Frost/Nixon Creative background
2021-12-15 08:01
The drama "Frost" based on real events was released in London’s Donmar Warehouse Theatre in 2006 and received a lot of praise. After landing on Broadway and winning the Tony Award, several Hollywood producers hope that Morgan can The play was put on the screen, but the screenwriter Morgan believed that the script was written in accordance with the standards of the stage, and there was no way to adapt it into a movie, so he did not immediately agree. But director Ronald William Howard didn’t care about the script at all. At the end of the production company’s insistence, Pete Morgan gradually found a new entry point outside of the drama. He put the focus of the story outside the interview and focused on portraying. Before and after the interview, the hearts of both sides changed, and a script was almost rewritten
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Extended Reading
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Richard Nixon: We're not gonna let that happen! We're gonna make 'em choke!
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Richard Nixon: [Watching Frost head for his car] You mean to say he just paid me two hundred grand for a visit?
Jack Brennan: Yeah.
Richard Nixon: Huh. If I'd known that I would invited him for tea.