Happy Birthday Gene Hackman!

[frankmcr]

So many great dramatic performances, and

[upsidedown]

That slayed me when I saw it as a kid.

My favorite Hackman role - by a lot - is Royal Tenenbaum, the errant, erstwhile paterfamilias in The Royal Tenenbaums. Great performance.

[ozzman]

If you came across a movie you never heard of and it said gene hackman was in it,I was like. this will be a good movie. and it was.

[Bridgepin]

What a great movie, He is one of my all time favorite actors.

When I was in my early 20s I lived in Santa Barbara CA and I worked for the local cable company. He was selling his house in Montecito I went to do the disconnect and was able to check out his house, what a beautiful place.

[ewalling]

He looked middle-aged when he was young, and now, irrationally, I sort of expect him to look the same - as he did when he was in Superman. I never imagine him to look anything other than middle-aged. Odd.

[hubcapsc]

Originally Posted by ozzman

If you came across a movie you never heard of and it said gene hackman was in it,I was like. this will be a good movie. and it was.

I'm with you on that... but... I picked The Conversation because it
had Hackman and even April (Elizabeth Macrae) from Gunsmoke, but I
wished I could get that two hours back later...

-Mike

[Dogma]

Originally Posted by hubcapsc

I'm with you on that... but... I picked The Conversation because it
had Hackman and even April (Elizabeth Macrae) from Gunsmoke, but I
wished I could get that two hours back later...

-Mike

I pick that one too, but because it's one of the best movies ever.

[rmp]

no doubt my favorite movie with so many fantastic people

Gene Hackman
Gene Wilder
Peter Boyle
Madeline Kahn
Marty Feldman
Terry Garr

was a favorite of my late wife's brother John too, we'd watch it everytime he came up to visit form Delaware. lately when I see it now, it reminds me of John.

[1neeto]

Originally Posted by ewalling

He looked middle-aged when he was young, and now, irrationally, I sort of expect him to look the same - as he did when he was in Superman. I never imagine him to look anything other than middle-aged. Odd.

lol right? He’s been looking like he’s 55 since Superman! Which by the way was my favorite villain of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies. I was just a kid and was mesmerized in how he brought up that character. Evil to the core, but couldn’t help but to like him.

[ewalling]

Originally Posted by 1neeto

lol right? He’s been looking like he’s 55 since Superman! Which by the way was my favorite villain of the Christopher Reeve Superman movies. I was just a kid and was mesmerized in how he brought up that character. Evil to the core, but couldn’t help but to like him.

He was a bit like Alan Rickman as the villain in Robin Hood: a lot more fun than the hero!

[upsidedown]

Originally Posted by Dogma

I pick that one too, but because it's one of the best movies ever.

Right?

"He'd kill us if he had the chance."