Richard Nixon is simultaneously my favorite President and most hated enemy. As a person, he is completely fascinating, a man controlled by inner paranoia and greed to the point where he genuinely thought he was acting in the country’s best interest. Unfortunately, as a President he destroyed my beloved Republican party, morphing its inherent distrust for government into a vicious non-belief in humanity as a whole. If nothing else, the man was obsessively captivating, inspiring the type of bi-polar reaction that Michael Moore can only have wet dreams to.
Some time ago, we brought you news on a potential adaptation of the “Frost-Nixon” play starring Martin Sheen and Frank Langella. Since then, the deal has been finalized with contracts signed allowing the two stars to reprise their rolls. Kevin Bacon also agreed to a supporting roll, and now according to The Hollywood Reporter, acclaimed actor Oliver Platt will join the proceedings.
I cannot tell you how excited I am for this film. If you don’t believe me, let me reveal a rather embarrassing detail about my room: it’s adorned with two Richard Nixon campaign posters. Bookending the dueling Trick Dicks are slightly smaller pictures of Sid Vicious and Marilyn Monroe. It’s my little homage to wasted potential, and I can’t wait to add a Frost-Nixon movie poster to the fracas. I’ve always felt the wall was missing a 5th essential ingredient, and it just may be a third poster of the disgraced former President.
