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The Assassination of Richard Nixon
The mad story of a true man.
2004 | 95m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Niels Mueller |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Niels Mueller, Kevin Kennedy |
| Staring: |
| It’s 1974 and Sam Bicke has lost everything. His wife leaves him with his three kids, his boss fires him, his brother turns away from him, and the bank won’t give him any money to start anew. He tries to find someone to blame for his misfortunes and comes up with the President of the United States who he plans to murder. | |
| Release Date: | May 17, 2004 |
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| Director: | Niels Mueller |
| Writer: | Niels Mueller, Kevin Kennedy |
| Genres: | History, Thriller, Crime, Drama |
| Keywords | disillusion, sibling relationship, corruption, robbery, airport, the white house, usa president, depression, husband wife relationship, cheating, hostage, attempted murder, despair, audio tape, vietnam war, watergate scandal, mental breakdown, revenge, humiliation |
| Production Companies | Anhelo Productions, Appian Way |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $4,426,087
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Sean Penn | Samuel Bicke |
| Don Cheadle | Bonny Simmons |
| Jack Thompson | Jack Jones |
| Mykelti Williamson | Harold Mann |
| Michael Wincott | Julius Bicke |
| Naomi Watts | Marie Bicke |
| Nick Searcy | Tom Ford |
| Brad William Henke | Martin Jones |
| Tracy Middendorf | Businesswoman |
| Lily Knight | Receptionist |
| April Grace | Mae Simmons |
| Jared Dorrance | Sammy Jr. |
| Jenna Milton | Ellen |
| Mariah Massa | Julie |
| Eileen Ryan | Marie's Mother |
| Derek Greene | Joey Simmons |
| Joe Marinelli | Mel Samuels |
| Robert Kenneth Cooper | Irate Driver |
| Kenneth White | Customer #1 |
| Brett Rickaby | Customer #2 |
| James Morrison Reese | Customer #3 |
| Frank Brown Jr. | Customer #4 |
| James Carraway | Customer #5 |
| Jay Jacobus | Customer #6 |
| J.C. MacKenzie | Co-Pilot |
| Kathryn Howell | Hostage |
| Denise Balthrop Cassidy | Bank Teller |
| Gary L. Mack | Security Man |
| Melissa Saltzman | Boarding Agent |
| Richard Nixon | Self (archive footage) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Debra Grieco | Unit Production Manager, Line Producer |
| Avram Butch Kaplan | Unit Production Manager |
| Juan Elías Tovar | Development Manager |
| Michael Toji | Post Production Supervisor |
| Anna MacKenzie | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Scott Cobb | Assistant Art Director |
| Stephanie Cain | Art Department Coordinator |
| Kelly Bagby | Art Department Assistant |
| Paul De Lumen | Art Department Assistant |
| Barbara Munch | Set Decoration |
| Mike Helbig | Leadman |
| David Bjorngaard | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Geoffrey Lake | Greensman |
| Patrick Loungway | Camera Operator |
| Phil Bray | Still Photographer |
| Oriana Newton-Leopold | Camera Intern |
| Jonathan Doff | Video Assist Operator |
| Calvin Roberts | 24 Frame Playback |
| Kurt Mueller | Archival Footage Coordinator |
| Deborah Ricketts | Archival Footage Research |
| Jonathan Fuh | Boom Operator |
| Scott Kinzey | Cableman |
| Celeste Healy | Production Supervisor |
| Cam Leeburg | Production Office Assistant |
| Owen Carver | Production Intern |
| Jeff McGinnis | Production Intern |
| Dayton Nietert | Gaffer |
| Robert E. 'Bobby' Powell | Best Boy Electrician |
| Terry Sullivan | Electrician |
| Mark Nakahara | Electrician |
| Sean Flood | Electrician |
| Robert Powers | Rigging Gaffer |
| Duane Robinson | Rigging Grip |
| Brook Johnson | Grip |
