Secret Honor
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
Directed by Robert Altman • 1984 • United States
Starring Philip Baker HallSequestered 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...
Extras
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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...
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Senator Nixon’s Fund Crisis Speech
The following program was broadcast nationally on September 23, 1952.
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Nixon: A Self-Portrait
The following is a biographical film created for Richard Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign.
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Nixon Q&A Session at an Associated Press Convention
The following was broadcast live on November 17, 1973, from Orlando, Florida.
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Nixon Responds to the House Judiciary Committee
The following was broadcast live nationwide on April 29, 1974.
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President Nixon Resigns the Office of the Presidency
The following was broadcast live nationwide on August 8, 1974.
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President Nixon’s Farewell to the White House Staff
The following was broadcast live on August 9, 1974, from the East Room of the White House.
