Frost/Nixon (2008)

Frost/Nixon: Directed by Ron Howard. With Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon. A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.

“From PASTO, COLOMBIA-Via: L. A. CA; CALI, COLOMBIA u0026amp; ORLANDO, FLu003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe morning after the Watergate break-in, I brought the newspaper to my university, showing the brief article to everyone who would look. u0026quot;Tricky Dick is at the bottom of thisu0026quot; I insistedu0026quot;NO! He wouldnu0026#39;t be that STUPID!u0026quot; most of them replied.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIn FROST/NIXON we get an insightful look at a gifted, multi-faceted, conflicted personality in all its haunting glory. Nixon was many things. Stupid was not one of them. A Ron Howard Movie about a TV interview? I was very skeptical, to say the least. One viewing made me a believer. Ron Howard has crafted an instant Classic masterpiece. Ripe with couched metaphors and subtle tripwire dialog, the filmu0026#39;s power flows from Ron Howardu0026#39;s ability to present us with the cinematic equivalent of a 100 minute TV close-up of its title characters.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eFROST/NIXON turns a microscope on both Nixonu0026#39;s strengths and a shopping list of inner demons. Simultaneously vindictive, petty, rancorous, insecure and ever ready to play the victim, more than anything else, Frank Langellau0026#39;s uncanny performance evokes not hatred, but great pathos. History is replete with flawed geniuses. But only during the past half century has there been a media obsessed with exposing them for the entire world to see.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eMichael Sheen is inspired as David Frost, undergoing a great on screen catharsis. And the re-creation of the interviews is sublime! Cleverly and convincingly Presented as two deftly talented sparring partners, FROST/NIXON is an immensely entertaining/informative slice of history that should satisfy even the most discerning cinematic gourmet.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e9*…..ENJOY/DISFRUTELA!u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAny comments, questions or observations, in English or Español, are most welcome!”