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1989 television film directed by Richard Pearce From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Final Days is a 1989 television movie adaptation of the 1976 book written by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. The movie is directed by Richard Pearce and follows the events in the Nixon White House after the Washington Post's Watergate revelations.
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| The Final Days | |
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| Genre | Drama |
| Based on | The Final Days by Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein |
| Teleplay by | Hugh Whitemore |
| Directed by | Richard Pearce |
| Starring | Lane Smith Richard Kiley |
| Music by | Cliff Eidelman |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Stuart Samuels |
| Producer | Richard L. O'Connor |
| Cinematography | Fred Murphy |
| Editor | Bill Yahraus |
| Running time | 144 minutes |
| Production companies | Poochie Productions The Samuels Film Co. |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | October 29, 1989 |
J. Fred Buzhardt inadvertently reveals the existence of a taping system to the Watergate Committee minority counsel. After the committee's majority counsel discovers the information, Alexander Butterfield is interviewed and confirms the taping system's existence.
Four days after the Yom Kippur War, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns. Nixon turns over the tapes after the resignations of Elliot Richardson and William Ruckelshaus.
Later at his Key Biscayne home, Nixon holds his "I'm not a crook" press conference. James D. St. Clair is hired as Nixon's defense lawyer.
As the walls close in on Nixon, he becomes increasingly erratic. Despite his family's pleas to fight on, he accepts the advice of his advisors and resigns the presidency.
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