Forst/Nixon movie posterPeter Morgan adapted his West End play for director Ron Howard, focusing on the 1977 television interviews between presenter David Frost (Michael Sheen) and former president Richard Nixon (Frank Langella), both re-creating their roles from that show.

The difficulty always with adaptions of historical events for mass market Hollywood appeal lies in what history is kept and what is sacrificed for the drama. The premise is sound; take two men at a crossroads in their lives, re-create the events that finally broke one and elevated the other.

I remember the Frost/Nixon interviews and however good the movie, it is not the history I recall. Read more of this post