The Nixon MovieIn an adventure through time, one of the great moments to watch is the Nixon era in American history. He was President of the United States of America (USA). He led the United States in cover-ups, war, lies and much more. One of the best ways to see what he looked like is through Nixon's film. It accurately covers most of the events of Nixon's life as president. This will explain the movie, eight points in the movie that are illegal and/or unconstitutional, how this movie affected me, and what I think of the movie. Now, without further ado, turn off your cell phone, turn it off, the movie is about to start. To begin the summary of the film, Nixon does not apologize for Nixon and holds him responsible for the shame he brought to the presidency. The actor who plays Nixon, Anthony Hopkins, generally only looks and sounds like Nixon in real life. This is not identity theft; Hopkins gives us a deep, resonant performance that creates a man instead of copying an image. The film also talks about the infamous 18 and a half minute interval on the White House tapes that symbolizes a dark hole inside the soul, a secret it alludes to but never reveals. What is implied is that somehow a covert CIA operation against Cuba, begun with Nixon's knowledge during the final years of the Eisenhower administration, came to pass. backfired and somehow led to Kennedy's assassination. This does not suggest that Nixon ordered or desired Kennedy's death, but that he half-understood the process by which the Beast, as he called the secret government apparatus, led to the assassination. Learning that former CIA conspirator in Cuba, Howard Hunt, was involved in the Watergate affair, he murmurs: "It is the darkness that is spreading...... middle of paper... .... Work citedEady, Pier. Britain's youngest parents: 12-year-old girl and 13-year-old boy have baby girl together http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/britains-youngest-parents-12 -year-old-girland boy 13 years old have a little girl. Np, April 15, 2014. Web. April 21, 2014. (Side note, April 16, when this is posted, is also my birthday).Idiocracy. Real. Mike judges. 2006. DVD-ROM. Nixon. Real. Olivier Pierre. Cinergi Pictures, 1995. DVD-ROMO'Connor, Karen, Alixandra B. Yanus and Larry j. Sabato. Roots and Reform of American Government. 2011th ed. Np: Pearson, nd Print. Winston, History Repeats Itself: Nixon and McCain. Ed. Winston. Np, February 17, 2008. Web. April 21. 2014. .