Frost/Nixon

While Frost and his team are doing research, modern VHS cassettes are visible in one scene.

While the VHS format debuted in September 1976, it's extremely unlikely that they would have had VHS tapes of events that happened 2 years earlier.

In the end credits, the last name of 'George Eliot (I)' (qv), author of the novel "Middlemarch", is spelled "Elliot.

" After the third interview with Nixon, on March 28 1977, Frost mentions that it is his birthday.

Frost's birthday is April 7.

In one scene, 'David Frost (I)' (qv) tapes a segment with an escape artist in front of the Sydney Opera House, for his Australian talk show.

The Quay Grand apartment complex, also known as "The Toaster", is in the background.

It was built in 1999.

When David first arrives to meet Nixon, a modern satellite dish is clearly visible on top of La Casa Pacifica.

At one point, someone mentions that Frost's contract with Australia's Channel 9 has not been renewed.

Earlier, during Frost's Sydney TV taping, studio cameras had the ATN Channel 7 logo.

Flipped shotWhen Frost pitches his idea to CBS, a poster promoting _"Hawaii Five-O" (1968)_ (qv) is on the wall.

The poster shows a wave moving from right to left.

The image is reversed; commercials and the program's intro show a wave moving from left to right.

When Frost and Caroline Cushing sit next to each other in the 747, Cushing's left arm rest has a digital channel display with channel up/down buttons.

In 1977, the controls would have been mechanical.

The Beverly Hilton lobby is clearly modern.

Frost and Nixon behave as if they've never met before.

In real life, Frost interviewed Nixon when he ran for president in 1968.

Nixon enjoyed the interview so much that after he was elected, he met with Frost in the White House to discuss producing a television special.

The 747 Frost rides to the USA has a BOAC logo on its tail, but the text on the side clearly says British Airways.

British Airways had several 747-100 series aircraft with this hybrid livery (tail numbers G-AWNB, D, E, F, H, I, J and M).

When Frost is flying to LAX on a British Airways 747, the flight crew announcements are in a distinctly American accent.

While not impossible for British Airways to have American flight deck crew, it would be extremely unlikely.

In the opening section, when 'Frank Langella' (qv) delivers Nixon's resignation speech, he says "To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.

I have never been a quitter.

" Nixon actually said "I have never been a quitter.

To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.

" When Frost is reporting on the escape artist, he has a hand mic, but the crew is using a boom mic.

Normally, he would have only one mic.

However, if Frost needs to move to the shore to talk to the escape artist, the boom might not reach.

If he wanted it to look like an "on-the-spot" interview, he would hold a fake hand mic.

For the final daytime interview with Nixon, the Frost team gets into a red car at the hotel, and out of a black car at the Smith house.

When Nixon arrives for the final interview, he arrives in a single car, not a motorcade, as he did for the other interviews.

When Nixon leaves, Frost looks out the window, and you can clearly hear the sound of escort motorcycles, which were not there when Nixon arrived.

When Frost and Nixon meet for the first time at La Casa Pacifica, Nixon says, "See you in March," referring to the interviews.

Later in the scene Frost writes a $200,000 check to Nixon, and dates it 3/17/75.

He could have post-dated the check, to make sure he didn't pay for canceled interviews.

Frost's check for Nixon, drawn on the "First Trust Bank of London", is in dollars, not pounds, as one might expect of a British check.

However, London and New York (GBP and USD) banking centres enjoy a unique relationshipa USD cheque can be cashed (in either USD, or converted into GBP) in London, and a GBP cheque can be cashed (in either GBP or converted into USD) in New York.

A multi-currency account drawn on a London bank can, therefore, be made out in USD.

Several modern glass-fronted buildings appear throughout the film.

In the scene on the final day where Brennan follows Nixon into the side room, the door is closed, and the Secret Service agent on the right hand side signals two, as in two entered the room.

When the camera angle changes to get Frost reaction, the same agent is motioning two again.

There would not be a need for the agent to twice motion that two people had entered the room.

At the beginning of the film Nixon is shown with Presidential cuff links that are cobalt blue with a gold eagle and stars.

Nixon wore an older style of cuff links that had the Presidential seal in color with a white border and a dark blue background.

He also wore a tie clasp made this way.

Upon Frost's first meeting with Nixon at La Casa Pacifica, the former president tells a story about presenting Soviet Premier Brezhnev with a Lincoln Continental.

Although Brezhnev was given several American cars as gifts, only one was a Continental.

This was given to him in 1973 at Camp David, not La Casa Pacifica.

David Frost: Are you really saying the President can do something illegal? Richard Nixon: I'm saying that when the President does it, that means it's *not* illegal!

I went into this film not really knowing anything about the Watergate scandal and to be honest, if you're looking for answers about that, you probably need to look elsewhere, because apart from anything else, you get so wrapped up in the situation itself that you don't really hear what they're saying, it's more about the tension that is created between the two men and their individual posse's. It's actually quite captivating and I hadn't expected to say that about this one, I thought I was going to be really quite bored, but once again Mr Sheen gives a sparkling performance.

Why this movie is worth watching? A few reasons can attract a person like me.

The world does not always see the American people is a flattering light. They may be too distracted at times, allowing for their governments to do whatever they want while they aren't looking but one thing is for certain, they don't like being lied to.

Historical characters and events are often tricky to put on film. The audience must distinguish if the story and characters are accurate portrayals or biased ones based on the director's opinion.

This film is remarkable and it literally provides three career turns...First, late in his acting career Frank Langella gives such a tour de force performance that this is unequivocally his finest work.

I almost skipped "Frost/Nixon," and I am glad I didn't. It's eminently worthwhile, one of the year's few films that deserves to be seen.

I won't wax too long about the film since prior reviewers have stated it's high quality and then some. I remember Richard Nixon, I remember Watergate and I saw the interviews and yet, this film sheds light on things too numerous to mention.

The subject matter of the film pretty much carries itself. The filmmakers have selected an historic event so effortlessly fascinating that a subtle, restrained docudrama approach works very effectively.