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Gene Hackman -Career Discussion/Appreciation Thread-
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:06 pm
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:06 pm
Rumors are bouncing all around the IMDBpro message boards that Gene Hackman will return to the big screen to portray a character in long time friend John Grisham's The Associate (2012) which will star Shia LaBeouf in what is considered Grisham's best legal thriller since The Firm. I would love to see Hackman return. How about you? What are a few of your favorite Hackman performances?
1.The Client (1996) -most powerful and underrated performance IMO-
2.Mississippi Burning (1988) -nominated for Best Actor Oscar-
3.Runaway Jury (2003) -stole every scene he was in, the confrontation between Hoffman and Hackman in the New Orleans courthouse bathroom was epic-
1.The Client (1996) -most powerful and underrated performance IMO-
2.Mississippi Burning (1988) -nominated for Best Actor Oscar-
3.Runaway Jury (2003) -stole every scene he was in, the confrontation between Hoffman and Hackman in the New Orleans courthouse bathroom was epic-
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Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:09 pm to DanMullenIsOurMan
All I can say is "enough already". All I see in a Gene Hackman performance these days is Gene Hackman.
eta: and he seems to play the same guy in every picture.
eta: and he seems to play the same guy in every picture.
This post was edited on 7/21/10 at 11:10 pm
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:11 pm to Rex
He is 80 now but he guy can play a great prick and hasn't done a movie since 2004. I'm all for his return.
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:12 pm to Rex
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:12 pm to DanMullenIsOurMan
Good thread topic, Dan. I like Hackman in pretty much anything he's in. I loved him as Royal Tenanbaum, and he was great as Little Bill in Unforgiven.
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:13 pm to FredSecunda
Lex Luthor in original Superman.
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:16 pm to DanMullenIsOurMan
My favorite Hackman movie is Hoosiers.
He will always be remembered as Coach Norman Dale to me.
He also seems to play a southerner involved in race relations and crime movies set in Mississippi and the south. Mississippi Burning, the Chamber, The Firm, and Runaway Jury.
He will always be remembered as Coach Norman Dale to me.
He also seems to play a southerner involved in race relations and crime movies set in Mississippi and the south. Mississippi Burning, the Chamber, The Firm, and Runaway Jury.
This post was edited on 7/21/10 at 11:25 pm
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:20 pm to 601dawg
quote:
crime movies set in Mississippi and the south
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:22 pm to 601dawg
The French Connection
Hoosiers
Unforgiven
Crimson Tide
The Royal Tenenbaums
Hoosiers
Unforgiven
Crimson Tide
The Royal Tenenbaums
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:25 pm to DanMullenIsOurMan
That's my favorite of his and one of my favorite 70s movies as well. The Conversation would be next.
This post was edited on 7/21/10 at 11:32 pm
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:34 pm to DanMullenIsOurMan
Unforgiven FTW
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:35 pm to constant cough
Posted on 7/21/10 at 11:59 pm to 601dawg
quote:
My favorite Hackman movie is Hoosiers.
Posted on 7/22/10 at 12:14 am to Boh
quote:
Unforgiven FTW
No doubt
Posted on 7/22/10 at 12:27 am to DanMullenIsOurMan
Welcome to Mooseport - what a fricking terrible movie to end his career.
Posted on 7/22/10 at 12:50 am to TotesMcGotes
Not my favorite picks for his best three performances. I assume you mean the Chamber and not the Client (which he wasn't in).
Tons of great performances- I'd have to put Hoosiers and Royal Tenenbaums on any list of his. The Conversation, Unforgiven, French Connection, Night Moves, Heist are all good performances as well.
Tons of great performances- I'd have to put Hoosiers and Royal Tenenbaums on any list of his. The Conversation, Unforgiven, French Connection, Night Moves, Heist are all good performances as well.
Posted on 7/22/10 at 1:43 am to DanMullenIsOurMan
Crimson Tide
Unforgiven
Hoosiers
The Conversation
Mississippi Burning
I also really liked his smaller roles in The Firm and Bonnie and Clyde
side note
I must be the only person I know that didn't care for The French Connection
Unforgiven
Hoosiers
The Conversation
Mississippi Burning
I also really liked his smaller roles in The Firm and Bonnie and Clyde
side note
I must be the only person I know that didn't care for The French Connection
This post was edited on 7/22/10 at 1:44 am
Posted on 7/22/10 at 1:44 am to DanMullenIsOurMan
don't forget about the quick and the dead. a pretty star studded cast in that one and a good take on modern westerns.
Posted on 7/22/10 at 6:32 am to puffulufogous
I would say his worst movie was under suspicion
Posted on 7/22/10 at 7:40 am to FredSecunda
quote:
Good thread topic, Dan. I like Hackman in pretty much anything he's in. I loved him as Royal Tenanbaum, and he was great as Little Bill in Unforgiven
My favorites as well.I also enjoyed "Enemy of The State."
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