'Secret Honor' is a filmed version of Donald Freed and Arnold Stone's one-man play wherein the disgraced Richard M. Nixon ruminates over his failed career and suggests that he was really nothing more ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: October 19, 2004
Stats: 101 reviews
I am sure it is a great play and the general idea sounded simply brilliant. Having such a cinematic challenge (a film with only one actor) taken by one of the most talented directors ever was very exciting.
Turns out to be a total failure. The camera seems trapped in the small ro...( read more)
SECRET HONOR is sort of a stream of consciousness representaion of the contents of Richard Nixon's tortured psyche as his drunken mind tries to come to terms with his betrayal of his Quaker upbringing. The fictional Nixon that writer Donald Freed gives is fully aware of all the c...( read more)
One man show. R.Altman's comment. Nixon is interesting subject but I was bored. I recommend Frost/Nixon or O.Stone's Nixon. There are several Nixon. It must be more.
Impressive work by Hall in what must have been a difficult screen-to-stage translation. Altman never lets it sink.
A tense, taut harrowing examination of a crazed Richard Nixon show Phillip Baker Hall at his best. Altman takes what would work just fine as a one-man stage show into a deeply involving cinematic experience.
One actor, one room, one great film. Robert Altman triumphs again during his filmed plays period in the 1980's. Astonishing!
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