Frost/Nixon

(USA/Great Britain/France, 2008, 122 minutes)

In 1976, the British talk show host David Frost gambles his reputation on securing a high-profile interview with the disgraced ex-president of the USA, Richard Nixon. Dull opening out of an award-winning stage play that has a lot of things on its mind but finds itself reduced to a triumph-of-the-press story by the uninspired handling; not even the performances from the original leads survive.

Universal Pictures, Working Title Films and Imagine Entertainment present, in association with Studiocanal, a Working Title/Brian Grazer production. Starring Michael Sheen, Frank Langella; Kevin Bacon, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones, Matthew MacFadyen, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell. Directed by Ron Howard; produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard; screenplay by Peter Morgan, based on his play Frost/Nixon; music by Hans Zimmer; director of photography (DeLuxe, widescreen), Salvatore Totino; production designer, Michael Corenblith; costume designer, Daniel Orlandi; film editors, Mike Hill, Dan Hanley.