB, though, right now it's only slated for a limited release. Can that be right? I can't remember the last Ron Howard movie that got a limited release.

 

[Artos]

According to coming soon, it starts out limited and expands for the next couple of weeks to a wide release.

 

[flickchick85]

^Aha, thanks for the info. That sounds more like it.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Frost/Nixon Movie Trailer and Photos


This is the official US trailer.

 

[Sexecutioner]

This looks good. I'm a Sam Rockwell fan and the "You do any fornicating?" line sold me.

 

[Cinemaman]

The trailer looked ok, it reminds me Charlie Wilson's War. I may watch it, if it gets positive acclaim from critics.

 

[Laderlappen]

There's Oscar talk going around. Langella & Sheen are both highly likely to be nominated