The Final Days (1989 film)

The Final Days
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Genre	Drama
Written by	Book:   Bob Woodward   Carl Bernstein Teleplay:   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	150 minutes
Production company	Multicom Entertainment Group (MEG)
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	October 29, 1989 (1989-10-29)

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.

Plot

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.

Featured cast

Actor	Role
Theodore Bikel	Henry Kissinger
Susan Brown	Pat Nixon
Ed Flanders	Leonard Garment
Richard Kiley	J. Fred Buzhardt
Jeff Perry	Committee Investigator
James Sikking	Elliot Richardson
Gary Sinise	Richard Ben-Veniste
Lane Smith	Richard Nixon
David Ogden Stiers	Alexander Haig
Paul Yeuell	Stephen Bull
Boris Sichkin	Leonid Brezhnev

Awards and nominations

1990 Casting Society of America (Artios)

• Nominated – Best Casting for TV Movie of the Week: Susan Bluestein

1990 Emmy Awards

• Nominated – Outstanding Cinematography For A Miniseries Or Movie: Fred Murphy
• Nominated – Outstanding Directing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special: Richard Pearce
• Nominated – Outstanding Made For Television Movie: Stu Samuels, Richard L. O'Connor, Susan Weber-Gold
• Nominated – Outstanding Writing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special: Hugh Whitemore

1990 Golden Globe Awards

• Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film: Lane Smith

See also

• All the President's Men, 1976 film

External links

• The Final Days at IMDb