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Nixon [DVD] [1996]

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  • Actors: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins
  • Directors: Oliver Stone
  • Writers: Oliver Stone, Christopher Wilkinson, Stephen J. Rivele
  • Producers: Andrew G. Vajna, Clayton Townsend, Dan Halsted, Eric Hamburg
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English, Russian
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Entertainment in Video
  • DVD Release Date: 21 Jan 2002
  • Run Time: 190 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005U1ZC
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 20,428 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A surprisingly sympathetic account of the life of Richard Nixon from Oliver Stone, NIXON stars Anthony Hopkins as the former American president. Told out of chronological order, the film traces Nixon's life from his strict Quaker upbringing, through his rise in the Republican party, to his wounding defeats in the early 1960s, and finally to the triumph of the presidency and the disgrace of Watergate. Viewing Nixon as a tragic figure, Stone finds the answer to the man's debilitating flaws in the hobbling insecurities fostered by his rigid youth. The film's supporting cast includes Joan Allen, James Woods, Ed Harris, and Bob Hoskins.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Like the man himself, great but very flawed, 17 Oct 2004
First of all, I give the film itself 5 stars - the Director's Cut, at 3 and 1/2 hours, is a true epic in scope and depth, an excellent (often highly dramatic) portrayal of many things - Nixon himself, America going through intensely difficult social/cultural changes, the power structure of America, as well as many more elements of history and human nature which could take up more space than I have here, and that it is best that the viewer discover for themselves.

This is potentially Oliver Stone's best film, and a tragic shame that it has been so overlooked, especially in the U.S. (Stone says as much on a commentary track). Performances all round are fantastic, especially the exceptional Anthony Hopkins. The film is at times difficult, but giving it patience, thought and attention will hopefully yield very worthwhile benefits.

The film receives some worthy extras. On the film disc, Stone features on TWO solo commentary tracks for this film - so much does he have to say and discuss about the film, its background and many related issues. Fascinating listening and worth returning to again. On the extras disc there is an hours worth of deleted/extended scenes, again with optional commentary by Stone, and an hour long interview with Stone by Charlie Rose.

All of this should automatically garner a 5 star rating, but it is the presentation of the film itself which loses a star, probably two if I was feeling more critical. The film is presented in its original ratio of 2.35:1, but is presented non-anamorphically. This in itself isn't a disaster as the main print is very good, but the extra footage is of significantly lower quality (some of it looks like it comes from a video source!) and hence when it is zoomed the picture looks, at times, awful. Nixon has some great photography, especially some of the wonderfully low lit scenes in the Whitehouse, but the presentation of the picture doesn't do it justice by half. I feel that for a film of this quality proper restoration and integration of the extra footage should have been undertaken. Sadly that isn't the case. Secondly, the film disc comes with both Dolby 5.1 and DTS 5.1 tracks. 'Great', I thought, as a big fan of DTS. However, during playback of the DTS track there is VERY audible distortion during at least two scenes that I can clearly remember, when Nixon is shouting - this is incredibly amateurish on the part of those mastering the disc, and both the picture and sound problems are a serious let down to the efforts of the filmmakers, and a serious disappointment to a lover of the film.

