Secret Honor
Secret Honor • 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.
Up Next in Secret Honor
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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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Philip Baker Hall on SECRET HONOR
In 1983, Philip Baker Hall took to the stage in the role of President Richard M. Nixon in the play “Secret Honor.” Within that same year, he was asked by Robert Altman to bring his performance to the screen. In this interview recorded in 2004, Hall discusses this milestone role in his prolific ca...
