Director:
Ron HowardCámara:
Salvatore TotinoMúsica:
Hans ZimmerReparto:
Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Macfadyen, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones, Andy Milder, Kate Jennings Grant (más)Sinopsis(1)
En los tres años siguientes a verse obligado a dejar la Casa Blanca, Nixon permaneció en silencio. Sin embargo, en el verano de 1977, el ex presidente aceptó conceder una única entrevista y contestar a preguntas acerca de su mandato y del escándalo Watergate que acabó con su presidencia. Nixon sorprendió a todos al escoger a David Frost como confesor televisivo, seguro de que podría con el alegre presentador británico y se ganaría los corazones y las mentes de los estadounidenses. Las entrevistas televisadas que realizó David Frost a Richard Nixon obtuvieron la mayor audiencia de un programa de noticias en la historia de la televisión estadounidense. Más de 45 millones de telespectadores, con ganas de echar un vistazo a la mente del ex presidente caído en desgracia y de oírle reconocer los abusos de poder por los que se vio obligado a dimitir, se sentaron ante el televisor mientras Nixon y Frost se enfrentaban en un fascinante duelo verbal durante cuatro noches. Los dos hombres eran conscientes de que sólo podía haber un ganador. Su legendario enfrentamiento revolucionó el arte de la entrevista, cambió el aspecto de la política e hizo admitir algo al ex presidente que sorprendió a muchos, incluso a él mismo. (Universal Pictures España)
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Todo en esta película funciona como un reloj suizo. Un duelo de diálogos magistralmente interpretados por los dos protagonistas principales, con un perfecto retrato detallado de los personajes, rodado y editado de la forma más agradable posible para el público. En este sentido, El desafío. Frost contra Nixon es literalmente única y da fe de la extraordinaria capacidad de Ron Howard para satisfacer incluso al espectador más comercial con un material desafiante. Las películas de este medio, por muy buenas que sean, suelen ser largas, intimistas, lúgubres y ofrecen un masaje al intelecto más que emociones o efectos visuales atractivos. Las imágenes de El desafío. Frost contra Nixon, unidas con la música de Hans Zimmer y la química entre Martin Sheen y Frank Langella, llena de humildad y respeto, es literalmente una jugosa y sexy delicia cinematográfica.
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A boxing match between a political champion and a loser from an entertainment slum, 4 rounds at a dazzling pace and nerve-wracking gradation. Ron Howard undoubtedly trimmed the political issue, adjusted both characters and put them into the ever popular scheme "David vs. Goliath KO in the last round"... However, I am honestly searching in vain, trying to find out when I enjoyed it more and when, behind the brilliantly elaborated scheme, I found such an exciting background and point that goes beyond mere entertainment. The Frost/Nixon duel reveals the part of politics one has to follow breathlessly, media fireworks, a powerful story and a remarkable message about the power of the television screen. I don't think this film will surpass the other Oscar favorite, in my opinion.
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With this Oscar contender I have the same problem as with all other films by Howard, technically it’s flawless, but the emotional effect on me is zero. Those two hours went by nicely, the Frost-Nixon interview was great, but I don’t feel like watching this film ever again. If I had to compare it with this year’s other big political drama (Milk), Frost/Nixon would win by a long shot because I felt that this one at least knows what it Is about, while Milk felt very empty.
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My Oscar favourite this year. After the awful The Da Vinci Code, Ron Howard must have had a fit of creativity and I applaud him. This film is one of the best political dramas in many years. It is engagingly shot, not boringly descriptive, on the contrary, through an interesting verbal TV duel between the two leading characters, it presents the socially tense period after the biggest stain on the political culture of the history of the United States, the Watergate affair (when a large part of the American society could not stomach Ford's amnesty on Richard Nixon's transgressions). With his piercing gaze, thoughtful diction and mesmerizing confidence, Frank Langella is about ten times more devilish than Nixon himself, and I hope he has a pleasant Oscar night.
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Reflecting on one of the black shadows of American history while thoroughly dissecting diverse human characters, this two-hour conversation is propelled by Howard's reliably craftsman-like direction and the amazing acting performance by everyone (!) involved. Yet despite the exceptionalism of the supporting parts, it is ultimately the excellent Martin Sheen and his crackpot 1970s metrosexual who falls flat on his face, and especially (I’m not afraid to use the word) the brilliant Frank Langella, who do in fact carry the film. The way Langella inhabited the character of Richard Nixon - a tall but stooped man who has been whittled to the bone by two years of affairs, yet still has that dark sparkle in his eyes and the sharp tongue with which he can fend off opponents - reminds me in many ways of oil tycoon D. D. Lewis. The fact that Langella was politically overlooked in the Oscar race in favor of the homosexual Milk made me jump out of my chair. And finally, there’s Ron Howard - the religious conspiracy screaming is forgiven because the visual concept (excellent editing and cinematography) and overall swing bring the film to the absolute peak. Along with Stone’s W., this is one of the most interesting "political" films of recent times (maybe even years).
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