The trailer is finally here for Frost/Nixon, the December released drama from Ron Howard which has Frank Langella and Michael Sheen renact the infamous interviews on the 70’s Watergate Scandal between British presenter David Frost and then recently resigned U.S. President Richard Nixon.
It’s an adaptation of Peter Morgan’s spectacular play and is potentially the richest source material for any film this year.
Trailer for the movie doesn’t quite hit home as much as I thought it would. It’s very reminiscent of Good Night and Good Luck with a lot of chatter from supporting characters and rather bland in door locations but it’s the showdown between Sheen and Langella that sells this movie and boy does it feel electric. Frank Langella looks to give a great performance in this but did Nixon ever really sound that deep?
Kevin Bacon, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Hall, Matthew Macfayden, Oliver Platt and Toby Jones round out a terrific supporting cast.
The film opens December 5th in the U.S. (Jan in the U.K.) but will premiere at the BFI Film Festival in October.
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Hmm. could by little Ronnie Howard’s best film to date.
Though Langella’s voice seems a little all-over-the-place, this is extremely exciting.
After The Da Vinci Code I was put right off Ron Howard, but this, I hope and would predict, could be one of the most powerful and captivating political thrillers of all time. The trailer is indeed crackling with electricity, the hints at the soundtrack are promising and as for Michael Sheen… what can you say. He’s awesome.
This is amongst the top films on my hitlist. I have high hopes for Frost/Nixon. Great trailer.