Your favorite Gene Hackman performance

[GhostOfTomJoad 9324]

This might be as hard of an ask as there is. He's never mailed it in, he's never chewed the scenery, and he always delivers

Little Bill? Coach Dale? Popeye Doyle?

As iconic as those performances are, put me down for Harry Caul in The Conversation. That's as good as it gets in my book. 

[4doorsMoreWhores 107]

Hoosiers

[Deej 76791]

Loved him in Mississippi Burning. 

[mdmost 43001]

[GhostOfTomJoad 9324]

2 minutes ago, Deej said:

Loved him in Mississippi Burning. 

Definitely should have won the Oscar over Hoffman in Rain Man. Good call.

[dcbc 14484]

Loved him as Royal Tenenbaum.

 

"Hell of a damned grave.  Wish it were mine."

[Deej 76791]

1 minute ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Definitely should have won the Oscar over Hoffman in Rain Man. Good call.

Hoffman didn't go full retard.

 

[Horn80 6122]

Was he good?  Yes, but he was pretty much the same character in every movie. 

[freyguy 4272]

1 minute ago, Horn80 said:

Was he good?  Yes, but he was pretty much the same character in every movie. 

[mdmost 43001]

He was excellent in Crimson Tide. The part where he loses it when Denzel disagrees with his order to launch nukes is so tense.

[mr. sunshine 2827]

9 minutes ago, dcbc said:

Loved him as Royal Tenenbaum.

 

"Hell of a damned grave.  Wish it were mine."

Was going to go with Little Bill but now I’m swayed 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9324]

6 minutes ago, Horn80 said:

Was he good?  Yes, but he was pretty much the same character in every movie. 

Harry Moseby says go pound sand.

[ztejas 43448]

7 minutes ago, Horn80 said:

Was he good?  Yes, but he was pretty much the same character in every movie. 

I think he stays pretty well within his own boundaries but I disagree that he plays the same character in every movie. 

To answer the question - Birdcage or Tenenbaums. 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9324]

1 minute ago, ztejas said:

I think he stays pretty well within his own boundaries but I disagree that he plays the same character in every movie. 

To answer the question - Birdcage or Tenenbaums. 

Or Get Shorty. Harry Zimm was fucking comic genius.

[Michael Knight 12977]

Gene Hackman was an actor who was always good in any role

[dcbc 14484]

16 minutes ago, mr. sunshine said:

Was going to go with Little Bill but now I’m swayed 

"Oh, that's dog's blood."

 

Tied one on and watched it a few weeks ago.  So much greatness.

Edited February 28, 2022 by dcbc

[ztejas 43448]

15 minutes ago, dcbc said:

"Oh, that's dog's blood."

 

Tied one on and watched it a few weeks ago.  So much greatness.

Kind of a... "fuck you" to the old man I guess.

[billfromlaketravis 11479]

Mississippi Burning for me. 
 

He was one of the bright spots in The Firm. 
 

One of the all time greats. 

[Jerry Callo 8703]

Poseidon Adventure

[veritas aequitas 443]

In the order of Mississippi Burning, Unforgiven, Bonnie and Clyde, The Royal Tenenbaums, French Connection, The Conversation and Cisco Pike. 

[burntorangebongos 10710]

Birdcage

[McCroskey 1504]

"Hello Ben!

Ready for what?

What?

Jackson's dead.

He died in bed?  Whose bed?

A prostitute?  A minor?

And black?

I don't believe this, I don't FUCKING believe this.  I'm ruined!

[Wade 464]

Caught Scarecrow on TCM the other night.  Hackman has called this perhaps his favorite performance.  He plays a drunk scene as well as I've ever seen it done here.

 

[Asithappens 974]

1 hour ago, dcbc said:

Loved him as Royal Tenenbaum.

 

"Hell of a damned grave.  Wish it were mine."

 

You heard me, Coltraine.

[maninblack 7974]

Hoosiers

[shadow_operative2.0 15983]

Was also pretty funny in this goofy little JLH comedy. 
 

[DoobieWah 1437]

Young Frankenstein.

 

 

 

[Frieda’s Boss 181]

Royal

Coach Dale

Little Bill

[HornOnTheBayou 8922]

I saw this thread and had to quick scroll through to make sure he was still alive. Fuck all of you for giving me a scare.

