“Frost/Nixon” Premiered At London Film Festival
London Film Festival opening movie Ron Howard’s “Frost/Nixon” premiered last night in London’s Leicester Square.
Among those attending the red carpet event - Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Frank Langella, Toby Jones, Matthew Macfadyen, Oliver Platt, Peter Morgan - was David Frost himself, who said he was “delighted” by the film.
“I am delighted. It really is good, it really is powerful,” Frost said.
The movie depicts the tense meetings between David Frost and disgraced US president Richard Nixon in 1977 and series of interviews culminating in Nixon’s seeming admission of guilt over the Watergate scandal.
Frank Langella, who plays the former commander-in-chief, said Nixon continued to figure in his thoughts long after the cameras were turned off.
“I do not think I will ever say goodbye to him. I think about him every day,” he said last night. “It is not a political film but a human film.”
“David Frost is not a character, he is more of a way of life, so I started to get worried when I found it more enjoyable being him than I did being me. So now I’m starting to kind of de-Frost, come out of character and let it go,” Michael Sheen said.
The film has already received attention as a potential award winner. Director Ron Howard said:
“It is a little early for me to talk about. A movie like this - it needs that kind of support and acknowledgement.”
London Film Festival runs Oct. 15-30.
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Frost/Nixon Poster
Poster for the upcoming Ron Howard-directed “Frost/Nixon” film is unveiled.
The film is based on the popular Broadway production, by the same name, and focuses on interview Nixon gave, post-resignation, to English journalist David Frost. Nixon spoke about the Watergate scandal during the sessions, which aired in 1977.
Oscar-winning director Ron Howard brings to the screen writer Peter Morgan’s (”The Queen,” “The Last King of Scotland”) electrifying battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the untold story of the historic encounter that changed both: “Frost/Nixon.” Reprising their roles from Morgan’s stageplay are Frank Langella, who won a Tony for his portrayal of Nixon, and Michael Sheen, who fully inhabited the part of Frost onstage in London and New York.
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“Frost/Nixon” Movie Trailer and Photos
Universal has officially released the first trailer and new images for upcoming political drama “Frost/Nixon“.
Adaptation of the hit Peter Morgan (The Queen, The Other Boleyn Girl) play based on a series of televised interviews that David Frost secured with former President Nixon in 1977. The final interview ended with Nixon tacitly admitting his guilt regarding his role in the Watergate scandal. Frank Langella and Michael Sheen are reprising their Broadway roles as Nixon and Frost, respectively. Kevin Bacon will play Nixon’s chief of staff Jack Brennan.
Frost/Nixon is directed by actor and filmmaker Ron Howard (Backdraft, Apollo 13, Ransom, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, The Da Vinci Code). Read the rest of this entry
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