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Throughout the [[Richard Nixon]] presidency (1969-1973) three of his top White House aides -- chief of staff [[H.R. Haldeman]], domestic affairs adviser [[John Ehrlichman]] and special assistant [[Dwight Chapin]] -- obsessively documented their experiences with Super 8 home movie cameras creating a unique visual record consisting of over 500 reels of home movies. These films were seized by the FBI during the Watergate investigation, then filed away for almost 40 years. "Our Nixon" is an all-archival documentary presenting these home movies together with other material, including excerpts from the secretly recorded White House phone tapes, contemporary news reports, and later interviews with the three staffers themselves, to create an intimate and complex portrait of the Nixon presidency. |
Throughout the [[Richard Nixon]] presidency (1969-1973) three of his top White House aides -- chief of staff [[H.R. Haldeman]], domestic affairs adviser [[John Ehrlichman]] and special assistant [[Dwight Chapin]] -- obsessively documented their experiences with Super 8 home movie cameras creating a unique visual record consisting of over 500 reels of home movies. These films were seized by the FBI during the Watergate investigation, then filed away for almost 40 years. "Our Nixon" is an all-archival documentary presenting these home movies together with other material, including excerpts from the secretly recorded White House phone tapes, contemporary news reports, and later interviews with the three staffers themselves, to create an intimate and complex portrait of the Nixon presidency. |
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| Directed by | Penny Lane |
| Produced by | Brian L. Frye, Penny Lane, Dan Cogan, Jenny Raskin, Louis Venezia, Rebecca Ritchie Brower, David Armillei, William Beutler, Scott Bush, Elias Savada, Palmer Stilwell Taipale |
| Starring | Richard Nixon, H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, Dwight Chapin, Henry Kissinger, Ron Ziegler, Larry Higby |
| Cinematography | H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, Dwight Chapin |
| Edited by | Francisco Bello |
| Music by | Hrishikesh Hirway |
Production company | Dipper Films |
| Distributed by | CNN Films and Cinedigm |
Release date |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Throughout the Richard Nixon presidency (1969-1973) three of his top White House aides -- chief of staff H.R. Haldeman, domestic affairs adviser John Ehrlichman and special assistant Dwight Chapin -- obsessively documented their experiences with Super 8 home movie cameras creating a unique visual record consisting of over 500 reels of home movies. These films were seized by the FBI during the Watergate investigation, then filed away for almost 40 years. "Our Nixon" is an all-archival documentary presenting these home movies together with other material, including excerpts from the secretly recorded White House phone tapes, contemporary news reports, and later interviews with the three staffers themselves, to create an intimate and complex portrait of the Nixon presidency.
Release
Our Nixon made its North American debut at 2013 South by Southwest[1] and its international debut at the 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam.[2] The film has subsequently been invited to screen at notable film festivals, including AFI DOCS in Washington, DC, the Los Angeles Film Festival,[3] the Independent Film Festival of Boston, and the the 39th Seattle International Film Festival, where Our Nixon won the 2013 Grand Jury award for Best Documentary Film [4][5].
Our Nixon was also chosen as the closing night film for the prestigious Film Society of Lincoln Center and Museum of Modern Art New Directors/New Films festival in New York City. [6] [7]
"Our Nixon" is set to make its United States television premiere on CNN on August 1, 2013 and will be released theatrically by Cinedigm on August 30, 2013.[8] [9]
References
- ^ SWSX 2013 Accepted Films
- ^ In Rotterdam, a Strong Crop of American Indies Filmmaker Magazine (Jan. 30, 2013).
- ^ L. A. Film Fest
- ^ SIFF Award Winners
- ^ ‘C.O.G.,’ ‘Our Nixon’ Take Seattle Film Fest Prizes
- ^ Discover: Penny Lane Connects the Dots Into a Tender “Our Nixon” Brian Brooks, Film Society of Lincoln Center Blog (Mar 27, 2013).
- ^ Nixon documentary focuses on the other secret White House tapes: Home movies Holly Bailly, Yahoo! News (Mar. 27, 2013).
- ^ CNN Films and Cinedigm Acquire 'Our Nixon' For a Theatrical Release and TV Broadcast IndieWire (Jul. 2, 2013), CNN Films acquires SXSW doc 'Our Nixon' to air on the network in August L.A. Times (Apr. 24, 2013)
- ^ Exclusive: Our Nixon Trailer TIME Entertainment (Jul. 15, 2013).
External links
- Our Nixon at IMDb
- http://ournixon.com/
- Exclusive: Our Nixon Trailer TIME Entertainment (Jul. 15, 2013).
