Secret Honor
United States • English • 1984 • 1h 30m
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Synopsis
Sequestered in his home, a disgraced President Richard Milhous Nixon arms himself with a bottle of scotch and a gun to record memoirs that no one will hear. He is surrounded by the silent portraits of Lincoln, Eisenhower, Kissinger, and his mother, as he resurrects his past in a passionate attempt to defend himself and his political legacy. Based on the original play by Donald Freed and Arnold M. Stone, and starring Philip Baker Hall in a tour de force solo performance, Robert Altman’s SECRET HONOR is a searing interrogation of the Nixon mystique and an audacious depiction of unchecked paranoia.
Spotlight on Robert Altman
Philip Baker Hall on SECRET HONOR
Senator Nixon’s Fund Crisis Speech
Nixon: A Self-Portrait
Nixon Q&A Session at an Associated Press Convention
Nixon Responds to the House Judiciary Committee
President Nixon Resigns the Office of the Presidency
President Nixon’s Farewell to the White House Staff
Credits
Crew
DirectorRobert Altman
WriterDonald Freed, Arnold M. Stone
CinematographerPierre Mignot
ComposerGeorge Burt
EditorJuliet Weber
ProducerRobert Altman
Cast
Philip Baker Hallas Richard Milhous Nixon
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