Hey
I'v seen both Nixon and Frost/Nixon which both have extraordinary talent behind it. But who doe you think is better Anthony Hopkins in his 1995 oscar nominated role or Langella who is a shoe in for the nomination.
Personally I can't decide. What do you think?
P.S. I'm sorry if I'm repeating another msg.
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I DONT KNOW I AM PLANNIG TO GO WATCH THE NIXON FILM ON EARLY YEAR 2009
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I never saw "Nixon" in the theater so perhaps it's not fair for me to compare, but Langella was totally captivating and facinating as Nixon. Hopkins was great too, but I'd give the nod to Langella.
Fact is that Langella doesn't look like Nixon, Hopkins & especially the great, late, underrated Smith did ;)
But, I still have to see it!
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Definitely Langella. I stopped thinking he didnt' look like Nixon 5 minutes into the movie. Nothing against Hopkins, whom I love, but this is a part that needs to be played by an American to not fall into caricature.
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scriptwriter insisted that Pat Nixon be a tough and brittle "90s woman" she absolutely never was.)
I never had time," Pat Nixon answered, "to think about things like that--who I wanted to be, or who I admired or to have ideas. I never had time to dream about being anyone else. I had to work. My parents died when I was a teen-ager, and I had to work my way through college. I drove people all the way cross-country so I could get to New York and take training as an X-ray technician so I could work my way through college. I worked in a bank when Dick was in service...
"I don't have time to worry about who I admire or who I identify with. I've never had it easy. I'm not like all you...all those people who had it easy."
I must say I loved Nixon and the new Frost/Nixon. Hopkins plays a man who through his convictions was able to change history with victory and defeat. Langella plays a man who was defeated but wants to show everybody that he still has victory. I can't say either because I loved them both for playing these characters very well. Its ironic that Langella portrayed Nixon because in Good Night and GOod luck he plays a producer who helped bring down McCarthy who actually worked with Nixon as lawyers in a firm before they became infamous. They both played Nixon with control and emotion that's what gave them both Oscar Nominations for their roles
shareI don't think we can have a wrong answer truthfully they were both spectacular, it's been a little while since I've seen Hopkin's Nixon but Langella completely humanized Nixon's persona. The humanity that he brought to his role was exquisite.
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I definitely prefer Nixon both as a film and as a portrayal of Nixon, but performance-wise it's very close. Neither man really resembles Nixon in voice or appearance (and I can't get past the fact that Hopkins sounds like a drunk Texas leprechaun) but both manage to give very strong performances, getting into the skin of the man. If I had to choose I'd pick Langella, but Hopkins had more to work with.
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