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Nixon (1995)
7.1
Ratings: 7.1/10 from 16,563 users
Metascore:
66/100
Reviews: 146 user | 76 critic | 22 from Metacritic.com A biographical story of former U.S. president Richard Milhous Nixon, from his days as a young boy to his eventual presidency which ended in shame. Director:Oliver Stone |
192 min - 
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| Anthony Hopkins | ... | ||
| Joan Allen | ... | ||
| Powers Boothe | ... | ||
| Ed Harris | ... | ||
| Bob Hoskins | ... | ||
| E.G. Marshall | ... | ||
| David Paymer | ... | ||
| David Hyde Pierce | ... | ||
| Paul Sorvino | ... | ||
| Mary Steenburgen | ... | ||
| J.T. Walsh | ... | ||
| James Woods | ... | ||
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Brian Bedford | ... | |
| Kevin Dunn | ... | ||
| Fyvush Finkel | ... | ||
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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. Written by alfiehitchie
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Gli intrighi del potere See more »Filming Locations:
Culver Studios - 9336 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$50,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$13,560,960 (USA)Company Credits
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Cinergi Pictures Entertainment, Hollywood Pictures, Illusion Entertainment See more »
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| USA: (director's cut)Sound Mix:
Dolby DigitalAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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Written by Frédéric Chopin
Performed by Elizabeth Yaron See more »
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Revealing mistakes: Numerous scenes throughout the movie feature President Nixon seated or standing in front of a crackling log fire, particularly in the scene where he talks to the portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Although in each scene real logs can be heard crackling, hissing, and popping, as real wood will do, close-ups of the fire reveal it to be a "fake" natural gas fireplace, with artificial logs that are "burning" evenly and cleanly with a vertical flame, and no smoke or embers coming off them. See more »Soundtracks
"MAZURKA IN D MAJOR, OP. 33, NO. 2"Written by Frédéric Chopin
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