Because I understand the system.

Description: A biographical story of former U.S. President Richard Nixon, from his days as a young boy, to his eventual Presidency, which ended in shame. Cast: Richard M. Nixon: Anthony Hopkins Pat Nixon: Joan Allen Alexander Haig: Powers Boothe E. Howard Hunt: Ed Harris J. Edgar Hoover: Bob Hoskins John Mitchell: E.G. Marshall Ron Ziegler: David Paymer John Dean: David Hyde Pierce Henry Kissinger: Paul Sorvino Hannah Nixon: Mary Steenburgen John Ehrlichman: J.T. Walsh H.R. Haldeman: James Woods Clyde Tolson: Brian Bedford Charles Colson: Kevin Dunn Murray Chotiner: Fyvush Finkel Julie Nixon Eisenhower: Annabeth Gish Frank Nixon: Tom Bower Harold Nixon: Tony Goldwyn 'Jack Jones': Larry Hagman Nelson Rockefeller: Edward Herrmann Martha Mitchell: Madeline Kahn Trini Cardoza: Dan Hedaya Johnny Roselli: Tony Lo Bianco Herb Klein: Saul Rubinek Frank Sturgis, Watergate Burglar: Robert Beltran Bob: John Cunningham Gordon Liddy: John Diehl Earl in Training Film: John C. McGinley TV Director: Michael Chiklis Richard Nixon, 19 Years Old: David Barry Gray Young Student: Joanna Going President's Lawyer: George Plimpton Bernard Barker, Watergate Burglar: Lenny Vullo Richard Nixon, 12 Years Old: Corey Carrier James McCord, Watergate Burglar: Ronald von Klaussen Cuban Man: John Bedford Lloyd Eugenio Martinez, Watergate Burglar: Kamar de los Reyes Virgilio Gonzales, Watergate Burglar: Enrique Castillo Black Orator: James Pickens Jr. Cuban Plumber: Victor Rivers Sandy: Bridgette Wilson-Sampras Moderator: Drew Snyder Mao Tse-Tung: Ric Young Donald Nixon: Sean Stone Arthur Nixon: Joshua Duvall Preston Football Player: Ian Calip Football Coach: Jack Wallace Young Pat Nixon: Julie Condra Happy Rockefeller: Annette Helde Lawyer at Party: Howard Platt Convention Announcer: T.J. Kennedy Fan 1: Harry S. Murphy Fan 2: Suzanne Schnulle Murphy Fan 3: Michael Kaufman Girlfriend: Pamela Dickerson Texas Man: O'Neal Compton Family Doctor: Chris Renna Joaquin, Hoover's Servant: Wilson Cruz Edward Nixon: Mikey Stone Spiro Agnew: Robert Marshall Tricia Nixon Cox: Marley Shelton Bill Rogers: James Karen Mel Laird: Richard Fancy Student 1: Peter Carlin Student 2: Michelle Krusiec Protester: Wass Stevens Secret Service Agent 1: Tom Nicoletti Secret Service Agent 2: Chuck Pfeiffer White House Staffer: Alexander Butterfield White House Security: Mark Steines Chinese Interpreter: Bai Ling Air Force One Steward: Peter P. Starson Jr. Reporter 1: Jon Tenney Reporter 2: Julie Araskog Reporter 3: Ray Wills Reporter 4: John Bellucci Reporter 5: Zoey Zimmerman Rosemary Woods: Mary Rudolph Floor Manager 1: Clayton Townsend Maureen Dean: Donna Dixon Staffer 1: John Stockwell Staffer 2: Charles Haugk Leonid Brezhnev: Boris Sichkin Andre Gromyko: Fima Noveck Russian Interpreter: Raissa Danilova Helen Smith: Marilyn Rockafellow Bethesda Doctor: Bill Bolender Bethesda Nurse: Melinda Renna Manolo Sanchez: Tony Plana CIA Director Richard Helms: Sam Waterston Self: Ronald Reagan Self - with Mother and Infant: Salvador Allende Bob Cushman: Roy Barnitt Self - at Time of Saturday Night Massacre: William Ruckelshaus Self - Shooting Wallace: Arthur Bremer Self - Reporting FBI Findings on Dean and Hunt: David Brinkley Self - Running Against Nixon: Edmund G. Brown Self - Attending Nixon Funeral: Nancy Reagan Self - Smoking Cigar: Fidel Castro Self - Testifying before HUAC: Robert Taylor 1960s Race Track: Jan Citron Self - Eulogizing Nixon: Bob Dole Self - Leaving Air Force One after JFK: Nellie Connally Self - with Elliott Richardson: Archibald Cox Self - at Helicopter after Resignation: Tricia Nixon Self - Returning from WW2: Dwight D. Eisenhower Self - with Ike at Republican Convention: Mamie Eisenhower Self - Discussing Prison Sentence: Daniel Ellsberg Self - at Senate Watergate Hearing: Sam Ervin Self - when Gerald Becomes President after Nixon Resignation: Betty Ford Self - Sworn in as President after Nixon Resignation: Gerald Ford Self (runs against Nixon): Helen Gahagan Student Protester: Robert Goldman Socialite: Annette Goodman Kennedy Staffer: Angie Gray White House Worker: Michael Haddad Self - Leaning Forward to Testify: Richard Helms Self - in First Speech as President: Lyndon B. Johnson Self - Arriving for JFK Funeral with LBJ: Caroline Kennedy Self - Arriving for JFK Funeral with Ted: Eunice Kennedy Shriver Self - behind RFK during Final Speech: Ethel Kennedy Self - with Jack in Dallas: Jacqueline Kennedy Self - Campaigning: John F. Kennedy Self - Wearing Neck Brace after Chappaquiddick: Ted Kennedy Self - Wearing White Hat: Nikita Khrushchev Self - with Truman: King George VI Ringmaster: Alberto Leon Newscaster Voice: Dave Mallow Self - in the 1940s: Zedong Mao Self - Facing the Press: George McGovern Self - Laughing: Robert McNamara Extra: Darren Melton Kissinger's Date: Nicole Nagel Self - Leaving White House after Resignation: Richard Nixon Self - Smoking Cigarette: J. Robert Oppenheimer Self - in Custody: Lee Harvey Oswald Self - Handshake with Diplomat: Mohammad Reza Pahlavi News Reporter at Press Conference: Michael Pasby Self - with Archibald Cox: Elliot Richardson Narrator: Chuck Riley Self - Wearing Fur Coat: Eleanor Roosevelt Self - with Socialite: Franklin D. Roosevelt Self - Handcuffed with Husband: Ethel Rosenberg Self - Handcuffed with Wife: Julius Rosenberg Self - Facing Microphones: Adlai Stevenson Closing Narration: Oliver Stone Woman: Kira Tashjian Self - with King George: Harry S. Truman Self - Congressman: Jerry Voorhis Self - Shot by Bremer: George Wallace Hippie: Breck Wilson Self - Swearing in JFK: Earl Warren Written by: Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Oliver Stone Director: Oliver Stone Production: Cinergi Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Illusion Entertainment Group Release date: 05 Jan 1996 Box Office: $13,681,765