A01=Peter Morgan
Author_Peter Morgan
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Celebrity
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Politicians
Scandal
Television
Product details
- ISBN 9780571235414
- Weight: 96g
- Dimensions: 127 x 197mm
- Publication Date: 17 Aug 2006
- Publisher: Faber & Faber
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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In 1972, a break-in was foiled at the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Hotel in Washington DC. Within days a connection had been made with the White House and President Nixon's closest aides. It unleashed one of the greatest scandals in modern American politics and ended with Nixon's humiliating resignation.
David Frost's interviews with Richard Nixon drew the largest audience ever for a news interview. Could this British talk-show host, with no known political convictions and a playboy reputation, be the one to elicit an apology from the man who committed one of the biggest felonies in American political history?
Frost/Nixon premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in August 2006.
Peter Morgan is a writer for stage and screen. As well as receiving Oscar and BAFTA Award nominations for his screenplay for Stephen Frears' The Queen, Morgan won a host of international awards including Golden Globe, British Independent Film and Evening Standard British Film Awards. The award-winning and Tony-nominated play Frost/Nixon received critical acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic before being adapted into a multi- Academy Award-nominated film of the same name. The film garnered five Oscar nominations, including Best Screenplay. Morgan's many other film credits include the award-winning The Last King of Scotland, The Damned United and Rush. His extensive television credits include The Lost Honour of Christopher Jeffries, the critically acclaimed The Deal - the first part of Morgan's 'Tony Blair Trilogy' (BAFTA Award for Best Drama) - The
Special Relationship and Longford. In 2013, Peter wrote the award-winning West End play The Audience, starring Helen Mirren. He is the creator and showrunner of The Crown, which debuted on Netflix in 2016. The series has won numerous awards, including two Golden Globes for Best Television Series - Drama and many Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. The sixth, and final, season is scheduled to air in 2023.
