Thanks to the good folks over at THINKFilm we have our first look at Sean Penn in his next role in The Assassination of Richard Nixon as Sam Bicke (Penn), a disillusioned “everyman” who, in 1974, was driven to plot the assassination of the 37th President of the United States.
The part is said to be the diametric opposite to his Oscar-winning triumph in last year’s Mystic River, and while footage or a trailer are yet to be seen. The film is set in an America of thirty years ago, but it is also felt that The Assassination of Richard Nixon, particularly its shattering dénouement, achieves an eerie topicality and resonance in our equally disillusioned, post-9/11 era.
The film also stars Naomi Watts and Don Cheadle and is set to open in New York and Los Angeles December 29 before going nationwide in mid-January 2005.
With all that said check out the small pic of Penn below and click it to check out our gallery of five new images from the film one of them includes Watts with an uncharacteristic all black hairdo.