| Robert 'Boomer' McCann | Grip |
| Rick Stratton | Makeup Department Head, Makeup Artist |
| Martial Corneville | Wigmaker |
| Erwin H. Kupitz | Wigmaker |
| Judy Feil | Costume Supervisor |
| Valerie White | Set Costumer |
| Niels Mueller | Writer, Director |
| Frank Ceglia | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Tom Ficke | Utility Stunts |
| Patrick Musni | Gun Wrangler |
| Ellen Lent | Location Manager |
| Linda Emmons Cunningham | Location Manager |
| Sharonda Faison | Location Scout |
| Dana Gong | Location Scout |
| Mira Bailey | Location Scout |
| Matthew Riutta | Location Scout |
| Mark Andrew Terry | Location Scout |
| Christa Collins | Actor's Assistant |
| Annaliese Levy | Actor's Assistant |
| Brian Sampson | Stand In |
| Michael Greggins | Stand In |
| Stu Yoder | Stand In |
| Paul Muldrow | Set Production Assistant |
| Max Fink | Set Production Assistant |
| Yaron Kaplan | Set Production Assistant |
| Noah Newman | Set Production Intern |
| Jesse Rendon | Production Controller |
| Christine Dye | Production Accountant |
| Mark Bosia | Set Medic |
| Scott Sandine | Set Medic |
| Jose Prieto | Chef |
| James Chandler | Craft Service |
| Doug E. Williams | Construction Coordinator |
| Mark Luevano | Construction Foreman |
| Dale Haugo | Lead Painter |
| Tom Richardson | Scenic Artist |
| Gregory Lake | Sign Painter |
| Todd Brey | Standby Painter |
| Sandra Ninham | Transportation Captain |
| Stephen Pate | Transportation Co-Captain |
| Joe Hunter | Picture Car Coordinator |
| Marco Ruiz | Driver |
| John Bromstead | Driver |
| Howard Richards | Driver |
| Terry Wolcott | Loader |
| Dan Smith | Boom Operator |
| Robin Mathews | Hairstylist |
| Kit Barrett | Location Manager |
| Wes Clowers | Construction Coordinator |
| Billy Scoles | Transportation Coordinator |
| Carole Terranova | Unit Production Manager |
| Mike Andieson | Grip |
| Dov Samuel | First Assistant Editor |
| Bunny Andrews | Music Editor |
| Doug Bernheim | Additional Music Supervisor |
| Lucinda Carmichael | Additional Music Supervisor |
| Ezra Dweck | Sound Effects Editor |
| Dino DiMuro | Sound Effects Editor |
| Bob Bowman | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| Marc Fishman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Kevin Mullican | Imaging Science |
| Adam Hawkey | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Christopher Dusendschon | I/O Supervisor |
| Constance Hearn | Visual Effects Producer |
| Steve Bowen | Color Timer |
| Diane Macke | VFX Production Coordinator |
| Curtis Lindersmith | Digital Intermediate |
| Chris Edwards | Manager of Operations |
| Tim Cairns | Quality Control Supervisor |
| Henry Holmes | Legal Services |
| Mark Vega | Legal Services |
| Claudia Uribe | Legal Services |
| Bibiana Tenorio | Public Relations |
| Raúl Cuevas | Finance |
| Adriana Rodrígues | Finance |
| Yuritzi Diaz | Finance |
| Manuel Platas | Administration |
| Michael Stern | Scoring Mixer |
| Milan Jilek | Score Engineer |
| Vera Matousova | Translator |
| J. Kathryn Landholt | Title Graphics |
| Bruce Goodman | Telecine Colorist |
| Jim Passon | Color Timer |
| Andy Potvin | Dolby Consultant |
| Mali Finn | Casting |
| Lester Cohen | Production Design |
| Joe Fineman | Post Production Consulting |
| Roland Manarin | Assistant Director |
| Liza Richardson | Music Supervisor |
| Jack Smalley | Orchestrator, Conductor |
| Laurel Van Dyke | Key Hair Stylist |
| Patrick Ludden | Property Master |
| Sean House | Assistant Property Master |
| Van Hayden | First Assistant Director |
| Stuart B. Hagen | Second Assistant Director |
| Robert Deschaine | ADR Mixer |
| Tami Treadwell | ADR Recordist |
| Don Givens | Foley Mixer |
| Jeff Gunn | Foley Artist |
