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The Final Days

The Final Days

1989TV Movie⏱️ 2h 30mPG
BiographyCrimeDramaHistory
7.1
IMDB Rating
533 votes

Chronicle of Nixon's last months in the White House. A paranoid power-abuser, all too human - a confused, narcissistic individual who cannot fully comprehend how, in less than one year, he lost everything he has worked for in a li...

Director
Richard Pearce
Writers
Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Hugh Whitemore
Stars
Lane Smith, Richard Kiley, David Ogden Stiers
Release Date
October 29, 1989
Language
English
Country
United States
🎯 7
Nominations
💬 21
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Lane Smith
Lane Smith
as Richard Nixon
Richard Kiley
Richard Kiley
as J. Fred Buzhardt
David Ogden Stiers
David Ogden Stiers
as General Alexander M. Haig Jr
Ed Flanders
Ed Flanders
as Leonard Garment
Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel
as Henry Kissinger
Graham Beckel
Graham Beckel
as Ron Ziegler
James B. Sikking
James B. Sikking
as Elliot Richardson
Richard Venture
Richard Venture
as James St. Clair
Alan Fudge
Alan Fudge
as Gerald Ford
Gregg Henry
Gregg Henry
as John Dean

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Color
Production
Poochie Productions, Samuels Film Company

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

BiographyCrimeDramaHistory

⭐ Featured Review

The very essence of the presidency.
by SteveSkafte2010-04-30
7/10

"The thing about a film like "The Final Days" is that how much you enjoy the experience depends directly on your general interest in the subject matter. Myself, I'm not terribly interested in the character of Richard Nixon. This is one of several portrayals I've seen of the man, all of which I watched for alternate reasons (either the director, actors, or the general accolades directed toward it). I watched this film because I'm a fan of director Richard Pearce (Threshold, Country, The Long Walk Home, A Family Thing). Fred Murphy's cinematography is also very nice,..."

💡 Did You Know?

The Pat Nixon character speaks not even one word of dialogue. She gets a fair amount of screen time (as well as a few close-ups); but she never utters a single word until the very end where she speaks the final words of the film. This was edited out after the original airing.

📖 Synopsis

Chronicle of Nixon's last months in the White House. A paranoid power-abuser, all too human - a confused, narcissistic individual who cannot fully comprehend how, in less than one year, he lost everything he has worked for in a li...