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  1. The Assassination of Richard Nixon is a 2004 American drama film directed by Niels Mueller and starring Sean Penn, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson and Naomi Watts. It is based on the story of would-be assassin Samuel Byck, who plotted to kill Richard Nixon in 1974. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. [3]

  2. Oct 22, 2004 · The Assassination of Richard Nixon: Directed by Niels Mueller. With Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson. Based on real life events, Assassination is set in 1974 and centers on a businessman who decides to take extreme measures to achieve his American dream.

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    • Biography, Crime, Drama
    • Niels Mueller
    • 2004-10-22
  3. Dec 29, 2004 · The Assassination of Richard Nixon struggles to convey deeper meaning, but a fascinating true story and compelling Sean Penn performance are worthy compensations. Samuel Bicke (Sean Penn) is a ...

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  5. Jan 13, 2005 · Directed by. Niels Mueller. Baltimore, 1974. Sam Bicke explains and explains and explains. He has it all worked out, why he is right and the world is wrong, and he has a fierce obsession with injustice. "My name is Sam Bicke," he says at the beginning of one of the tapes he mails to Leonard Bernstein, "and I consider myself a grain of sand."

  6. Jul 8, 2014 · In the winter of 1974, a time of great political unrest, Samuel J. Bicke (Sean Penn) is a 44-year-old man who wants to believe in something--anything. But at...

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    • Warner Bros.
  7. This is the true story of Sam Bicke (Sean Penn), a disillusioned everyman, who in time of great political unrest, wants to believe in something - anything. Separated from his wife (Naomi Watts) and struggling to hold onto a job, his life is falling apart around him. Driven by anger, Sam directs his frustration towards an audacious plan to assassinate Richard Nixon, the 37th President of the ...

  8. Apr 6, 2010 · The Travis Bickle-type character in “The Assassination of Richard Nixon” is Samuel Bicke, portrayed brilliantly by Sean Penn, and based on a real person, a 44-year-old failed salesman named Samuel Byke, who in 1974 tried to hijack a commercial airliner and fly it into the White House to kill President Richard Nixon.

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