Frost/Nixon (film)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article or section contains information about one or more scheduled or expected films. The content will change as the film's release approaches and more information becomes available. |
 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (March 2008) |
| Frost/Nixon | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ron Howard |
| Produced by | Ron Howard Brian Grazer Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Peter Morgan |
| Written by | Peter Morgan |
| Starring | Frank Langella Michael Sheen |
| Music by | Hans Zimmer |
| Cinematography | Salvadore Totino |
| Editing by | Daniel P. Hanley |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures Imagine Entertainment Working Title |
| Release date(s) | December 5, 2008 |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60 million |
| IMDb profile | |
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. The film is to be released in selected theatres in the United States on December 5, 2008 before a wider release.[1]
Contents |
[edit] Plot
The film focuses on a series of interviews that David Frost (Michael Sheen) conducted with Richard Nixon (Frank Langella) in 1977.
[edit] 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
Other celebrities in the film include Diane Sawyer, Tricia Nixon, Michael York, Frank Gannon, Hugh Hefner, and Raymond Price, they are all played by unknown actors/actresses.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
|
|||||
|
|||||||||||
 |
This 2000s drama film-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