However, I would still suggest that this 2-disc set is well worth purchasing. It's the only available director's cut, the extras are very good indeed, and you can get it very cheaply through z-shops. Remedying the problems would probably mean splitting the film onto two discs to allow encoding space for an anamorphic picture, a proper remastering of the sound and restoration of the 'new' footage, but I'm not holding my breath for that particular 3-disc set! Ultimately though, unless you are fanatical about picture and sound quality, this is a superb piece of cinema which deserves to be seen, even more so in this cut, and I heartily recommend this set.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Dense, complicated drama, worth the 3 hour running time, 20 May 2002
Oliver Stone's exhaustive biopic of the American president might have seemed excessive (over three hours long, covering his life from childhood to death), if it weren't filmed in such an audacious and imaginative way as this. All the triumphs, defeats, heartaches, fears, doubts and mistakes of the man are covered and hardly any are washed over or ignored. The Watergate scandal is inevitably covered the most here, and keeps the fascination burning throughout. All the cast are brilliant, particularly Anthony Hopkins as Nixon himself, who makes the role his own and commands great screen presence in every scene he's in. You will be captivated and fascinated throughout, with the pace of the film never lagging, always moving forward.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Citizen Nixon, 27 Oct 2004
By R Jess "Raymond Jess" (Limerick, Ireland.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nixon [VHS] [1996] (VHS Tape)
'Nixon' comes off as a greater success than Stone's 'JFK', in part due to the subject of the film itself. President Nixon always had an awareness of his place in history and did much to construct and protect his public image. Oliver Stone's mixture of drama and documentary footage allows the audience to disengage somewhat from the subject and contemplate the historical legacy of this much maligned president. Stone has been obvious in his references to two great fictional American icons, Citizen Kane and Willy Loman of Arthur Miller's 'Death Of A Salesman'. The story of the film is close to 'Kane' in its investigation of the trappings of power, but Nixon's personal character has all the eager despair and bewildered arkwardness of Willy Loman. Probably the last American President who best representated the American Dream through his rise from a lowly grocer's son, Nixon nevertheless remained paranoid about his position in the halls of the elite and like Loman felt the over bearing need to prove his abilties.

Unlike Stone's 'JFK' information and detail are not as important as mood and nuance. Shooting from the bottom up, Stone tries to artifically create the ambience of power but instead the low-lighting, sinister looks and b&w flashbacks creates a pseudo-narcotic atmosphere. An obvious allusion to Nixon's alleged pill-popping.

Time and time again Stone has been attacked for the historical inaccuracies of his movies. However most American historians contemptuous of the purported 'scientific' basis of history espoused by Marxist historians, would be the first to confirm that history isn't a minor fact obsessed 'science'.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Nixon - The Movie

Hopkins is amazing as Nixon. I really love this movie, its covers JFK assassination, Mafia, CIA and FBI corruption.
A very enjoyable movie bordering on 3 hours.
Published 25 days ago by J. Murray

4.0 out of 5 stars Powerful
Hopkins gives a mesmerizing performance as Nixon in Stone's highly controversial biopic. I knock off one star because, whilst Hopkins is great, other actors leave a lot to be... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Jim-Jim

4.0 out of 5 stars A well acted and balanced biographical movie
Nixon is a one man show of Anthony Hopkins delivering his second ever best performace of his career so far ,trully awesome to watch , accompanied by an array of magnificent... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Antonio Moncayo

5.0 out of 5 stars 2nd only to Stone's JFK and sometimes it surpasses that!
I'd almost given up on finding this, I remember Oliver Stone mentioning he was working on this but then heard little else, I should have known it wasn't a priority release and... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mr. David M. Berry

2.0 out of 5 stars Nixon
So far I've tended not to review films I haven't enjoyed. I find it hard to be inspired enough to write when I didn't engage or feel fulfilled at the end of a film (or even a... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Spider Monkey

2.0 out of 5 stars Plods on..Bit LIke the Man himself
I loved JFK in spite of its faults and the three hours sped by.However the reverse is true of Nixon. Read more
Published on 3 May 2007 by Jay

4.0 out of 5 stars Hopkins at his best, but the script is sometimes a bit too fast pace
I believe Anthony Hopkins did a brilliant job, probably his best! If you want to get a good look behind the scene in Washington, this is a brilliant portrait of the complexity... Read more
Published on 28 Feb 2007 by D. Scheven

3.0 out of 5 stars hard work but persevere for at least modest reward
Isn't this one of the few (generally high quality) films (fictional or otherwise) dealing with american presidents to address a Republican administration's machinations... Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2007 by Hill Walker

5.0 out of 5 stars Truly gripping!
This is a film about a troubled President who fights to the bitter end to save his political career. Read more
Published on 4 Mar 2004 by K. Abraham

3.0 out of 5 stars An unwieldy Goliath.
Like JFK, Stone never lets the truth get in the way of a good story. A little truth, a little artistic licence and you get a Stone movie. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2003 by Mr. A. Privett

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