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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations Movie Release: 1995 DVD Release: 06/15/1999 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 3 hrs 11 mins Studio: Walt Disney Video Members Wishing: 6 Genres: Drama, Political Drama, Biopic [feature] See Also: Nixon [Widescreen], Nixon [Collector's Edition], Nixon [The Election Year Edition], Nixon [The Election Year Edition] [Blu-ray]

Oliver Stone, the most outspokenly political American filmmaker of the 1980s and '90s, directs this epic-length biography of Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the U.S., who was re-elected by a landslide in 1972, only to resign in disgrace two years later. Taking a non-linear approach, Nixon jumps back and forth between many different periods and events, from Nixon's strict upbringing at the hands of his Quaker mother, through the many peaks and valleys of his political career, to his downfall in the wake of the Watergate scandal. The facts of his life are blended with supposition and speculation to create a portrait that is often critical of the man's policies but displays an unexpected compassion toward his failings as a human being. Anthony Hopkins stars as Nixon, Joan Allen plays his long-suffering wife Pat, Mary Steenburgen portrays his mother Hannah, Bob Hoskins is cast as J. Edgar Hoover, Powers Boothe plays Alexander Haig, Paul Sorvino portrays Henry Kisinger, and Ed Harris plays E. Howard Hunt. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Anthony Hopkins - Richard M. Nixon
Joan Allen - Pat Nixon
Powers Boothe - Alexander Haig
Ed Harris - E. Howard Hunt
Bob Hoskins - J. Edger Hoover

Oliver Stone's biopic Nixon comes to DVD with a widescreen transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. A closed-captioned English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1. There are no subtitles or special features on this release. While the disc certainly delivers sound and picture, the expensive price and lack of extras might keep people away. This disc certainly offers the film, but the possibility is there for so much more, especially considering the loaded versions of =Natural Born Killers and =Platoon that are available. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide