The Assassination of Richard Nixon

The Assassination of Richard Nixon (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Deleted Scenes
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2004 and produced in:
Mexico ( Latin America, Mexico )
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Niels Mueller

Written By:
Kevin Kennedy
Niels Mueller

Actors:
Sean Penn ..... Samuel J. Bicke
Naomi Watts ..... Marie Andersen Bicke
Don Cheadle ..... Bonny Simmons
Jack Thompson ..... Jack Jones
Brad William Henke ..... Martin Jones (as Brad Henke)
Nick Searcy ..... Tom Ford
Michael Wincott ..... Julius Bicke
Mykelti Williamson ..... Harold Mann
April Grace ..... Mae Simmons
Lily Knight ..... Receptionist
Jared Dorrance ..... Sammy Jr.
Jenna Milton ..... Ellen
Mariah Massa ..... Julie
Eileen Ryan ..... Marie's Mother

Synopsis:

On Feb. 22, 1974, Samuel Byck, a onetime tire salesman and failing family man, entered the ranks of pseudo-celebrity by trying to commandeer a commercial airliner and crash it into the White House. He didn't get far, which is why the man who would be Booth is a footnote to history rather than a chapter and is best known as one of the title characters in the Stephen Sondheim musical 'Assassins.' Earlier this year, three decades after Byck's flameout, the provocatively titled film 'The Assassination of Richard Nixon' had its premiere at the Cannes festival. Directed by a first-timer, the Wisconsin-born Niels Mueller, and written with Kevin Kennedy, it stars Sean Penn as a character 'inspired by' the man who hoped to 'drop a 747 on the White House and incinerate Dick Nixon.' Mr. Penn, as is his wont, acts up a storm with the aid of some facial embellishment, in this case a mustache that broadcasts the fanfare for the common man with all the discretion of Aaron Copland.

Fact-based story about a disturbed office furniture salesman (Sean Penn) who in 1972 concocted a plot to kill then-President Nixon by hi-jacking a plane to fly over the White House to drop a gas bomb. 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-performer. Attempts to get his brother's old tire business resurrected with a black partner is rejected by the banks. When he is officially served with divorce papers, everything comes apart and Richard Nixon's broken promises comes to represent all the evils that have come down on him. A news story about a pilot that landed a helicopter on the White House lawn gives him the idea for his attack. Bolting onto a Baltimore plane, he attempts the hi-jacking.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 20 April, 2007.