

Nixon
“Triumphant in Victory, Bitter in Defeat. He Changed the World, But Lost a Nation.”
Overview
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
Top Cast

Anthony Hopkins
Richard Nixon

Joan Allen
Pat Nixon

Powers Boothe
Alexander Haig

Ed Harris
E. Howard Hunt

Bob Hoskins
J. Edgar Hoover

E.G. Marshall
John Mitchell

David Paymer
Ron Ziegler

David Hyde Pierce
John Dean

Paul Sorvino
Henry Kissinger

Mary Steenburgen
Hannah Nixon
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About Nixon
Nixon is a drama, history film released in 1995 exploring themes of usa president, washington dc, usa, government, presidential election, 1970s, watergate scandal. Directed by Oliver Stone, it stars Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe. A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
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