Talk:The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Vfd

The vfd discussion of this page is archived at Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/The Assassination of Richard Nixon. The result following this discussion was keep because of a rewrite during the process. Mgm|^(talk) 09:12, Mar 15, 2005 (UTC)

Response

I wish there were some critic responses in this article. I realize we can't make our own reviews here, but I do want to say for the record that this is argueably one of the worst movies ever made; it stole 2 hours of my life spent watching it....and I want them back. Just yet another proof that Sean Penn can't act.

I'm sure anybody who enjoys cinema would love to laugh at that comment Parrot of Doom (talk) 23:28, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

SPOILER ... and Nixon doesn't even get assassinated!

Seriously though The Washington Post hated it "It grinds on and on without mercy."[1] This sounds like critics snuff, the combination of Sean Penn and even the critics who liked it calling it a "character study" should be warning enough for most viewers. Before someone says WP:NOTFORUM, this section is indication that someone (like me) should probably expand the critical response section. -- 109.76.192.128 (talk) 23:43, 8 September 2021 (UTC)

Summary inaccuracies

Plot summary is completely off in a number of spots and would benefit from a rewrite by someone who has actually seen the film. I'd rather do something else right now, so I won't. Making a note here since smart people check the talk page and history before believing anything they read in an article. 202.76.142.198 (talk) 10:20, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Maybe, but in this case, they'd have to not only be smart, they'd have to have watched The Assassination of Richard Nixon and been interested in revising the Wiki entry devoted to it also. Setting that aside, it might be useful to settle on one consistent spelling of the lead character's last name. Just a suggestion, of course C d h (talk) 15:47, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Misspelling of Byck's name

It is mentioned in the lead that the would-be assassin's name was Samuel Byck, B-Y-C-K. Everywhere else he is referred to as Samuel Bicke, B-I-C-K-E. Why? öBrambleberry of RiverClan 00:48, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

Because the real world guy is Byck. The article says it's BASED on the real world guy called Samuel Byck. The character in the movie is named Bicke. I thought this was quite clear.

Budget

This article has long claimed that the budget was $4.6 million. That seemed oddly low considering the cast. The Wrap claims the budget was $46 million.[2]

The Numbers (website) claims the budget is $4.6 million.[3] (Box office mojo does not know.)

Needs further research. -- 109.76.192.128 (talk) 17:02, 9 September 2021 (UTC)

The New York Times said the budget was "under $10 million"[4] and various other sources describe it as a low budget film.[5] The writer talks about struggling to get the budget to make the film at all and his reliance on Penn to get the cast.[6]

$46 million does not seem plausible, and it looks increasingly like The Wrap got it wrong.

I am going to boldly remove The Wrap, and replace it with The Numbers instead, but I'm willing to discuss further if anyone thinks the higher figure is even plausible. -- 109.76.192.128 (talk) 19:45, 9 September 2021 (UTC)