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Richard M. Nixon
U.S. President #37
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short profile
links movies & TV, plays, other media
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Links
C-SPAN's American Presidents site
P.B.S. American Presidents Series - Richard M. Nixon
The White House Websites of the Presidents: Richard M. Nixon
J.R. Howington's Presidential Trivia Page
Nixon Foundation
Richard M. Nixon entry at Wikipedia
Richard M. Nixon credits at Internet Movie Database
The WaterGate Scandal
WaterGate Timeline site
Deep Throat Uncovered
Deep Throat Update website
http://www.amazon.com/Watergate-Fred-Emery/dp/0684813238/
Books About Richard M. Nixon
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"Nightmare: The Underside of The Nixon Years" [1973] by J. Anthony Lukas Ohio Univ Press 9x6 pb [9/99] for $24.95 Viking hardcover [2/76] out of print/used |
"The Time of Illusion" [1975] by Jonathan Schell
"a brilliant account of the 37th presidency" per NYTimes
http://www.amazon.com/Wars-Watergate-Crisis-Richard-Nixon/dp/0393308278/
http://www.amazon.com/Abuse-Power-New-Nixon-Tapes/dp/0684851873/
http://www.amazon.com/President-Nixon-Alone-White-House/dp/0743227190/
Movies, TV, Plays, Other Media
"An Evening With Richard Nixon and..." [1972 stageplay]
written by Gore Vidal; starring George S. Irving
16 performances on Broadway; play entry at Internet Broadway Database
'Tricky Dicky' Film Festival
Political Film Festival Pages
at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
Richard M. Nixon credits at Internet Movie Database
"All The President's Men"
[Warner/Wildwood April 1976]
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Two intrepid reporters and their editor at the Washington Post track a seemingly simple burglary to the highest members of the Republican Party and to the Nixon White House.
Directed by Alan J. Pakula; screenplay by William Goldman from the bestselling book [below]; starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Jason Robards & Jane Alexander; won Oscars for Best Script, Best Supporting Actor [JR], Best Sound, Best Art Direction, Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress [JA], Best Editing; WGA Award for Best Script
Warner special edition DVD [2/2006] 2 disks for $17.49 Warner widescreen DVD [10/97] for $14.99 Warner color VHS [3/2003] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb 1974 bestseller by Carl Bernstein & Bob Woodward
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"Secret Honor" [indep June 1985]
Produced & directed by Robert Altman [1925-2006]; starring Philip Baker Hall as Richard Nixon
full credits at IMDb
"Kissinger & Nixon" [T.N.T. tv movie Dec 1995]
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A look at the tensions between Nixon and Kissinger and other factions inside the White House circa 1972 concerning peace talks with the Viet Cong.
Directed by Daniel Petrie; written by Lionel Chetwynd, based on parts of Walter Isaacson's Kissinger bio; starring Ron Silver {as Kissinger}, Beau Bridges {as Nixon}, Ron White, George Takei, Kenneth Welsh, Tony Rosato, Henry Chan, Matt Frewer {as Gen. Haig}, Paul Miller, Ron Hartmann, Brett Halsey & Graham McPherson
Turner color VHS [2/98] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
Oliver Stone's "Nixon"
[Hollywood Pictures Dec 1995]
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The discovery of the Watergate burglary and the subsequent attempted cover-up by the White House leads to the resignation of President Nixon.
