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Mood:
- ContemplativeGloomyTouchingThought ProvokingDisturbingSincereStylized
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- Head of StatePoliticsRise and FallAmbitionState AffairsPolitical CorruptionCampaignDishonesty more...
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- DramaPeriod
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- 20s20th Century30s60s70sVietnam War
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- Washington DC
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- Award WinnerControversialCritically Acclaimed
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- EpicNonlinear
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Nixon, 1995
English, Mandarin, Russian
USA
Profile of Nixon
The mood of Nixon is thought provoking, gloomy, and contemplative. The plot centers around a head of state, a rise and fall, and politics. It is a drama and period movie. Stylistically, Nixon is nonlinear and is epic. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. Nixon is set in Washington DC. It happens during the Vietnam War, in the 1920s, and in the 1930s. It is drawn from a biography and originally a true story. Nixon is known for being controversial, an award winner, and critically acclaimed.
Summary of Nixon
Using a nonchronological narrative style à la CITIZEN KANE (from which he quotes), director Oliver Stone explores 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 (played by Joan Allen). 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.
Surprisingly, Stone evinces considerable compassion as he gives us a Nixon of tragic stature and nearly Shakespearean dimension in this powerfully moving film. The star-studded cast, including Ed Harris and James Woods, complements Hopkins's extraordinary performance.
Details
| Language: | English, Mandarin, Russian |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 20 December 1995 |
| Runtime: | 192 min |
Cast and Crew
as Richard M. Nixon
as Pat Nixon
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Critics Reviews
Los Angeles Times
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- by: Kenneth Turan
Rolling Stone
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- by: Staff (Not Credited)
