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Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

2014 · 72 min

A chilling, fly-on-the-wall immersion in raw power and prejudice, built entirely from secretly recorded conversations.

Directed by
Peter W. Kunhardt
Genres
Documentary, History
Starring
Richard Nixon, David Brinkley, Pat Buchanan
Overview
From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. This film chronicles the content of those tapes, which include Nixon's conversations on the war in Vietnam, the Pentagon Papers leak, his Supreme Court appointments, and more--while also exposing shocking statements he made about women, people of color, Jews, and the media.

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Directed by
Peter W. Kunhardt
Genres
Documentary, History
Starring
Richard Nixon, David Brinkley, Pat Buchanan
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  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
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measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • corruption
  • politics
  • media
  • deception
Places
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Horror1
Humour2
Realism10
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Darkness7
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Genres
documentary, history
Directed by
Peter W. Kunhardt
Starring
Richard Nixon, David Brinkley, Pat Buchanan, Stephen Bull, Alexander Butterfield, John Chancellor, Charles Colson, Walter Cronkite
Runtime
72 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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