| Nina Henninger | Local Casting |
| Sarah Kliban | Background Casting Director |
| Steven M. Stern | Original Music Composer |
| Kevin Kennedy | Writer |
| Karla Moles Delfin | Production Coordinator |
| Roel Robles | Storyboard Artist |
| Nate Belove | On Set Dresser |
| John W. Micheletos | Set Dresser |
| Louis Visco | Set Dresser |
| Patrick McArdle | First Assistant Camera |
| Starrs McBurney | Second Assistant Camera |
| Tim Guffin | Camera Loader |
| Ngoc Lam | Camera Intern |
| Steve Bannatyne | Writers' Assistant |
| Sharlene Duale | Production Coordinator |
| Tora Chung | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Christine Wilcock | Production Office Assistant |
| Dave Childers | Key Grip |
| Patrick Figueroa | Best Boy Grip |
| James Beaumonte | Dolly Grip |
| Karen Bradley | Key Makeup Artist |
| Peggy Forcellini | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Yvette Rivas | Additional Hairstylist |
| Michael Becker | Costumer |
| Mary Elizabeth Still | Costumer |
| Dan Kemp | Assistant Location Manager |
| Sato Masuzawa | Actor's Assistant |
| Sara Cortinas | Producer's Assistant |
| Kanta Barrios | Producer's Assistant |
| Mandy Goldberg | Producer's Assistant |
| Staci Lamkin | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Maureen Whalen | Casting Associate |
| Jonathan Leeder | Casting Associate |
| Fred Grossman | Production Controller |
| Bonnie Hudson | Studio Teacher |
| Bonnie Katz | Studio Teacher |
| Carolyn Crimley | Studio Teacher |
| Craig Seamas | Propmaker |
| Dannie Lenz | Driver |
| Frank Rocha | Driver |
| John R. Lopez | Driver |
| Leonard Lemas | Driver |
| Jaime Chapparo | Driver |
| Mac Cook | Driver |
| John Levi | Driver |
| Nathan Strom | Driver |
| Anne Valentine | Driver |
| Phil Payette | Driver |
| David Joseph | Driver |
| Eli Lozano | Driver |
| Bobby Weaver | Driver |
| Lynn Giordano | Script Supervisor |
| Paul Flinchbaugh | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Lee Labaigue | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Zane D. Bruce | Foley Artist |
| Dennis Fitzsimmons | Compositor |
| Erik Dehkhoda | Compositor |
| Michael John Koetter | Compositor |
| Lorene Simpson | Digital Intermediate Producer |
| Troy Christiansen | Unit Publicist |
| Refugio Solorzano | Administration |
| Thomas M. Ficke | Utility Stunts |
| Renée Rosenfeld | Script Supervisor |
| Tim Monich | Dialect Coach |
| Todd Lookinland | Propmaker |
| Benjamin Koldyke | Security |
| Tony Lamberti | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Adel Emam | Legal Services |
| Aggie Guerard Rodgers | Costume Design |
| Jay Cassidy | Editor |
| Emmanuel Lubezki | Director of Photography |
| Rocky Capella | Stunt Coordinator |
| Jerzy Zieliński | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| José Antonio García | Sound Mixer |
| Victoria Sampson | Dialogue Editor |
| David Rapaport | Casting Associate |
| Robin Bonaccorsi | Stunts, Utility Stunts |
| Karen Baker Landers | Set Production Intern |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Kevin Kennedy | Executive Producer |
| Arnaud Duteil | Executive Producer |
| Jason Kliot | Executive Producer |
| Jorge Vergara | Producer |
| Avram Butch Kaplan | Executive Producer |
| John Limotte | Co-Producer |
| Doug Bernheim | Co-Producer |
| Kurt Mueller | Associate Producer |
| Frida Torresblanco | Executive Producer |
| Joana Vicente | Executive Producer |
| Alexander Payne | Executive Producer |
| Alfonso Cuarón | Producer |
| Emmanuel Lubezki | Associate Producer |
| Carlos Cuarón | Associate Producer |
| Leonardo DiCaprio | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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