Frost/Nixon (film) Frost/Nixon (film) Frost/Nixon is a 2008 British-American historical drama film based on the 2006 play of the same name by Peter Morgan, who also adapted the screenplay. The film tells the story behind the Frost/Nixon interviews of 1977. The film was directed by Ron Howard and produced for Universal Pictures by Howard, Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment and Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner of Working Title Films, and received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director. The film reunites its original two stars from the West End and Broadway productions of the play: Michael Sheen
Michael Sheen farce "Charley's Aunt" at the Royal Exchange. In 1995, he appeared opposite Kate Beckinsale in a production of "The Seagull" at the Theatre Royal, Bath and, with the encouragement of Thelma Holt, directed and starred in "The Dresser" at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth. In addition, Sheen made his film debut that year, appearing opposite Kenneth Branagh in "Othello". 1996 saw Sheen at the National Theatre for "The Ends of the Earth", an original play by David Lan. A minor role in "Mary Reilly" marked the first of three film collaborations with director Stephen Frears. Sheen's most significant appearance of 1997