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What about the great Philip Baker Hall in Robert Altman's "Secret Honour"?

Dear Mark,

Please, please, please, please, please, please STOP pronouncing the word APSOLUTELY, it is ABSOLUTELY.

On the podcasts, on News24,
on the old Film Four Kermode Uncut and now here.

Please, I beg you. Stop saying APSOLUTELY.

Tom

(a big fan of you but not of the word 'apsolutely')

I agree Nixon is a fantastic film and contains a marvelous central performance - my only issue is that Hopkins is so good you feel sympathy for the man, if not the politician, Nixon.

Mark, I detect more than just a little of the Jerry Fletcher in you in this latest review - great stuff!

And to be frivolous, the best (small screen) Nixon comes from Matt Groening - he's appeared in both The Simpsons and Futurama...

My favourite Nixon has always been Frank Oz in the muppet guise of Sam, the American Eagle. It took me many years and a forehead slap to notice the similarity, but since then little gives me greater pleasure than watching the stiff, frustrated, blue-feathered version of Nixon lose the culture wars.

Absolutely mustn't forget Secret Honor.

I'd never made the Nixon/Shawshank connection but it seems so obvious now.

Oh, and agree on the Futurama Nixon being great "Arroooooo!"

I also think the Futurama Nixon deserves some credit. Billy West does a great impersonation (half Nixon, half werewolf) and the writers have him down to a tee, even if it is a crazier, more cartoonish portrait of the man.

On a commentary, possibly for a Futurama episode but most likely for a Simpsons one, I remember Matt Groening talking about how he was really proud to still be making jokes about Nixon. As I recall (heard this ages ago and I'm a bit shaky on the details) he went on to talk about what a jerk the man seemed when he was growing up and how today, people in America seem to have forgotten that.

My favourite Nixon was Ralph the right wing vigilante neighbour in 'Wait 'til Your gets homes.'