The Final Days (film)

The Final Days
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Directed by	Richard Pearce
Produced by	Stuart Samuels Richard L. O'Connor
Written by	Novel: Bob Woodward Carl Bernstein Teleplay: Hugh Whitemore
Starring	Lane Smith Richard Kiley
Cinematography	Fred Murphy
Edited by	Bill Yahraus
Release dates	29 October 1989
Running time	150 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Final Days is a 1989 television movie adaptation of the book written by Bob Woodward, and Carl Bernstein. The movie is directed by Richard Pearce and follows the events in the Nixon White House after the Washington Post's Watergate revelations.

Featured cast

Actor	Role
Theodore Bikel	Henry Kissinger
Susan Brown	Pat Nixon
Ed Flanders	Leonard Garment
Richard Kiley	J. Fred Buzhardt
Jeff Perry	Committee Investigator
James Sikking	Elliot Richardson
Gary Sinise	Richard Ben-Veniste
Lane Smith	Richard Nixon
David Ogden Stiers	Alexander Haig
Paul Yeuell	Stephen Bull

Awards and nominations

1990 Casting Society of America (Artios)

Nominated – Best Casting for TV Movie of the Week: Susan Bluestein

1990 Emmy Awards

Nominated – Outstanding Cinematography For A Miniseries Or Movie: Fred Murphy
Nominated – Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special: Richard Pearce
Nominated – Outstanding Made For Television Movie: Stu Samuels, Richard L. O'Connor, Susan Weber-Gold
Nominated – Outstanding Writing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special: Hugh Whitemore

1990 Golden Globe Awards

Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film: Lane Smith

External links

The Final Days at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Richard Pearce

Heartland (1979) Threshold (1981) Country (1984) No Mercy (1986) The Final Days (1989) The Long Walk Home (1990) Leap of Faith (1992) A Family Thing (1996) Witness Protection (1999) South Pacific (2001) Fatal Contact: Bird Flu in America (2006)

Richard Nixon

January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994 37th President of the United States (1969–1974) 36th Vice President of the United States (1953–1961) U.S. Senator from California (1950–1953) U.S. Representative for CA-12 (1947–1950)

Presidency	First inauguration Second inauguration Nixon Doctrine "Bring Us Together" Economic policies Nixon Shock Tar Baby Option Environmental Protection Agency creation National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Space exploration 1971 National Cancer Act Vietnam War Cambodian bombing Paris Peace Accords "Peace with Honor" Silent majority Cold War period Linkage policy 1972 Visit to China Shanghai Communiqué Détente 1972 Moscow Summit Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty SALT I Treaty Prevention of Nuclear War Agreement Threshold Test Ban Treaty Endangered Species Act Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act War on Drugs Drug Enforcement Administration Enemies List list of opponents Operation CHAOS Watergate timeline White House tapes United States v. Nixon Resignation speech Pardon Cabinet State of the Union Address (1970 1973 1974) Wilson desk Judicial appointments Supreme Court controversies

Life and politics	Presidential Library and Museum Richard Nixon Foundation Birthplace and boyhood home Checkers speech Kitchen Debate Operation 40 "Last press conference" Florida White House "La Casa Pacifica" Nixon Center Nixon v. General Services Administration Death and funeral

Books	Six Crises (1962) Biographical works and bibliography

Elections	United States House of Representative elections, 1946 1948 U.S. Senate election, 1950 California gubernatorial election, 1962 Republican Party presidential primaries, 1960 1964 1968 1972 Republican National Conventions, 1952 1956 1960 1968 1972 Nixon Presidential campaign, 1968 United States presidential elections, 1952 1956 1960 debates 1968 1972

Popular culture	Nixon goes to China (phrase) Four More Years (1972 film) All the President's Men (1974 book) All the President's Men (1976 film) Nixon in China (1987 opera) Nixon (1995 film) The Frost-Nixon Interviews (2006 play, 2008 film) Nixon in film and TV

Related	Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act Presidential Townhouse

Family	Thelma "Pat" Ryan Nixon (wife) Tricia Nixon Cox (daughter) Julie Nixon Eisenhower (daughter) Frank Nixon (father) Hannah Nixon (mother) Donald Nixon (brother) Edward Nixon (brother) Donald A. Nixon (nephew) Christopher Nixon Cox (grandson) Jennie Eisenhower (granddaughter)

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