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Nominated for five Academy Awards, Frost/Nixon stars Michael Sheen and Frank Langella in the film
version of the Broadway production of the same name. Both the play and the film are dramatic retellings of the television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon which were conducted in the wake of the Watergate scandal. The five nominations include Best Picture, Best Actor (Frank Langella) and Ron Howard (Best Director).