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Capone puts Oliver Platt in the hot seat about FROST/NIXON!!!

That was a rough read..... by Aloy	Dec 1st, 2008 01:27:05 PM
Interesting but should have been edited better.
Should be IGNATIUS in Confederacy Of Dunces! by Rex Manning	Dec 1st, 2008 01:29:21 PM
He would be perfect.
Capone...your penetrating days are over? by Mysterious Bones	Dec 1st, 2008 01:37:29 PM
I feel for you dude. Thats something no man should ever have to face but you seem like you've come to terms with it. Nice interview - and you can't oversell OP. He is a gift to every movie he's in.
Meh... by IAmLegolas	Dec 1st, 2008 02:05:55 PM
Meh... by IAmLegolas Dec 1st, 2008 02:04:46 PM One only has to view a few seconds of Richard Nixon in action to know that Frank Langella is NOT portraying him very well. His affected speech (in the previews at least) makes it hard to watch, let alone plumb the depth of his characterization. Furthermore, the actual Frost/Nixon interviews were fairly bland fare. There was some mild excitement regarding the initial Watergate questions (Frost's first question of the interview was, "Why didn't you burn the tapes?" and represented the question that was most on people's minds). But Nixon handled those pretty deftly and soon steered the interview towards the minutiae of his China visit. Which means that in order to amplify the drama of the interviews, they had to create drama where there was none. Nixon's admission that "when the President does it, it is not illegal" was not, as the trailer showed, at the climax of a shouting match. It was delivered as a perfectly logical explanation of the extra-legal activities of his administration. Frost barely reacted to the line in the real interviews, just going along with Nixon's flow. Similarly, the "did you do any fornicating this weekend?" line wasn't dropped by Nixon just before the cameras rolled in a game of one-upsmanship to catch Frost off-guard. It came during a pause in taping while the former president was trying to make small talk--a task he was painfully bad at. "Frost/Nixon" can be enjoyed and praised only by those who know precious little about the reality of those conversations. For the most part, they are a dry and very boring discussion of foreign policy that don't contain even a fraction of the drama hinted at in the trailers.
Capone... the only man working on AICN? by My Mom Is A Whore	Dec 1st, 2008 02:20:52 PM
Where is everyone?
Oliver Platt to play Dom DeLuis in a biopic! by DANNYGLOVERS_DICKBLOOD	Dec 1st, 2008 02:31:14 PM

Dude needs to get more roles. by seppukudkurosawa	Dec 1st, 2008 02:35:59 PM
There's a derth of fat snarky men in Hollywood. Last thing I saw him in was The West Wing- and that was years ago!
I love The Imposters! by Lang The Cat	Dec 1st, 2008 02:39:30 PM
The film is totally gonzo, left field, mind numbingly silly and great fun. Oliver Platt and Stanley Tucci are brilliant together.
O'DONNELL/OBAMA by BringingSexyBack	Dec 1st, 2008 03:09:39 PM
Um, not gonna happen now.
OLIVER PLATT NEEDS A NEW NAME by BringingSexyBack	Dec 1st, 2008 03:12:45 PM
If he had a cool name like Brad Pitt or Christian Bale he'd be the fucking Dark Knight.
No Nip/Tuck Mention? by medicinaluser	Dec 1st, 2008 04:11:11 PM
He was freaking hilarious in that. Well he made the scenes with RosieO bearable to say the least, which is actually saying alot come to think of it.
OLIVER PLATT IS ALIVE ?!?!?!? by PTSDPete	Dec 1st, 2008 09:53:40 PM
Tell the women and the children !!!!!
great actor by taff	Dec 1st, 2008 10:47:34 PM
very entertaining actor also had a short-lived TV series where he played a reporter.
what a class act by BadMrWonka	Dec 2nd, 2008 12:05:37 AM
he's right that if I met him I would talk his ear off about West Wing...fair warning Platt!
he is great in everything - give him more work! by zapano	Dec 2nd, 2008 10:51:30 AM
he was really good in the west wing as well
Oliver Platt is in my top 5 by ArcadianDS	Dec 3rd, 2008 09:43:32 AM
I have seen everything he's in. Literally, I went to IMDB and jotted down the list and I rented just about everything I could possibly rent that had his name attached. There's a few tv shows that you cannot see (mercifully). The only reason I can imagine that he's not in more movies right now is that he doesn't want to be and he doesn't have to be. He's made his money and is enjoying his life. He made that horrible Teen Muskateers movie watchable. Heck, insert any given movie title into that sentence and it holds true.

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