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    Secret Honor
    a.k.a. Secret Honor: A Political Myth, Secret Honor: The Last Testament of Richard M. Dixon Director: Robert Altman Cast: Philip Baker Hall

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    • DVD Release Date: 10/19/2004
    • Original Release: 1984
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 32,243

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    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

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    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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    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. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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    February 24, 2007: This is a forgotten Altman classic, made during his exile from Hollywood, and for my money the only one of his 1980s films worthy to stand alongside his early work like McCabe & Mrs Miller and Nashville. Adapted from a one-man show, but never feeling stagey, Secret Honor tries to get at the heart of Richard Nixon, a man who was such a mass of internal neuroses and emotional wounds, that he seemingly couldn't even be honest with himself. Philip Baker Hall gives a tremendous performance as a man who has become a walking haunted house, possessed by dark secrets he can never reveal. Although I enjoyed Oliver Stone's Nixon, this film gets deeper and is more illuminating in half the running time. An exceptional piece.