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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.
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.
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 Nixon in a one-man show, revisiting his political career and blaming others for his downfall. The film is based on a play by Arnold M. Stone and directed by Robert Altman, who also wrote the screenplay.
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- Philip Baker Hall
- Robert Altman
- History, Drama, Biography
Secret Honor In Robert Altman's searing interrogation of presidential mystique and unchecked paranoia, a disgraced Richard Milhous Nixon sits sequestered in his home, armed with a bottle of scotch and a gun, to record memoirs that no one will hear.
A fictionalized former President Richard M. Nixon offers a solitary, stream-of-consciousness reflection on his life and political career - and the "true" reasons for the Watergate scandal and his resignation.
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