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
After the Fall (play) in a Play, and Jason Robards was nominated for the 1964 Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play. In 1984, the play was revived Off-Broadway, at Playhouse 91, where it ran from October 4 to December 2 that year. Directed by John Tillinger, the cast starred Frank Langella and Dianne Wiest. In 2004, the play was revived on Broadway, at the American Airlines Theatre, in a Roundabout Theatre Company production, from June 25 (previews) to September 12, that year. Directed by Michael Mayer, the cast starred Peter Krause and Carla Gugino. The play was nominated