Frost/Nixon (film)

Frost/Nixon is a 2008 drama film based upon the play of the same name by Peter Morgan. The film version is directed by Ron Howard and produced by Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment and Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title Films for Universal Pictures. The film reunites its original two stars from the London and Broadway productions of the play, Frank Langella as former US President Richard Nixon and Michael Sheen as British TV broadcaster David Frost. Filming began on August 27, 2007.

Plot

The film focuses on a series of interviews that David Frost (Michael Sheen) conducted with Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) in 1977.

Cast

• Frank Langella as Richard Nixon
• Michael Sheen as David Frost
• Kevin Bacon as Jack Brennan
• Oliver Platt as Bob Zelnick
• Sam Rockwell as James Reston Jr.
• Matthew Macfadyen as John Birt
• Toby Jones as Swifty Lazar
• Andy Milder as Frank Gannon

Other personalities depicted in the film include Diane Sawyer, Tricia Nixon, Michael York, Hugh Hefner, and Raymond Price.

Release

The film will have its world premiere on October 15, 2008 as the opening film of the 52nd annual London Film Festival. It will be released in selected theaters in the United States on December 5, 2008 before a wider national release. It will go on general release in the United Kingdom from January 9, 2009.

References

External links

• Official website
• Universal Pictures Awards