Directed by Ron Howard
Screenplay by Peter Morgan (based off his play)
Starring: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen
A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
Why It Will Win: It has many parallels to The Queen, a film the Academy ate up. It has the same writer. It's a biopic portraying people of power in a specific timeframe. It stars Michael Sheen. It's going to have a lot of drama as the interviews unfold, and with Langella and Sheen, who are reprising their stage roles, the performances should be great. It has biopic chops and a big-time director nowadays in good old Ron Howard. He's not foreign to directing Best Pictures. Also Ron Howard is in the midst of a streak. Every other movie he makes is actually good. The last movie he made was The Da Vinci Code..so..yeah.
Why It Will Not Win: Sometimes plays have a bit of trouble in the transport from stage to screen. Yet with a capable director, this shouldn't be too hard. Also, this year has an array of other biopics, like Milk and The Soloist. Milk made it into the big line-up just because I have a gut feeling it's going to be freaking awesome, triumphing as the biopic nom and the arthouse nom. This movie has to be grrrreat to get into the Best Picure lineup.
Nominations:
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Lead Actor (Frank Langella; a role he knows how to play)
Best Supporting(?) Actor (Michael Sheen)
Best Make-up
Best Film Editing
The Bottom Line: With performance noms, a couple techs and a writing nod, Frost/Nixon will garner a healthy 5 noms.
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