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Frost/Nixon

The epic battle for the truth.

After Richard Nixon resigned as President of the USA, a struggling young talk show host saw an opportunity to hit the big time, by interviewing the ex-president. His secret game plan was to wring a confession out of him. Nixon agreed to the interview, persuaded by hard cash and a hidden desire to clear the slate. The series of interviews did not go well intially, as the heavyweight Nixon called the shots, but after a drunken phone call one night, the tables were suddenly turned...

122 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Language)
Biographical, Drama, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Macfadyen, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones, Andy Milder

Director

Ron Howard

Screenplay

Peter Morgan, from his play

Music

Hans Zimmer

Cinematography

Salvatore Totino

Editing

Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hill

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2008

Produced by

Imagine Entertainment, Relativity Media, Studio Canal, Working Title Films

SA Distributor

UIP

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Documentary, drama
Language	Moderate, fairly infrequent, in context, mild impact
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Mild, brief, infrequent, low impact
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Mild religious profanities, infrequent, in context
Drug abuse	Some use of alcohol and tobacco, in context
Comments	None
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

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Blood / Gore / Gross

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Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

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Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarTheresa Smith

Die BurgerLaetitia Pople

Cape TimesKenneth Turan

iAfrica.comNils van der Linden

The CitizenPeter Feldman At the end of it all, what emerges in this Morgan/Howard collaboration is a story that has been fashioned into something far more significant than an embellished re-telling of recent history. It now assumes a tragedy of almost Shakespearean proportions.

24.comFinn Gregory

International Media

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert All we know about the real Frost and the real Nixon is almost beside the point. It all comes down to those two men in that room while the cameras are rolling.

eye Weekly (Canada)Jason Anderson Though Morgan’s sexed-up brand of fact-based drama can sometimes seem facile, few other contemporary writers have such a nuanced understanding of power or protocol, or such prowess at choreographing conversational fisticuffs.

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers Frost/Nixon, one of the year's best films, far exceeds its roots as docudrama. It cuts to the core of a toxic culture that sees politics as show business, a culture still all too recognizable as our own.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs Although some may complain that this is only a superficial look at the news event as well as Nixon in general, and that one should watch the actual interviews for more context (both valid points), many will likely view this as a well-made and certainly entertaining appetizer/introduction to a more in-depth examination of such matters.

Metacritic.com38 critics

RottenTomatoes.com189 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Frost/Nixon is weighty and eloquent; a cross between a boxing match and a ballet with Oscar worthy performances.

Internet (IMDB)8493 Netizens Mr. Nixon, It's Time for Your Close-up

Average .. 82%

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