4Dec08

Tricky Dicks

With Ron Howard’s big-screen adaptation of Peter Morgan’s play Frost/Nixon opening today, the editors at New York magazine remind us that Frank Langella is hardly the first actor to get all jowly for the camera. They’ve put together a list of the ten greatest movie Nixons, including Beau Bridges, Anthony Hopkins, Peter Riegert, and, coming in at number three, one that is especially near and dear to our hearts, Philip Baker Hall, in Robert Altman’s one-man show Secret Honor.

Secret Honor

Secret Honor

Robert Altman

1984

90 min

Color

1.33:1

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