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Secret Honor is a 1984 American historical drama film directed by Robert Altman, written by Donald Freed and Arnold M. Stone, and starring Philip Baker Hall. It is based on the play, and follows Richard Nixon as a fictional accountant attempting to gain insight.
A one-man show starring Philip Baker Hall as a delusional and paranoid former president, based on a play by Donald Freed and Arnold M. Stone. The film is a scathing critique of Nixon's legacy and a commentary on the American political system.
- President Richard M. Nixon
Jan 29, 1986 · A one-man drama by Robert Altman, starring Philip Baker Hall as a fictionalized Richard Nixon. He rants and raves about his life, career, enemies and the "true" reasons for his downfall in a stream-of-consciousness style.
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- Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Robert Altman
- 1986-01-29
Philip Baker Hall plays Richard M. Nixon in a 90-minute soliloquy, revealing his secrets and regrets in his private office. The film is a work of fiction, but based on real names and facts, and creates a powerful portrait of a complex and tortured president.
In his New Jersey study, Richard Nixon (Philip Baker Hall) retraces the missteps of his political career, attempting to absolve himself of responsibility for Watergate and lambasting President ...
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- Philip Baker Hall
- Robert Altman
- History, Drama, Biography
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.
Directed by Robert Altman. Anyone can be the president. In his New Jersey study, Richard Nixon retraces the missteps of his political career, attempting to absolve himself of responsibility for Watergate and lambasting President Gerald Ford’s decision to pardon him.
