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Nixon

Movie · 1995 · 192 min

A dense, brooding plunge into a haunted man's psyche, mixing archival texture with operatic flashbacks and a towering, tragic performance.

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1995 film directed by Oliver Stone
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Year
1995
Runtime
192 min
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • corruption
  • guilt
  • ambition
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, biographical
Directed by
Oliver Stone
Written by
Oliver Stone, Christopher Wilkinson, Stephen J. Rivele
Starring
Mao Zedong, Jimmy Carter, Salvador Allende, Anthony Hopkins, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Oliver Stone, Bob Hoskins, James Woods
Music
John Williams
Cinematography
Robert Richardson
Runtime
192 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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