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kysirsoze 02-28-2025 08:08 AM
So many incredible performances , but one of my favorites is Royal Tennenbaum. Any other actor and that movie is probably too cute and quirky to work. He grounded the whole thing with his gruff, mischievous portrayal of Royal. Perfect example of why comedic acting should be taken as seriously as dramatic.

Garcia Bronco 02-28-2025 08:16 AM
I didn't realize the last movie he did was welcome to mooseport which is hilarious.

DCTwister 02-28-2025 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990 (Post 17982516)
For my money, cinema doesn’t get much better than this. RIP Mr Hackman


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gene Hackman has passed away at 95<br>Gene going toe to toe with Denzel Washington in Crimson Tide (1995) is one of the most powerful scenes ever filmed. He was an absolute titan of cinema. We&#39;ve lost an icon today. <br>RIP Gene Hackman <a href="https://t.co/tmgMRl7YlL">pic.twitter.com/tmgMRl7YlL</a></p>&mdash; The Sting (@TheStingisBack) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheStingisBack/status/1895040185609420857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Goddamn, I need to watch that movie asap. Probably only saw snippets of it over the years.

htismaqe 02-28-2025 01:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Bump (Post 17982395)
I was disgusted with what's his name Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luther, horrible performance.

Gene Hackman was the only valid Lex Luthor IMO he was awesome
Maybe it's an age/timing thing but to me Superman is Christopher Reeve and Lex Luthor is Gene Hackman.

tk13 02-28-2025 01:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco (Post 17982547)
I didn't realize the last movie he did was welcome to mooseport which is hilarious.
They tried to get him to come out of retirement to star in the movie Nebraska in the early 2010's but he wouldn't do it. Bruce Dern ended up getting an Oscar nomination for the role.

KC_Connection 02-28-2025 01:26 PM
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Originally Posted by kysirsoze (Post 17982541)
So many incredible performances , but one of my favorites is Royal Tennenbaum. Any other actor and that movie is probably too cute and quirky to work. He grounded the whole thing with his gruff, mischievous portrayal of Royal. Perfect example of why comedic acting should be taken as seriously as dramatic.
Apparently Wes Anderson tried for months to convince him to do the role and Hackman was reluctant to do so. Glad he eventually did because it wouldn't have worked without him.

rico 02-28-2025 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by kysirsoze (Post 17982541)
So many incredible performances , but one of my favorites is Royal Tennenbaum. Any other actor and that movie is probably too cute and quirky to work. He grounded the whole thing with his gruff, mischievous portrayal of Royal. Perfect example of why comedic acting should be taken as seriously as dramatic.
Exactly what I think of when I think of Gene Hackman… “Because I finally want to meet my grandkids…” LMAO

Pepe Silvia 02-28-2025 02:31 PM
Fun Fact: Before James Caan accepted the role for Misery they wanted Gene Hackman first but he didn't want to lay in bed for a whole movie so he turned it down.

Johnny Vegas 02-28-2025 07:02 PM
Maybe too soon but if there was a movie about Hackman who plays him? John C Riley?

Bowser 02-28-2025 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by htismaqe (Post 17982964)
Maybe it's an age/timing thing but to me Superman is Christopher Reeve and Lex Luthor is Gene Hackman.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aneO1J5iIJs?si=dprtGhDu6KUiSGs_" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe>

(nice homage the Supergirl people did, there)

scho63 02-28-2025 07:35 PM
I cannot think of one role he was in that he didn't hit a homerun or deliver the movie.

Did he have any stinkers? I can't think of a single bad role or movie.

The Firm
Get Shorty
Royal Tenenbaums
Heartbreakers
Replacements
Mississippi Burning
The Quick and the Dead
The French Connection
Young Frankenstein

Just a small sample of great performances. So many more......

Frazod 02-28-2025 07:40 PM
Watching Unforgiven now.

Great movie, although it has always bothered me that Davey got lumped in with Quick Mike when he had nothing to do with slicing up the hooker, and actually tried to stop him. Had that been me, I would have loudly professed my innocence, but he never says a word. I don't get it.

Still, everything else about it is awesome.

kysirsoze 02-28-2025 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by scho63 (Post 17983575)
I cannot think of one role he was in that he didn't hit a homerun or deliver the movie.

Did he have any stinkers? I can't think of a single bad role or movie.

The Firm
Get Shorty
Royal Tenenbaums
Heartbreakers
Replacements
Mississippi Burning
The Quick and the Dead
The French Connection
Young Frankenstein

Just a small sample of great performances. So many more......
I love that Hackman played tennis with Gene Wilder and asked him to talk to Mel Brooks about getting the hermit role in Young Frankenstein. He also ad libbed the espresso line.

rfaulk34 02-28-2025 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Bump (Post 17982395)
I was disgusted with what's his name Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luther, horrible performance.

Gene Hackman was the only valid Lex Luthor IMO he was awesome
Hackman was great, but so was Michael Rosenbaum in Smallville.

siberian khatru 02-28-2025 10:17 PM
A reminder that Gene Hackman was the first choice to play Mike Brady in The Brady Bunch.


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