Nixon (1995) Kino Lorber - May 21, 2019

[poilee.lee]

Update: copy from Kino Lorber Insider

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Originally Posted by Kino Lorber Insider

Coming May 21st!
Three-Disc Special Edition!

Nixon (1995) with optional English subtitles
• Includes both the original 191-minute theatrical cut and the extended 212-minute director’s cut
• Two Audio Commentaries with Director Oliver Stone (Director's Cut)
Oliver Stone Discusses the Film’s Performances, Style & Scrip
Oliver Stone Discusses the Politics & History of the Era
• Audio Commentary by Film Historian Jim Hemphill (Theatrical Cut)
• Deleted Scenes Introduced by Oliver Stone (58:16)
• Beyond Nixon Documentary (35:19)
• Charlie Rose Interviews Oliver Stone (55:09)
• Making-of Featurette
• 5.1 Surround and 2.0 Stereo
• Theatrical Trailer

Color 191 | 212 Minutes 2.35:1 Rated R
From Oliver Stone, the director of Platoon, JFK and Natural Born Killers. Screen legend Anthony Hopkins (The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal) electrifies the screen as Richard Nixon, whose chance at greatness was ultimately destroyed by his passion for power. Nominated for four Academy Awards (Actor for Hopkins, Supporting Actress for Joan Allen, Original Screenplay for Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson and Stone, and Score for John Williams), Nixon takes a riveting look at a complex man who became the first American president to resign, due to the threat of impeachment and his involvement in conspiracy jeopardizing the nation’s security. The phenomenal all-star cast includes Allen (The Crucible), Powers Boothe (The Emerald Forest), Ed Harris (Needful Things), Bob Hoskins (Shattered), E.G. Marshall (Consenting Adults), Paul Sorvino (I, the Jury), David Hyde Pierce (TV’s Frasier), Mary Steenburgen (Hope Springs), J.T. Walsh (Breakdown) and James Woods (The Onion Field). This special three-disc edition includes both the original theatrical cut and the extended director’s cut, and is loaded with extras.
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[bigshot]

I remember when this came out. It was one of the most unintentionally funny films I'd ever seen. Big putty noses, bad impressions, wretched special effects pasting actors into newsreel footage. Then came the show stopper... Nixon scrambling on the floor to pick up his Elvis pills while hallucinating like something out of The Trip. I was in hysterics and couldn't even breathe. Oliver Stone is one of the most ham handed and goofy directors that ever lived, and he thinks he's the second coming of Edward R. Murrow! Priceless!

[BluProofie]

This movie is bad but it’s great to see Kino release lots of stuff.

[balthazar_bee]

Hot takes! Get yer hot takes here!

Well, I for one love the film, and will happily get rid of the dated transfer. And if you think the film is "unintentionally" funny, just check out Stone yukking it up on the commentary. And come on, when Hopkins says he'll use "the ol' Nixon charm" and winks, then James Woods fires back, "Who can resist that?" Rolling.

[DukeTogo84]

Originally Posted by balthazar_bee

Hot takes! Get yer hot takes here!

Well, I for one love the film, and will happily get rid of the dated transfer. And if you think the film is "unintentionally" funny, just check out Stone yukking it up on the commentary. And come on, when Hopkins says he'll use "the ol' Nixon charm" and winks, then James Woods fires back, "Who can resist that?" Rolling.

I'm pretty sure it will be the same transfer (which is still pretty good), but I hope I'm wrong.

[balthazar_bee]

This movie's transfer history has been weird, to say the least. The extra footage in the DC DVD was noticeably worse, but by the time the blu-ray was released, the extra footage was given a polish, and the movie proper was from what looked like an older master. But yeah, it doesn't look bad.

[JohnCarpenterLives]

New 4k remaster? Director's Cut? Seems like it's time to try to sell my old BD.

[yellowcakeuf6]

Originally Posted by poilee.lee

The release is very timely (as the film is becoming more relevant than before).... I hope we will see new extras...

http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.ph...ostcount=28279

… and they're not juddery as f***!

[captainron_howdy]

Wait, do I see "Bitter Moon" in there, the Polanski film!!!

[The Sovereign]

It's an odd movie, but given the subject, it needed to be. I'll be picking up this blu for sure.

[tsetse27]

Great news for the re-issue!!

I was about to hurt down a copy of the previous release (Touchstone / Disney?)

hope Kino will carry over all the extra.

I always think of this is a great companion piece to JFK.

James Wood (and Paul Sorvino) are awesome in it!

[Gacivory]

Bob Hoskins as J. Edgar in this is delightfully campy and over the top! Need to rewatch the whole movie, I remember being let down by the movie as a whole!

[SGFfilmfan]

Best film of 1995. Hopkins should've won the Oscar (ditto Joan Allen). The first blu-ray had that horrid 2008 election year tie-in cover. I hope Kino goes back to the original cover art for this release. Stone's most mature film. (#4 on my all-time list). Day one for sure!!!

[I KEEL YOU]

Originally Posted by SGFfilmfan

Hopkins should've won the Oscar

This movie is a textbook example on the importance of casting and proof that just because you're a phenomenal actor, it doesn't mean that you're right for every part.

Hopkins simply does not look nor sound like Nixon and because of this I wasn't captivated by his performance.

[SGFfilmfan]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

This movie is a textbook example on the importance of casting and proof that just because you're a phenomenal actor, it doesn't mean that you're right for every part.

Hopkins simply does not look nor sound like Nixon and because of this I wasn't captivated by his performance.

If you're talking about DiCrapio as Howard Hughes, then YES! Hopkins was brilliant! I've watched the film over a hundred times and I know!!!!!!!!!!

[Nicage22]

Originally Posted by SGFfilmfan

If you're talking about DiCrapio as Howard Hughes, then YES!

Are you implying DiCaprio was not great in The Aviator? This is the first time I have ever heard his performance being critiqued.

[SGFfilmfan]

Originally Posted by Nicage22

Are you implying DiCaprio was not great in The Aviator? This is the first time I have ever heard his performance being critiqued.

You haven't looked around much, if that's the case. Leo isn't believable as being anything other than little, baby faced Leo DiCrapio. I don't care how tall Howard Hughes actually was, but Leo seemed like a kid playing an actual adult to me, and I've heard that opinion expressed elsewhere since the year the film was released. There's a difference between "emoting" on camera, which people seem to think acting is and inhabiting the character, which is what I think acting really is. Leo can't do that, he can only appear on the surface to be sick (he always over does coughing on-screen), anguished, fearful, etc. It's always an "act" to me and never organic. Sir Anthony Hopkins is a REAL actor - a master at his craft. Leo is only a movie star. There's a huge difference between the two.

[poilee.lee]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

This movie is a textbook example on the importance of casting and proof that just because you're a phenomenal actor, it doesn't mean that you're right for every part.

Hopkins simply does not look nor sound like Nixon and because of this I wasn't captivated by his performance.

Hopkins got an Oscar nomination because of this film.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by I KEEL YOU

This movie is a textbook example on the importance of casting and proof that just because you're a phenomenal actor, it doesn't mean that you're right for every part.

Hopkins simply does not look nor sound like Nixon and because of this I wasn't captivated by his performance.

How much someone looks like an actual historical figure is about the lowest thing on the priority list for me, frankly. I don't want a good impersonation, I want a good performance.

If both click, great. If not, great -- assuming the performance is a very good one.

If the performance isn't good, who the heck cares in the end?

[meremortal]

A lot of the earlier Disney transfers look pretty weak today but then again Disney often had pretty bad looking dvds recycled from LDs early on as well.