Nixon (1995)

R12/22/1995Drama, History3h 12m
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Triumphant in Victory, Bitter in Defeat. He Changed the World, But Lost a Nation.

Overview

A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Anthony Hopkins

    Richard Nixon

  2. Cast 1

    Joan Allen

    Pat Nixon

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    Powers Boothe

    Alexander Haig

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    Ed Harris

    E. Howard Hunt

  5. Cast 1

    Bob Hoskins

    J. Edgar Hoover

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    E.G. Marshall

    John Mitchell

  7. Cast 1

    David Paymer

    Ron Ziegler

  8. Cast 1

    David Hyde Pierce

    John Dean

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    Paul Sorvino

    Henry Kissinger

Wow, this was a pretty fair movie wasn't it? And it came from Oliver Stone. One would almost expect it to be a paranoid mess, but it was done pretty well. Hopkins did a great job too... except maybe looking a little too old for the role, but he captured a lot of Nixon's mannerisms, a lot of how he spoke and moved. It was far from uncanny, but he really did nail the essence of the character and that is almost better than cloning him. Joan Allen fails though. She doesn't exactly ape Pat as well as she could and you are left with the impression that she doesn't understand who she was depict...