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I WILL RESIGN THE PRESIDENCY TOMORROW. |
| 00:00:31 |
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A HISTORIC DAY. |
| 00:00:37 |
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THE MAN WHO COMMITTED THE GREATEST FAMILY IN AMERICAN HISTORY WILL NEVER STAND TRIAL. BUT I HAVE AN... |
| 00:00:53 |
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WHY WOULD I WANT TO TALK TO DAVID FROST? |
| 00:00:55 |
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HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. |
| 00:00:56 |
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REALLY? [LAUGHTER] |
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3 CRACK INVESTIGATORS. [LAUGHTER] |
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ARE YOU KIDDING ME? |
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PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. |
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MR. PRESIDENT. |
| 00:01:12 |
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THAT WAS DEVASTATING. HE WILL NOT GET OVER THAT PERIOD. |
| 00:01:22 |
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THIS ENTIRE PROJECT IS A JOKE. WHAT I HOPE THAT THIS IS NOT COMING OUT OF YOUR OWN POCKET. |
| 00:01:32 |
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THERE IS A REASON THAT THEY CALL HIM TRICKY DICK. |
| 00:01:36 |
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DID YOU HAVE A PLEASANT EVENING LAST NIGHT? |
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YES. |
| 00:01:40 |
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4, 3, 2 -- |
| 00:01:43 |
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DID YOU DO ANY FORNICATING? |
| 00:01:50 |
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Q. DAVID. |
| 00:01:53 |
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I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE RICHARD NIXON THE TRIAL THAT HE NEVER HAD. |
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DEMOCRACY DEPENDS ON IT. |
| 00:02:04 |
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WE ARE GOING TO MAKE THEM CHOKE. ON THE POWER AND GLORY. |
| 00:02:12 |
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WHY DID YOU NOT DESTROY THE TAPES? |
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I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ON WATERGATE. |
| 00:02:21 |
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I WILL RUIN YOU FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE --. |
| 00:02:28 |
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I DO NOT WANT THIS INTERVIEW TO EXONERATE HIM. |
| 00:02:32 |
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ARE YOU REALLY SAYING THAT THE PRESIDENT CAN DO SOMETHING OF A GO? |
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WHEN THE PRESIDENT DOES IT, THAT MEANS IT IS NOT ILLEGAL. |
| 00:02:41 |
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I AM SORRY? |
| 00:02:47 |
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FROM UNIVERSAL PICTURES, DIRECTOR RON HOWARD, YOUR 19TH FILM. WHY THIS TOPIC? |
| 00:02:58 |
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WELL, GIVEN WHAT IS HERE IN WASHINGTON, THE MAIN REASON THAT I WANTED TO WRITE THIS, IT WAS NOT WHAT... |
| 00:03:25 |
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WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO PICK UP THIS FILM? |
| 00:03:29 |
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I READ PETERS PLAY. I HAVE NO PETER FOR A WHILE. THE INTERVIEW MEANT A LOT TO ME AT THE TIME IN 1977,... |
| 00:04:27 |
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WHO IS DAVID FROST? HOW DID HE COME ABOUT TO DO THIS INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD NIXON? FROM MY PERSPECTIVE... |
| 00:05:37 |
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LET ME SHARE WITH THE AUDIENCE AND EXIT FROM THE ART -- HOST: LET ME SHARE WITH THE AUDIENCE AN EXCERPT... |
| 00:05:48 |
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I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT WE WERE PERFORMING CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES. I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT JOHN MITCHELL... |
| 00:06:23 |
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WHAT A CONVINCING DEFENSE. |
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HE PAID FOR 21 HOURS. I THINK IT WAS ORIGINALLY TRANSMITTED IN 690 MINUTE, MAYBE IT WAS -- SIX THE... |
| 00:07:23 |
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PHONE LINES ARE OPEN, YOU CAN ALSO E-MAIL US. THE SCREENWRITER AND DIRECTOR OF "FROST/NIXON." YOU... |
| 00:07:43 |
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YOU HAVE TO CREATE SUSPENSE WHEN PEOPLE KNOW THE OUTCOME. IT ALWAYS BROKE DOWN TO CHARACTER. WHAT... |
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ONE MORE EXCERPT. |
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THESE MEN, I KNEW THEIR FAMILIES, I KNEW THEM. I KNEW THEIR KIDS. POLITICALLY, THE PRESSURE ON ME... |
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ARE YOU SAYING THAT IN CERTAIN SITUATIONS THE PRESIDENT CAN DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING ILLEGAL? |