"Leave the ball, will you, George?"

[futureman 22462]

dad, you were never dying.

but I’m gonna live!

[henrygandorf 29191]

to name one that hasn’t yet been mentioned - runaway jury. 

[henrygandorf 29191]

and heist. 

[Steamboat1874 4063]

The correct answer is Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde.

[Red Five 40858]

[thrillhammer 683]

unforgiven

the firm

enemy of the state

[BehoId, The Underminer! 11669]

12 hours ago, DoobieWah said:

Young Frankenstein.

 

 

 

any time i smoke i copy the way he says cigars

[WhatTheBuck 28781]

15 hours ago, Horn80 said:

Was he good?  Yes, but he was pretty much the same character in every movie. 

You need to get out more. Did you ever see Enemy of the State? Compare that to his role in The Firm. How about when he played Lex Luthor? What about his roles in The French Connection and Young Frankenstein?

That’s just a horrible take.

[WhatTheBuck 28781]

15 hours ago, Michael Knight said:

Gene Hackman was an actor who was always good in any role

Same with Michael Caine. They made one movie together — A Bridge Too Far. 

[WhatTheBuck 28781]

Also, no one has mentioned his role as the murderous Senator Brice in No Way Out. 

[Texzilla58 4735]

Love Gene Hackman. So funny in comedic roles, and just evil as the villain.

[XYZ 2154]

I liked him in Narrow Margin.

[Underdog 28633]

He actually showed on a DDD episode, happen to be at a place they were filming at. 
 

Hackman is up there with Donald Sutherland in as such I’ve never been disappointed in any of their roles.  

Edited February 28, 2022 by Underdog

[66BUFF 2562]

1 hour ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Same with Michael Caine. They made one movie together — A Bridge Too Far. 

The theory states that at any given time, one can find either a Michael Caine or Gene Hackman movie somewhere on television. This character sits on the couch watching TV for roughly 90% of the film until he stumbles upon his closing argument: “ A Bridge Too Far ”, which features both Hackman and Caine.

[Lou 264]

Mississippi Burning

 

[Guest Lobo]

2 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Also, no one has mentioned his role as the murderous Senator Brice in No Way Out. 

I thought he was Sec. Of Defense?  
 

watch the two dinner scenes in Birdcage again.  One in the den and the other around the table.  It’s an absolute masterclass to watch a great actor who can do comedy well, playing off an ensemble cast of overwhelmingly hilarious actors/actresses.  Hackman threaded that needle as fine as anyone in Hollywood.  He didn’t go to big, he didn’t slink down, his discomfort shone through the lens but we laughed with him not at him.  But to bounce off Diane, azaria, robin, Nathan, and even the two kids was just effortlessly meticulous.  
 

he also took the “I’m doing one more job and then I’m out!” Trope and turned it on its head, without adding or removing a single thing from the script…just through body language.  Another masterclass in “hEist”
 

and of course, I loved him in almost all the roles listed above particularly Tenenbaums, Hoosiers, and the Conversation (Which spilled over into another great role in enemy of the state which wasn’t a great movie but Hackman carried it)

Edited February 28, 2022 by Lobo

[mchookem 16336]

33 minutes ago, Lou said:

Mississippi Burning

 

so many fantastic roles! but i think i'd go with this one if i had to choose. the character is so complex and Hackman absolutely nail each nuance, tone, etc.

He is that rare actor that could be a character actor or leading man with equal perfection.

i need to read his books...anybody?

[Texas St. Armadillos 1381]

The Chamber was a terrible movie, but he was great in his role.

[HornPhD 1368]

On 2/28/2022 at 8:31 AM, WhatTheBuck said:

Same with Michael Caine. They made one movie together — A Bridge Too Far. 

The Caine-Hackman Theory closing argument

Edited March 1, 2022 by HornPhD
66BUFF beat me to it

[ztejas 43448]

On 2/28/2022 at 12:08 PM, 66BUFF said:

The theory states that at any given time, one can find either a Michael Caine or Gene Hackman movie somewhere on television. This character sits on the couch watching TV for roughly 90% of the film until he stumbles upon his closing argument: “ A Bridge Too Far ”, which features both Hackman and Caine.

Add Samuel L to that and I bet it's close to 100%.

[davidg 4038]