Secret Honor [Criterion Collection]

Secret Honor [Criterion Collection]

Director: Robert Altman Cast: George Burt
George Burt
, Philip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall
Robert Altman
Secret Honor [Criterion Collection]

Secret Honor [Criterion Collection]

Director: Robert Altman Cast: George Burt
George Burt
, Philip Baker Hall
Philip Baker Hall
Robert Altman

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Overview

After resigning in disgrace, Richard Nixon (Philip Baker Hall) sits at a desk in his study late at night, dictating his memoirs. Taking one drink, then another, he rants about Eisenhower, Castro, Khruschchev, Kissinger, the Kennedys, and any number of other people, some real, some imagined, finally cohering into a remarkable explanation of why his fall from grace was actually a supreme and selfless act of patriotism. Robert Altman's film adaptation of Hall's one-man show (written by Donald Freed and Arnold Stone) makes this performance feel more cinematic than one might expect, as the visual rhythms subtly match the ebbs and flows of Hall's performance. While Hall doesn't look or sound much like Nixon, the sheer, paranoid force of his characterization is thoroughly convincing: love Nixon or hate him, Secret Honor will give you plenty of support either way.

Product Details

Release Date: 10/19/2004
UPC: 0037429197929
Original Release: 1984
Source: Criterion Collection
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:30:00
Sales rank: 16,993

Special Features

New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; Audio commentaries with director Robert Altman and co-writer Donald Freed; New 22-minute video interview with actor Philip Baker Hall; 81 minutes of archival-film excerpts from the political career of President Richard M. Nixon; English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired; Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition; Plus: an essay by film critic Michael Wilmington

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Philip Baker Hall Actor

Technical Credits
Robert Altman Director,Producer
Scott Bushnell Executive Producer

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Opening Credits
2. Testing 1, 2, 3, Uh, 4
3. The Matter of the Pardon
4. The Kennedy Brothers
5. Goddamn TB
6. I See the Face of a Child
7. My Wife Does Not Wear a Mink Coat
8. Something Happened to My Client
9. The Committee of 100
10. The Blueprint of My Life
11. I Could've Beaten Kennedy
12. I Am the American Dream
13. I Used to Love Being President
14. Watch Out for the Liberals
15. The American Nightmare
16. Your Good Dog, Richard
17. What Are You Looking At, Kissinger?
18. The Hiss Case
19. The Reds, the Reds, the Reds
20. Only Nixon Could Dump Nixon
21. The China Plan
22. I Can Feel Mother's Eyes
23. The CREEP Conspiracy
24. He Chose Secret Honor
25. John Dean Did Me a Favor
26. I Sold My Soul at Bohemian Grove
27. Guilty of One Thing Only
28. Fuck 'Em! Fuck 'Em! Fuck 'Em!
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