Secret Honor
Secret Honor
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1h 30m
Directed by Robert Altman • 1984 • United States
Starring Philip Baker Hall
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.
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SECRET HONOR Commentary 1
This commentary, featuring director Robert Altman, was recorded in 1992.
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SECRET HONOR Commentary 2
This commentary, featuring co-writer Donald Freed, was recorded in 1992.
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Spotlight on Robert Altman
What does it mean to call a movie “Altmanesque”? For critic Sean Fennessey, host of “The Big Picture” podcast, the term stands for “the undoing of everything we expect from a Hollywood movie.” In the following introduction, Fennessey explores Altman’s early roots in television, his innovative use...
