Brian Grazer On "Frost/Nixon," Bush's Damage, His Hair And More: VIDEO

The Huffington Post - 3rd Nov 2009

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Brian Grazer: "Frost/Nixon" opens today and is earning rave reviews, (see today's NYT , NYP and NYDN as examples) especially for Frank Langella and Michael Sheen, who reprise their roles from the stage version as Richard Nixon and David Frost battling it out in 1977's historic interview. Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon, Toby Jones, Oliver Platt, and Rebecca Hall also costar. Originally a play penned by Peter Morgan while he waited to make "The Queen," the film is directed by Ron Howard, who saw it onstage in... Read full story at The Huffington Post


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