Category: The Gene Hackman Chronicles
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The Gene Hackman Chronicles, Volume III: Another Woman (1988)
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Read more: The Gene Hackman Chronicles, Volume III: Another Woman (1988)It stands to reason that if Gene Hackman were to appear in a Woody Allen movie, it would be as “the one who got away.” A man of deep feeling and intensity; neither shy nor reserved, standing as a masculine alternative to cold intellectualism and academic piety
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The Poseidon Adventure (Seven Things I Love About…)
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Read more: The Poseidon Adventure (Seven Things I Love About…)7. Gene Hackman Yeah, buddy, I’ll see your Popeye Doyle and raise you a Rupert Anderson. And here’s a Little Bill Daggett to up the stakes. And then maybe you’ll come within a nautical mile of Rev. Frank Scott, to date the most fully realized character in Gene Hackman’s long and storied career, as well…
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The Gene Hackman Chronicles, Volume II: The Domino Principle (1977)
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Read more: The Gene Hackman Chronicles, Volume II: The Domino Principle (1977)When there are only two reasons to watch a movie, one of them better be the brutal murder of Mickey Rooney. The Domino Principle obliges. Not once, but twice, as if the cinema gods knew that in order to survive 100 of the most inexplicable minutes ever committed to celluloid, they’d have to show that…
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Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 27
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Read more: Memorable Movie Scenes: Part 27With movies like Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein, Mel Brooks accomplished the impossible, movies that could never be made today. The Frankenstein movie contained one of the greatest supporting casts ever, but one cameo appearance trumped all the rest.
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The Gene Hackman Chronicles, Volume I: Loose Cannons (1990)
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Read more: The Gene Hackman Chronicles, Volume I: Loose Cannons (1990)I would watch Gene Hackman read from a phone book. Or take a nap. Hell, I’d even stare intently while Gene took a shit. So it stands to reason that when presented with the opportunity to watch one of Hollywood’s finest actors turn his talents to comedy, I would welcome the chance as if being…
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The Poseidon Adventure
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Read more: The Poseidon AdventureI’ve had it with this motherfuckin water on this motherfuckin boat.
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Gene Hackman: Legend
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Read more: Gene Hackman: LegendMean as a snake, even when he’s winking in your general direction. Pissed and getting pissier, with so much to prove, he’d just as soon knock out your teeth as be figured out.
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Mississippi Burning (1988)
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Read more: Mississippi Burning (1988)Mississippi Burning was based on the actual events starting May 1964 when 3 civil rights activists were missing after they were arrested and released in Neshoba Co. Mississippi. They were working with the Freedom Summer campaign which was attempting to register African Americans to vote.
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The Conversation
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Read more: The ConversationA unique masterpiece.