Nixon (1995) (Election Year Edition)

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by Riff Magnum

No, but it's pretty good. It actually humanized that scoundrel just a little bit. Big points for that and the supporting cast.

Since Stone's, um, background is in weed-paranoid conspiracy theories, his biographies actually do a good job in setting out to try and offer humanizing alternative ideas for "persecuted" famous figures, eg. "The Doors".
(Also considering Stone was originally tapped to direct the Klaus von Bulow "Reversal of Fortune".)

Stone's script throws out a few neat alternate theories for the eighteen minutes, or for "Won't have Nixon to kick around anymore", and even if they may not be plausible, Hopkins brings them off so perfectly, you're ready to believe them.
Although the audience did giggle when Stone tried to tie the "Cuban businessmen" Nixon theory with...yyyep, you guessed it.