Gene Hackman, Tough Guy
Critic’s Appreciation: Gene Hackman, a Tough Guy With Infinite Nuance and Boundless Range
From his signature roles in ‘The French Connection’ and ‘Unforgiven’ to stunners like ‘Bonnie and Clyde,’ ‘Night Moves’ and ‘The Conversation’ and forays into comedy like ‘The Birdcage’ and ‘The Royal Tenenbaums,
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How a cross-dressing Gene Hackman heralded a new age of Jewish assimilation in HollywoodSusan Sontag could have had a field day with Hackman’s campy performance as a straight-laced senator in ‘The Birdcage.’ ...
Gene Hackman, who was died at 95, was a stunner in great movies and the best thing in many bad ones — a rumpled, roiling, ...
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Though he’d had small roles in movies and on television throughout the early 1960s (he’d been a Marine before that, and had ...
He could be both paternal and terrifying, and had the ability to almost goad you into liking men who would otherwise be ...
Hackman looked like your formidable uncle, or the foreman down at the plant, or the chief of the local fire department. On ...
By The Associated Press Gruff in demeanor yet much beloved, Gene Hackman was one of the finest actors of his generation. The ...
The Birdcage (1996): Arguably Hackman’s best comedic performance, Hackman plays a conservative Republican senator whose ...
Acclaimed actor Gene Hackman was found dead on Feb. 26 at age 95, alongside his wife, pianist Betsy Arakawa, and one of their ...
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