Frost/Nixon
2009; Oxford University Press; Volume: 96; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/27694900
ISSN1945-2314
AutoresRon Briley, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner,
Tópico(s)Theater, Performance, and Music History
ResumoRon Howard's adaptation of Peter Morgan's successful 2007 Broadway play Frost/Nixon garnered considerable critical acclaim and a moderate box office return for a film of its serious historical nature. The performances of Michael Sheen, who portrayed Prime Minister Tony Blair in Morgan's screenplay for The Queen (2006), as David Frost and Frank Langella, who won a Tony Award for his Broadway work in Frost/Nixon, as former president Richard M. Nixon are riveting for film audiences in the revealing close-ups provided by director Howard, but the historical accuracy of the production is questionable at best. Frost/Nixon focuses on the 1977 televised interviews with the former president conducted by Frost. The British talk show host, portrayed in the film as primarily concerned with celebrity and female companionship, seems an unlikely candidate to interrogate the only American president to resign from office. But the interviews were designed more for entertainment revenues and ratings than for historical enlightenment. Frost/Nixon accurately notes that Nixon was paid $600,000 for his participation, although the movie omits that his contract also called for a 20 percent share of any profits generated by the taped conversations.
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