Writer, Producer, and Director Oliver Stone's exploration of former President Richard Nixon's strict Quaker upbringing, his nascent political strivings in law school, and his strangely self-effacing courtship of his wife, Pat (Joan Allen).
The contradictions in his character are revealed early, in the vicious campaign against Helen Gahagan Douglas and the oddly masochistic Checkers speech.
His defeat at the hands of the hated and envied John F. Kennedy in the 1960 presidential election, followed by the loss of the 1962 California gubernatorial race, seem to signal the end of his career.
Yet, although wholly lacking in charisma, Nixon remains a brilliant political operator, seizing the opportunity provided by the backlash against the antiwar movement to take the Presidency in 1968.
It is only when safely in office, running far ahead in the polls for the 1972 Presidential election, that his growing paranoia comes to full flower, triggering the Watergate scandal.
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Nixon
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MENUETTO
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HACKNEY CARRIAGE
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C. King Palmer:
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LARGO
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STEIN SONG (UNIVERSITY OF MAINE)
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HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN
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Jack Yellen:
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(LOVE IS) THE TENDER TRAP
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Sammy Cahn:
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I CAN'T GIVE YOU ANYTHING BUT LOVE
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CAMELOT
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Alan Jay Lerner:
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MAZURKA IN D MAJOR, OP. 33, NO. 2
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WALTZ IN B MINOR, OP. 69, NO. 2
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LIFE'S THE DARNDEST THING
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LAST ROUND
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MY BABY SAID SHE'D MARRY ME
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I LIKE TO PET
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FEVER
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GUADALCANAL MARCH
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Richard Rodgers:
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GLORIA (la parte)
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Antonio Vivaldi:
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BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC
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SHENANDOAH
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Stein Song
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'Guadalcanal March' and 'Mare Nostrum'
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Richard Rodgers:
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Gloria
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Antonio Vivaldi:
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The 1960's : The Turbulent Years
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John Williams:
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Main Title... The White House Gate
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John Williams:
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Growing Up In Whittier
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John Williams:
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The Ellsberg Break-In And Watergate
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John Williams:
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Love Field : Dallas, November 1963
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John Williams:
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Losing A Brother
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John Williams:
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The Battle Hymn Of The Republic
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John Williams:
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Making A Comeback
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John Williams:
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Track 2 The Bay Of Pigs
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John Williams:
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The Miami Convention, 1968
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John Williams:
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The Meeting With Mao
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John Williams:
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"I Am That Sacrifice"
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John Williams:
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The Farewell Scene
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John Williams:
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The 1960's : The Turbulent Years
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John Williams:
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