| 00:09:47 |
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WHEN THE PRESIDENT DOES IT, THAT MEANS IT IS NOT ILLEGAL. |
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I AM SORRY? |
| 00:10:06 |
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WIFEWHY "FROST/NIXON" AND NOT "NIXON/FROST"? |
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IN AMERICA IF IT STARTED WITH NIXON A LOT, WHICH PAINS ME. NIXON IS THE ANIMAL THAT IS STOCKED HERE.... |
| 00:10:31 |
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LET'S GET TO THE PHONE CALLS. KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN. |
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THIS IS IN IT -- COCKCROW THIS IS AN EXTREME HONOR. |
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THIS IS AN EXTREME HONOR. I AM A GRADUATE OF FILM SCHOOL IN UCLA. MR. HOWARD, I HAD A QUESTION. ... |
| 00:11:44 |
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I HAVE GOT TO ADMIT, I LOVE THE "RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT." I WISH I DIRECTED IT, ROBERT REDFORD DID.... |
| 00:13:40 |
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WHERE DID YOU TELL? |
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ENTIRELY IN LOS ANGELES. |
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DID DAVID FROST CONTRIBUTE TO THIS? |
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HE DID, HE WAS VERY GENEROUS WITH HIS TIME. I ASKED HIM WHO HE FELT I SHOULD TALK TO. WITH HIS BLESSING... |
| 00:14:09 |
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SOUTH CAROLINA, THE MORNING. CALLER: THE MOVIE THAT YOU SHOULD MAKE IS "THE WORLD -- THE WAR CRIMINALS... |
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THANK YOU FOR THE CALL. |
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WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. [LAUGHTER] |
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HERE IS AN EXIT FROM A TWO HOUR INTERVIEW FROM THE EARLY 1990'S. |
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DID YOU EVER ASK WHY PEOPLE WERE SO AGAINST YOU IN THE MEDIA? |
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WITH WATERGATE, THEY ALL THOUGHT HE WAS INNOCENT AND THEY DID NOT WANT HIM EXPOSED BECAUSE THIS ONE... |
| 00:15:40 |
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DID THAT SENTIMENT COME THROUGH IN A WAY THAT YOU THINK NIXON CHARACTERIZED HIMSELF? GUEST OUT AGAIN,... |
| 00:16:50 |
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CAN I JUMP IN? I WAS STRUCK, LOOKING AT THAT, HOW SIMILAR BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON'S OBJECTIONS TO... |
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PETER MORGAN, RON HOWARD, NEXT CALL IS COMING FROM CALIFORNIA. CALLER: BEEN A BIG FAN OF YOURS YOUR... |
| 00:19:46 |
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HE WAS PAID HOW MUCH? |
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6 -- $600,000, PLUS 20% OF PROFIT PARTICIPATION. |
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ONE MORE EXCERPT FROM THE FILM. |
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YOU KNOW THOSE BORDERS OF YOURS? THE ONES IN ALL THE PAPERS? DO YOU ACTUALLY ENJOY THOSE? |
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OF COURSE. |
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YOU HAVE THAT NO IDEA HOW FOOLISH THAT MAKES HIM LOOK. LIKING PEOPLE. BEING LIKE. HAVING THAT LIGHTNESS,... |
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WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU? GUEST OF THAT WAS THE HANEEF -- |
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THAT WAS THE HANEEF FOR ME. -- HONEY FOR ME. RICHARD NIXON, IN RETIREMENT AND DISGRACE. FROST, LIVING... |
| 00:23:35 |
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IN YOUR CAREER, DID YOU EVER MEET RICHARD NIXON? |
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I DID, BRIEFLY, IN THE 1980'S. HE WAS ON A PROMOTIONAL BOOK TOUR. WE BOTH WOUND UP IN THE SAME JUNKET... |
| 00:25:06 |
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I CONGRATULATE THE CALLER -- YOU HAVE A BETTER TIME LISTENING TO THEM THAN I DID IN THEIR ENTIRETY.... |
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LET'S NOT REVEAL WHAT IS IN OR OUT -- HAVE TO GO SEE IT. |
| 00:25:31 |
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21 THEM TO COME AWAY WITH? |
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IT IS GREAT DRAMA. IT DOES NOT HAVE A POLITICAL AX TO GRIND. AND YET, IT SPEAKS TO DEMOCRACY, THE... |
| 00:26:41 |
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IS THERE A FILM IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND ON THE BUSH/CHENEY YEARS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH... |
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I HAVE WRITTEN A FILM IN WHICH CLINT EASTWOOD WILL DIRECT. I WILL START AT SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR.... |
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RON HOWARD, AND PETER MORGAN, YOU CAN GO TO THE WEB SITE AT FROST-NIXON.NET, A FILM OUT THIS MONTH... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
