[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Gene Hackman (Page 1 of 2)
Posted: 6/5/2008 8:48:49 PM EDT
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Anybody else love this guy as an actor? I think he's a great actor. I watch every movie he's in whenever I go thru the channels. HH |
I'm going to throw in Bruce Willis, Kevin Spacey and Harrison Ford, too...along with Dennis Haysbert and Anthony Hopkins. HH |
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I thought he was great in "The Quick and the Dead". It's kind of a shame. I thought that movie could have been really good. But I have a hard time getting past some of the goofiness, such as when Sharon Stone does shoot Gene Hackman, he doesn't realize it at first until he sees the sunlight shining through his torso.  Then the next shot to the head flips him clean over backwards. 
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definately not playing the same type characters the guy is great Hoosiers, French Connection, Enemy of the state, Target,Mississippi Burning Get shorty my faves Superman II (2006) (V) .... Lex Luthor ... aka Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut (USA: promotional title) Welcome to Mooseport (2004) .... Monroe Cole ... aka Willkommen in Mooseport (Germany) Runaway Jury (2003) .... Rankin Fitch Behind Enemy Lines (2001) .... Admiral Leslie McMahon Reigart The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) .... Royal Tenenbaum Heist (2001/I) .... Joe Moore ... aka Vol, Le (Canada: French title) Heartbreakers (2001) .... William B. Tensy The Mexican (2001) (uncredited) .... Arnold Margolese ... aka Mexicana, La (Mexico) The Replacements (2000) .... Jimmy McGinty Under Suspicion (2000) .... Henry Hearst ... aka Suspicion (France) Enemy of the State (1998) .... Brill Antz (1998) (voice) .... General Mandible Twilight (1998) .... Jack Ames Absolute Power (1997) .... President Allen Richmond The Chamber (1996) .... Sam Cayhall Extreme Measures (1996) .... Dr. Lawrence Myrick The Birdcage (1996) .... Sen. Kevin Keeley ... aka Birds of a Feather Get Shorty (1995) .... Harry Zimm Crimson Tide (1995) .... Capt. Frank Ramsey The Quick and the Dead (1995) .... John Herod Wyatt Earp (1994) .... Nicholas Earp Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) .... Brig. Gen. George Crook The Firm (1993) .... Avery Tolar Unforgiven (1992) .... Little Bill Daggett Company Business (1991) .... Sam Boyd Class Action (1991) .... Jedediah Tucker Ward Narrow Margin (1990) .... Robert Caulfield Postcards from the Edge (1990) .... Lowell Kolchek Loose Cannons (1990) .... MacArthur Stern The Package (1989) .... Sgt. Johnny Gallagher Mississippi Burning (1988) .... Agent Rupert Anderson Full Moon in Blue Water (1988) .... Floyd Split Decisions (1988) .... Dan McGuinn ... aka Kid Gloves (USA) Another Woman (1988) .... Larry Lewis Bat*21 (1988) .... Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton No Way Out (1987) .... Defense Secretary David Brice Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) .... Lex Luthor / Voice of Nuclear Man Hoosiers (1986) .... Coach Norman Dale ... aka Best Shot (UK) Power (1986) .... Wilfred Buckley Target (1985) .... Walter Lloyd/Duncan (Duke) Potter Twice in a Lifetime (1985) .... Harry MacKenzie Eureka (1984) .... Jack McCann Misunderstood (1984) .... Ned Rawley ... aka Ultimo sole d'estate, L' (Italy) Uncommon Valor (1983) .... Col. Cal Rhodes Two of a Kind (1983) (uncredited) .... Voice of God Under Fire (1983) .... Alex Grazier Reds (1981) .... Pete Van Wherry All Night Long (1981) .... George Dupler Superman II (1980) .... Lex Luthor Superman (1978) .... Lex Luthor ... aka Superman: The Movie March or Die (1977) .... Maj. William Sherman Foster A Bridge Too Far (1977) .... Maj. Gen. Stanislaw F. Sosabowski The Domino Principle (1977) .... Roy Tucker ... aka The Domino Killings (UK) Lucky Lady (1975) .... Kibby Womack Bite the Bullet (1975) .... Sam Clayton Night Moves (1975) .... Harry Moseby French Connection II (1975) .... Doyle Young Frankenstein (1974) .... Blindman Zandy's Bride (1974) .... Zandy Allan ... aka For Better, for Worse (USA: TV title) The Conversation (1974) .... Harry Caul Scarecrow (1973) .... Max Millan The Poseidon Adventure (1972) .... Rev. Frank Scott Prime Cut (1972) .... Mary Ann Cisco Pike (1972) .... Sergeant Leo Holland The French Connection (1971) .... Jimmy Doyle The Hunting Party (1971) .... Brandt Ruger Doctors' Wives (1971) .... Dr. Dave Randolph I Never Sang for My Father (1970) .... Gene Garrison |
I take it you haven't seen Recount? |
Dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You can use that as a VERY important tool in your life.. keep a tape recording of his voice in your nightstand. that tape player will no longer have a "PLAY" button... ... It's a "FOREPLAY" button!!!!! 
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Great actor! Hasn't been phoning it in the last 15 years like many of the great actors of his age (for me, DeNiro's been fairly unwatchable since 1999 or so)... (Got to disagree about BAT*21 though ... if you've ever read the book you'll know what I mean... the movie was a travesty by comparison) |
Oh what about Keith David getting a whole blown clean through his head and you are able to see Gene Hackman THROUGH HIS SKULL |
Yep. That's the other big example I can think of. |