Nixon (1995)
Triumphant in Victory, Bitter in Defeat. He Changed the World, But Lost a Nation.
Genre : Drama, History
Runtime : 3H 12M
Director : Oliver Stone
Writer : Oliver Stone, Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson
Synopsis
A look at President Richard M. Nixon—a man carrying the fate of the world on his shoulders while battling the self-destructive demands from within—spanning his troubled boyhood in California to the shocking Watergate scandal that would end his Presidency.
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