The Final Days
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Genre	Drama
Written by	Book:   Bob Woodward   Carl Bernstein Teleplay:   Hugh Whitemore
Directed by	Richard Pearce
Starring	Lane Smith Richard Kiley
Music by	Cliff Eidelman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Stuart Samuels
Producer	Richard L. O'Connor
Cinematography	Fred Murphy
Editor	Bill Yahraus
Running time	150 minutes
Production company	Multicom Entertainment Group (MEG)
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	October 29, 1989 (1989-10-29)

The Final Days is a 1989 television movie adaptation of the 1976 book written by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. The movie is directed by Richard Pearce and follows the events in the Nixon White House after the Washington Post's Watergate revelations.

Plot

J. Fred Buzhardt inadvertently reveals the existence of a taping system to the Watergate Committee minority counsel. After the committee's majority counsel discovers the information, Alexander Butterfield is interviewed and confirms the taping system's existence.

Four days after the Yom Kippur War, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns. Nixon turns over the tapes after the resignations of Elliot Richardson and William Ruckelshaus.

Later at his Key Biscayne home, Nixon holds his "I'm not a crook" press conference. James D. St. Clair is hired as Nixon's defense lawyer.

As the walls close in on Nixon, he becomes increasingly erratic. Despite his family's pleas to fight on, he accepts the advice of his advisors and resigns the presidency.

Featured cast

Awards and nominations

See also

• All the President's Men, 1976 film

External links

• The Final Days at IMDb