Summary
The Assassination Of Richard Nixon (15) Stars: Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Naomi Watts, Jack Thompson, Michael Wincott 95 mins
AS an acting exercise for Sean Penn, this film based on a littleknown attempt to kill President Nixon, will do very nicely. As a movie, it's hard-going. That failed salesman Samuel J Bicke attempted to carry out his assassination by hijacking a plane and flying it straight into the White House has taken on an added resonance in the wake of 9/11. The year is 1974 and Bicke's life is falling apart. His wife (Watts, from The Ring Two) refuses to get back together with him and he's fallen out with his brother (Wincott) over failed business ventures.See the full content of this document
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Cinema - Sean of Attention
He's reduced to working as a salesman in an office supply company where his boss (Thompson) requires him to lie and be deceitful to sell the goods. His only hope lies in opening a vehicle repair service w...
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