Co-produced, co-written & directed by Oliver Stone; starring Anthony Hopkins {as Nixon}, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, E.G. Marshall, David Paymer, David Hyde Pierce, Paul Sorvino, Mary Steenburgen, J.T. Walsh & James Woods; Oscar noms for Best Original Script, Best Actor [AH], Best Supporting Actress [JA], Best Music Score
Disney Video widescreen color Blu-ray [8/2008] for $24.49 Disney Video Collector's Edition widescreen color DVD [3/2002] out of prodn/used Disney Video color VHS [3/97] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used Hollywood Rcds soundtrack CD by John Williams [12/95] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb "Nixon: An Oliver Stone Film" annotated screenplay & essays [1995] |
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"The American Experience: The Presidents - Nixon" [1990]
P.B.S. Home Video color DVD [8/2008] for $22.49 P.B.S. Home Video color VHS [7/2000] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb for Part 1 and Part 2 "The Presidents Collection, Volume 1: The Kennedys, L.B.J. & Nixon"
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 | "A&E Biography: Richard Nixon - Man and President" [A&E 1997] A&E Home Video b&w DVD [4/2005] for $22.49 A&E Home Video b&w VHS [12/96] out of prodn/used minimal credits at IMDb |
 | "Nixon: A Presidency Revealed" [History Channel Feb 2007] Directed by David C. Taylor; not listed on IMDb; DVD extras include 43-minute documentary "Inside The Presidency: Eisenhower vs. Nixon" [2001] A&E Home Video color DVD [6/2007] for $22.49 |
"The Secret Life of Richard Nixon" TV documentary [indep 2000]
minimal credits at IMDb
http://www.amazon.com/Plot-Kill-Nixon-History-Channel/dp/B000P6R5R0/
"Frost / Nixon" [Universal/Imagine Dec 2008]
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After U.S. President Richard M. Nixon's near-impeachment then resignation over WaterGate in 1974, Australian talk show host David Frost outbid C.B.S. for an exclusive interview with the ailing Nixon. For 12 interview sessions, Nixon managed to overrun Frost with lengthy self-justifying lectures. But then a drunken phone call by Nixon to Frost ramped up the pressure: either Nixon would succeed in restoring his political luster (and Frost go bankrupt), or Frost must implicate Nixon definitively in the Watergate scandal.
Co-produced & directed by Ron Howard; script by Peter Morgan, based on his play; starring Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell, Matthew Macfadyen, Toby Jones, Andy Milder & Rebecca Hall
Universal Home Video widescreen color on Blu-ray [4/2009] for $20.99 Universal Home Video widescreen color DVD [4/2009] for $19.98 Varese Sarabande soundtrack CD [12/2008] 14 tracks for $14.99 full credits from IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Frost/Nixon: A Play" [London 2006, Broadway 2007] by Peter Morgan London & New York performances directed by Michael Grandage and starring Michael Sheen & Frank Langella; Langella won Best Actor Tony Award, Drama Desk Award & Outer Critics Circle Award Faber & Faber 7½x5 playscript pb [4/2007] for $11.20 Broadway play credits at IBDb • play entry at Wikipedia |
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"Frost/Nixon: The Original Watergate Interviews" [May 1977]
88-minute TV special culled from 28 hours of in-person interviews. Co-produced & hosted by Sir David Frost; directed by Jørn Winther; starring interviewee Richard Nixon Liberation Ent. color DVD [12/2008] for $13.49 Universal Home Video VHS [1/96] 6 hours on 5 tapes - out of prodn/rare full credits from IMDb |
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"Frost/Nixon: Behind The Scenes of The Nixon Interviews" [2007] by Sir David Frost, with Bob Zelnick "the authoritative account of the only public trial that Nixon would ever have" Harper Perennial 7¾x5¾ pb [10/2007] for $10.97 Macmillan 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2007] out of print/used |
 | "The Conviction of Richard Nixon: The Untold Story of The Frost/Nixon Interviews" [2007] by James Reston, Jr. Three Rivers Press 8x5¼ pb [5/2008] for $11.16 Harmony 8¼x5½ hardcover [6/2007] out of print/used |
"The Most Dangerous Man In America:
Daniel Ellsberg and The Pentagon Papers"
[First Run Features Feb 2010]
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A former Pentagon insider, armed only with his conscience, steadfast determination, and a file cabinet full of classified documents, decided to challenge the imperial Nixon Presidency, and subsequent events surrounding the so-called Pentagon Papers led directly to Watergate and the downfall of President Nixon, and hastened the end of the Vietnam War; 92-minute documentary features principals on both sides and declassified audiotapes of President Nixon and his inner circle of advisors. Co-produced, co-written & co-directed by Judith Ehrlich & Rick Goldsmith; Oscar nomination for Best Feature Documentary
First Run Features color DVD [2/2010?] for $22.49 full credits at IMDb • official movie site |
Writings of Richard M. Nixon
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Family & Co-Conspirators
First Lady Thelma 'Pat' Ryan Nixon
daughter Patricia 'Tricia' Nixon Cox
daughter Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Henry Kissinger
Charles Gregory 'Bebe' Rebozo [1912-98]
John Dean
Charles Colson
Alexander Haig
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