Nixon Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Oliver Stone
Genres: Drama
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Oliver_Stone, the most outspokenly political American filmmaker of the 1980s and '90s, directs this epic-length biography of Richard_Nixon, the 37th President of the U.S., who was re-elected by a landslide in 1972, only to resign in disgrace two years later. Taking a non-linear approach, Nixon jumps back and forth between many different periods and events, from Nixon's strict upbringing at the hands of his Quaker mother, through the many peaks and valleys of his political career, to his downfall in the wake of the Watergate scandal. The facts of his life are blended with supposition and speculation to create a portrait that is often critical of the man's policies but displays an unexpected compassion toward his failings as a human being. Anthony_Hopkins stars as Nixon, Joan_Allen plays his long-suffering wife Pat, Mary_Steenburgen portrays his mother Hannah, Bob_Hoskins is cast as J. Edgar Hoover, Powers_Boothe plays Alexander Haig, Paul_Sorvino portrays Henry Kisinger, and Ed_Harris plays E. Howard Hunt. Mark Deming, Rovi
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