just finished watching ron howard’s 2008 academy award best-picture nominated frost/nixon. i thought this was an excellent film, by far the best of the three (slumdog millionaire & milk) nominated films i’ve seen up to this point. i didn’t know much about the nixon story or watergate, let alone anything about the david frost interview so this story served to be a compelling primer on the nixon story. however what impressed me most about this film was the performance of frank langella in the role of richard nixon. i would venture to say that his portrayal was of the best acting performances i’ve ever seen, up there with russell crowe in gladiator, heath ledger in the dark knight, and dare i say marlon brando in the godfather. it was incredible to see a man i’ve only heard and read about portrayed in such an incredibly convincing way.
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