Frost/Nixon (2008)

Matthew Macfadyen: John Birt

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• [from trailer] 

  David Frost : I've had an idea for an interview: Richard Nixon.

  John Birt : You're a talk show host. I spent yesterday watching you interview the Bee Gees.

  David Frost : Weren't they terrific?

• Bob Zelnick : What about wiretapping?

  John Birt : How many people has he wiretapped?

  James Reston, Jr. : This guy wiretapped 17 people.

  John Birt : 17?

  Bob Zelnick : Including his own brother. But you know what? We can't ask him about his brother, 'cause frankly, if Donald Nixon was my brother, I'd wiretap him too.