Frost/Nixon

Biography, History

Frank Langella	Richard Nixon
Michael Sheen	David Frost
Sam Rockwell	James Reston
Kevin Bacon	Jack Brennan
Matthew MacFadyen	John Birt
Oliver Platt	Bob Zelnick
Rebecca Hall	Caroline Cushing
Toby Jones	Swifty Lazar
Andy Milder	Frank Gannon
Kate Jennings Grant	Diane Sawyer

Director	Ron Howard
Producer	Tim Bevan; Eric Fellner
Writer	Peter Morgan
Cinematography	Salvatore Totino

British interviewer and television host David Frost (Michael Sheen) conducts several interviews with President Nixon (Frank Langella) in the 1970s. When the fourth interview is conducted, the Watergate scandal is occurring. Nixon’s staff member Jack Brennan (Kevin Bacon) tries to keep things from breaking down completely. In the meantime, Nixon gets Swifty Lazar (Toby Jones), an agent, to procure big money in exchange for giving the interviews. Frost also obtains money so he can hire reporters Reston (Sam Rockwell) and Zelnick (Oliver Platt) to do some research for him. Reston wants Nixon to admit to wrongdoing. Nixon starts out jubilant and ends up in disgrace.