Name: Presidential Historian Reviews Presidents in Film & TV, from 'Lincoln' to 'The Comey Rule'
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- Now let's understand something about presidents,

that's required to be president of the United States.

When we meet somebody with that kind of ego at a party,

you usually find yourself moving across the room.

director of the Center for Presidential History

that feature U.S. presidents in films and TV.

This is "Frost/Nixon" directed by Ron Howard.

In this scene, which is the real climax of the movie,

Richard Nixon admits to something dramatic

- You're quoting me out of context, out of order.

And I might add, I have participated in all these interviews

- Okay, first off, this is a great impersonation of Nixon.

He's got the mannerisms, he's got the voice.

He's got the head movements, except he's nice.

Richard Nixon had a burning fury of anger

If he thought a reporter was taking him down the wrong road,

even if he was on film, even if he was on camera,

he would have shut him down a lot harder than that.

- I have never heard or seen such outrageous,

vicious, distorted reporting in 27 years of public life.

In 1972 operatives working for Richard Nixon

broke into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters

basically looking for dirt on Nixon's potential opponents

a new piece of information would trickle out

bringing the scandal closer and closer to Nixon.

The first and only president in American history

- None, I believed the money was for humanitarian purposes

to help disadvantaged people with their defense.

- Richard Nixon did really sit for interviews with Frost

a few years after leaving the White House in disgrace.

It was a business operation and partnership between the two.

Nixon was paid $800,000, which is about the equivalent

he was set to get 20% of the profit of any recording sales

that they did for the interview going forward.

And Nixon's own people were encouraging Nixon to say more.

The humanitarian purposes for disadvantaged people

the guys that broke into the Watergate for him.

was that one of them admitted in open court

that he was being pressured and bribed not to talk.

The defense that Nixon's paying for is for his own skin.

Maybe I should have just called the Feds into my office,

Haul them down to the dock, fingerprint them,

- What we have to understand is that Nixon is in exile.

He thought if he told his side of the story,

if people could hear him say it in a controlled environment,

that would reboost his reputation and you know what?

- Are you really saying that in certain situations,

whether it's in the best interest of the nation,

- I'm saying that when the president does it,

- So that's supposed to be the climax of the movie,

the moment when Richard Nixon admits guilt for Watergate.

for how bad Watergate was for the American people.

perhaps I gave the sword to people who used it wrongly,

when you don't actually want to admit guilt.

The more fascinating point that the movie

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