Nixon (played by Frank Langerla) stepped down after the Watergate scandal, but he never admitted his mistakes to the public and owed the American peop[Expand All]
Nixon (played by Frank Langerla) stepped down after the Watergate scandal, but he never admitted his mistakes to the public and owed the American people a lesson. Foster (played by Michael Sheen) is a British playboy who hosts a talk show in Australia. When he saw Nixon leave the White House by helicopter during a live broadcast, he developed the idea of interviewing him and decided to put it into practice. No one had high expectations of Foster, and no TV company was willing to pay for his interviews. His friend John (played by Matthew McFaden) gathered the well-known journalist Bob (played by Oliver Pratt) and James (played by Sam Rockwell), who had a deep understanding of Nixon, to form a team and began to dig for information. Foster paid the initial interview fee out of his own pocket, got the chance to meet Nixon, and set the dates for consecutive interviews. The team worked hard to prepare questions in order to force Nixon to confess in the interview. Nixon's think tank was also busily preparing to respond, and they never took Foster seriously. When the formal interview began, Foster couldn't resist Nixon's endless self-defense. All of this made Foster take a desperate gamble and look for a breakthrough...[Collapse]
