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The Assassination Of Richard Nixon
2004
In 1974, one man made an appointment with history. His story is gripping, shocking, unbelievable, and true. Samuel J. Bicke is a salesman whose overly idealistic midset is hopelessly at odds with the life that surrounds him. He desperately clings to his estranged wife and children, a job that undermines his basic belief in .. Read more
| Starring | Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson |
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| Director | Niels Mueller |
| Genres | Drama |
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The Assassination Of Richard Nixon
In 1974, one man made an appointment with history. His story is gripping, shocking, unbelievable, and true. Samuel J. Bicke is a salesman whose overly idealistic midset is hopelessly at odds with the life that surrounds him. He desperately clings to his estranged wife and children, a job that undermines his basic belief in trust and loyalty, alienated friends and family and a last, floundering attempt at his own independent business. But as his world begins to crumble into disarray, it triggers a crusade for redemption that has shattering consequences...
| Starring | Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson, Michael Wincott, Mykelti Williamson |
|---|---|
| Director | Niels Mueller |
| Studio | HIGH FLIERS |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | None |
| Hearing-impaired | None |
| Subtitles | DVD: None |
| Released | DVD: 08 Aug 2005 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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In Carlitos Way, it was the frizzy hair. Here, its a dodgy, sleazy moustache that Sean Penn suffers for... read more on Time Out
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Terrific, miss this film at your peril.
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27 out of 28 people found this review helpful
Assassination of Richard Nixon
Excellent - highly recommended. Emotive, heartfelt, desperately sad and utterly convincing, this film sees Sean Penn turn in the performance of his career.
This may have been said countless times about an actor who continues to turn in 'worthy' performances (whilst keeping a keen eye on the Oscar nominations), but in this case it really is true. The subject may be gloomy - a lonely man's descent into depression, and ultimately madness - but this drives the film's message through with incredible force. A truly amazing piece of work.
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13 out of 16 people found this review helpful
Highly recommended!
Harrowing and, in its own discreet way, quite shocking, this sharp, slyly satiric drama of the American dream gone wrong is one of the few modern-day movies which manages to capture the gritty, rebellious spirit of the ‘70s classics.
It invites comparison with films like The Conversation, The French Connection and, most obviously, Taxi Driver- both films centre on an angry loner, both end in a violent bloodbath.
And in many ways, this low-key movie is a match for Scorsese’s classic; Penn is certainly as good as De Niro in his prime, delivering a nuanced, subtle performance far from the showiness of his Oscar-winning turn, and it’s mainly thanks to him, in the end, that the movie works so well- which it does.
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