Gene Hackman

[amazinblue82]

Gone at age 95. One of my favorite actors, in some my all-time favorite films. Hoosiers, Crimson Tide, French Connection, Unforgiven, et. al., .

Circumstances of his passing getting sorted out but a bit vague/odd at this time.

 

[3C's & a D?]

R.I.P. Gene. One of my favourite actors too. I just read about this before coming here, I'll be interested to see how this unfolds. Possibly a gas leak?

 

[Big_John]

Very likely a CO leak from a bad heater. His 65 year old wife and his dog are also dead.

MSN

 

[hanks71440]

Great actor. R.I.P. Gene and his wife and his dog.

Mooseport
The Quick and the Dead
Unforgiven
Mississippi Burning
Bat-21
Hoosiers

and so many more.......

 

[66sptfry]

RIP

 

[amazinblue82]

man, this situation keeps getting more and more strange. info coming out in drips/drabs looks damn peculiar.

of course i didnt know this man personally. we (fans) sometimes think we know our favorite stars like that (because we like their work) -- but we dont. they're just people .. rich, "famous", but living ives as flawed/screwed up as anybody else's.

still, i fear when this man's death circumstances come out (police investigations, people/animal autopsies, TMZ, podcasts), will somehow shock us all/degrade his considerable body of work.



like watching a slow motion car crash where people are gonna get hurt... you wanna look away but you cant.

No RIP for him for a bit longer i think till the mystery of his death is "solved".

 

[3175375]

RIP
I had not known about BAT 21 and will watch it soon.
A couple of my favorite Hackman movies are Unforgiven and Crimson Tide.

 

[amazinblue82]

I have seen a lot more of his stuff than I have top-of-mind recall of.

source: Gene Hackman Movies

 

[3175375]

I have seen a lot more of his stuff that I have top-of-mind recall.

source: Gene Hackman Movies

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I’m sure AMC or Turner Classic Movies will do a marathon, rightly so!

 

[Big_John]

man, this situation keeps getting more and more strange. info coming out in drips/drabs looks damn peculiar.

of course i didnt know this man personally. we (fans) sometimes think we know our favorite stars like that (because we like their work) -- but we dont. they're just people .. as flawed as anybody else.

still, i fear when this man's death circumstances come out (police investigations, people/animal autopsies, TMZ, podcasts), will somehow shock us all/degrade his considerable body of work.



like watching a slow motion car crash where people are gonna get hurt... you wanna look away but you cant.

No RIP for him for a bit longer i think till the mystery of his death is "solved".

If I had to bet, she dropped dead while going for her meds. He panicked and fell.

The dog turned out to be in a crate, so it probably starved to death.

 

[amazinblue82]

If I had to bet, she dropped dead while going for her meds. He panicked and fell.

The dog turned out to be in a crate, so it probably starved to death.

yeah, if its proven to have been days/weeks since they died (one calamitous incident after another, vs. truly suspicious event(s)), the one dead doggie didn't have a chance in those circumstances.

 

[amazinblue82]

Tangent alert: I should put this in guilty-pleasures.

I saw French Connection (snuck into a "R" movie) in jr. high school and thought Hackman's character "Popeye Doyle" was the coolest cop ever.

I thought his "pork pie" hat was so cool I wore a couple all through JrHS and SrHS until sophomore in college (some girl I was "wooing" said stop wearing it .. or else i would be going back to the dorm. Alone).

The more crap I took for it (an old man's hat), the less I cared. I thought I was different and cool. Like ole Popeye Doyle.

Over 52 years later, I have watched this hat tyle come/go. Three times, maybe. Rappers, actors, pop stars, hipsters, etc..

Guess what this FCBO "old man with a hat" still sports (thats not me, but I got three hats like it. little feathers and all)?

I hop outta the Flying Whale, I am more likely to get "Hey old man, nice hat!!" from a young'un. Why? They dont know what hell that car even is, but they know that hat (Bieber, Timberlake, et.al.,).

 

[david hill]

Whether is a leading role on film or as a supporting actor Hackman brought that something extra to that role. Given he is a two time Academy Award winner. Here is my shortlist depending on my mood. Reds, The Replacements, The French Connection, Class Action, The Quick an the Dead, The Firm, Runaway Jury, Behind Enemy Lines, and Unforgiven

 

[amazinblue82]

all the actors I like, men or women, DO have that ability to be "believable" in whatever part they are playing.

we see "em on the big or small screen, we already know its some made up stuff we are watching, and the people who made it are asking us (the audience) to "suspend our disbelief" in order to allow ourselves to be entertained by their made up product.

sometimes the material is SO lame, best actor in the world cant make it interesting/believable. Hackman did have a gift though .. whatever he played he was believable as that character.

Hell, I even liked Gene in "The Birdcage" - not exactly my kinda flick but my daughters liked it and Gene played the hell outta a funny, supporting role