Summary:
Director Oliver Stone's exploration of former president Richard Nixon's strict Quaker upbringing, his nascent political strivings in law school, and his strangely self-effacing courtship of his wife, Pat. The contradictions in his character are revealed early, in the vicious campaign against Helen Gahagan Douglas and the oddly masochistic Checkers speech. His defeat at the hands of the hated and envied John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election, followed by the loss of the 1962 California gubernatorial race, seem to signal the end of his career. Yet, although wholly lacking in charisma, Nixon remains a brilliant political operator, seizing the opportunity provided by the backlash against the antiwar movement to take the presidency in 1968. It is only when safely in office, running far ahead in the polls for the 1972 presidential election, that his growing paranoia comes to full flower, triggering the Watergate scandal.
| Runtime: | 192 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for language. |
| Production: | Hollywood Pictures |
| Genres: | Biography, Drama |
| Country: | USA |
| Languages: | English, Mandarin, Russian |
| Home Release Date: | Mar 12, 2002 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Oliver Stone | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Christopher Wilkinson | Written By |
| Oliver Stone | Written By |
| Stephen J. Rivele | Written By |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Anthony Hopkins | Richard M. Nixon |
| Joan Allen | Pat Nixon |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Bob Hoskins | J. Edgar Hoover |
| Brian Bedford | Clyde Tolson |
| David Hyde Pierce | John Dean |
| David Paymer | Ron Ziegler |
| E.G. Marshall | John Mitchell |
| Ed Harris | E. Howard Hunt |
| Fyvush Finkel | Murray Chotiner |
| J.T. Walsh | John Ehrlichman |
| James Woods | H.R. Haldeman |
| Kevin Dunn | Charles Colson |
| Mary Steenburgen | Hannah Nixon |
| Paul Sorvino | Henry Kissinger |
| Powers Boothe | Alexander Haig |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Andrew G. Vajna | Producer |
| Clayton Townsend | Producer |
| Dan Halsted | Co-Producer |
| Eric Hamburg | Co-Producer |
| Oliver Stone | Producer |
| Richard Rutowski | Associate Producer |
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