Nixon (1995) Oliver Stone

INT. THE WHITE HOUSE - WEST WING - DAY (1974)

A frenzy of paperwork as the PRESIDENT'S LAWYERS --
BUZHARDT and ST. CLAIR -- sit hunched around a table piled
with transcripts, helped by TWO YOUNG ASSISTANTS.

NIXON is aghast as he reads some of the highlighted
sections.  HAIG and ZIEGLER attend.

		REPORTER 1 (V.O.)
	... In an attempt to head off
	impeachment proceedings, the President
	has agreed to release transcripts of
	forty-six taped conversations ...

		REPORTER 2 (V.O.)
	... In a simple ceremony, Gerald Ford
	was sworn in as Vice President.  A
	longtime, popular member of Congress,
	Ford reinforces a sense of ...

		REPORTER 3 (V.O.)
	... citing White House wrong-doing,
	the judge has dismissed all charges
	against Daniel Ellsberg.

		REPORTER 4 (V.O.)
	... the grand jury has indicted former
	Nixon aides Bob Haldeman, John
	Ehrlichman and former Attorney General
	John Mitchell ...

Nixon shakes the paper in the faces of Buzhardt and St.
Clair.

		NIXON
	You're lawyers.  How can you let this
	shit go by!
		(points)
	Look!  This?  Nixon can't say this.

		BUZHARDT
	You did say it, sir.

		NIXON
	Never.  I never said that about Jews!

Buzhardt glances at St. Clair.

		BUZHARDT
	We could check the tape again, sir.

		NIXON
	You don't need to check the tape.  I
	know what I said.

He grabs the Magic Marker out of the lawyer's hand and
furiously blacks out an entire section.

		NIXON (CONT'D)
	And this?!  Good Lord, have you lost
	your mind?  Nixon can't say this.
	"Niggers"!

		ZIEGLER
	Well, we could delete it.

		ST. CLAIR
	We're doing the best we can, sir.

		NIXON
	Well, it's not good enough ...

		ST. CLAIR
	We can black it out.

		ZIEGLER
	Or we could write "expletive deleted."

		NIXON
	... and get rid of all these
	"goddamns" and "Jesus Christs"!

		ST. CLAIR
	Sir, all these deletion marks in the
	transcripts will make it look you
	swear all the time.

Nixon grows cold, stares steadily at St. Clair.

		NIXON
	For Christ's sake, it soils my
	mother's memory.  Do you think I want
	the whole goddamn world to see my
	mother like this?  Raising a dirty
	mouth!

		BUZHARDT
	But sir, we'll have to start over from
	the beginning.  We don't have the
	staff to ...

Nixon loses it, sweeps the pile of transcripts off the
table.  They fly around the office.

		NIXON
		(screams)
	Then start over!  The world will see
	only what I show them.  From page one!

Watched this last night on Amazon, but had to order the blu-ray because of the deleted scene…

Which is in the directors cut but not in the published script, perhaps because it gets into some of the more conspiratorial aspects including from Nixon’s vice-presidency. IMHO the film gives me a portrait of Nixon as human that I had not known or considered. There is no clip online but the scene where Nixon asks Kissinger to pray with him is bizarre but tender.