Secret Honor
1984 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.2 · 3,524 VOTES · DIR. Robert Altman
Overview
In his New Jersey study, Richard Nixon retraces the missteps of his political career, attempting to absolve himself of responsibility for Watergate and lambasting President Gerald Ford's decision to pardon him. His monologue explores his personal life and describes his upbringing and his mother. A tape recorder, a gun and whiskey are his only companions during his entire monologue, which is tinged with the vitriol and paranoia that puzzled the public during his presidency.
Dialogue Timeline — 941 lines
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00:34:39 I - Look.
00:36:59 and that made me look soft.
00:38:56 Goddamn Jack, he was something else. I'll tell you that.
00:41:05 You understand why I had to withdraw?
00:43:11 This is before I went crazy...
00:45:13 Down the Potomac, back to the navy yard...
00:48:26 the nightmare.
00:50:48 [Chuckling]
00:53:20 you slimy, two-faced...
00:55:11 I couldn't sleep.
00:57:29 As a matter of fact, Whittaker was the only one that I could even -
00:59:55 I mean, for years afterwards...
01:02:04 to say that she wore pink panties -
01:04:12 There I am down in the sewer waiting for my turn...
01:06:15 Look, I heard you say that.
01:09:01 My Camelot!
01:11:01 Do you remember...
01:14:14 after the president had already been re-elected, for Christ's sake!
01:16:44 for a third term.
01:19:01 l-l-l-I needed a deep background source.
01:21:04 And they got a million guys down there too. Oh, yeah.
01:22:54 But Patman, he was so fuckin' funny. Fuckin' - He - [Laughs]
01:25:34 I mean, to be president you have got to have power!
01:28:13 they'll have to do it.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed941
Dialogue density10.5 lines / min
First line00:34:39
Final line01:28:13
Production Record
DirectorRobert Altman
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,524