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Genres:
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Biography /
Crime /
Drama /
History /
Thriller /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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Niels Mueller
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Actors:
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Michael Wincott,
Eileen Ryan,
Lily Knight,
Jared Dorrance,
Jenna Milton,
Mariah Massa,
Derek Greene,
Sean Penn,
Naomi Watts,
Don Cheadle,
Jack Thompson,
Brad William Henke,
Nick Searcy,
Mykelti Williamson,
April Grace
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Duration:
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95 min.
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Rating:
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(7.1/10)130.5
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Plot Summary:
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Fact-based story about a apprehensive office furniture salesman (Sean Penn) who in 1972 concocted a diagram to then-President Nixon by hi-jacking a aeroplane to fly over the Unsullied As a gift to drop a gas blow up. At the start of the movie, the man is separated from his wife and stressed in his job where he is made the butt of jokes and is an under-player. Attempts to get his colleague's veteran tire business resurrected with a resentful consort is rejected by the banks. When he is officially served with divorce papers, the whole kit comes excluding and Richard Nixon's broken promises come... s to stand in for all the evils that give birth to come down on him. A gossip story wide a pilot that landed a helicopter on the Ashen House lawn gives him the idea in the service of his invasion. Bolting onto a Baltimore plane, he attempts the hi-jacking.Read more Less
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Superb - absolutely superb.
Why anyone has rated this less than 4 is beyond me. This is one hell of a film. Superbly acted, brilliantly written it shows Sean Penn as the actor he can be. If you love thrillers then you'll be on your seat with this one. Every kick in the head this guy gets you feel. Rent it.... NOW!
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.
Not to be missed.
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