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<a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB002431" title="Anthony Hopkins" href="/topic/entertainment/movies/anthony-hopkins-PECLB002431.topic">Anthony Hopkins</a>, "Nixon" (1995)<br>
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<a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB002925" title="Frank Langella" href="/topic/entertainment/theater/frank-langella-PECLB002925.topic">Frank Langella</a>, <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ENMV00000283" title="Frost Nixon (movie)" href="/topic/entertainment/movies/frost-nixon-%28movie%29-ENMV00000283.topic">"Frost/Nixon"</a> (2008)<br>
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<b>The winner:</b> <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PECLB003785" title="Oliver Stone" href="/topic/entertainment/oliver-stone-PECLB003785.topic">Oliver Stone</a>'s "Nixon" bombed commercially and KOd his career as a provocateur. But lost in the rubble was Hopkins' extraordinary portrayal of a blindly ruthless and, yes, tragic figure. There's a danger present in his work that's missing from Langella's skilled performance.
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Anthony Hopkins, "Nixon" (1995)

Frank Langella, "Frost/Nixon" (2008)

The winner: Oliver Stone's "Nixon" bombed commercially and KOd his career as a provocateur. But lost in the rubble was Hopkins' extraordinary portrayal of a blindly ruthless and, yes, tragic figure. There's a danger present in his work that's missing from Langella's skilled performance.

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