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"Hoffman works on his slot as this gene ration's Gene Hackman. Only with fewer junk roles.". Focus Features. (USA Today -- Life)
Hollywood's Love Affair With Oval Office Jan 3, 2008
Gene Hackman as the President and Judy Davis as his uber-nasty chief aide are great portrayals of political "poisoneres." RATING: THREE "VOTES". MMVIII, CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. (CBS News -- Early Show)
'Witness' is a chilling reminder of the unimaginable Jan 2, 2008
Starring: Steven Spielberg, Sidney Lumet, Rod Steiger, George Stevens Jr., Neal Gabler, Michael Berenbaum, narrated by Gene Hackman. At: Museum of Fine Arts, today and various dates through Jan. 17. (Boston Globe)
Bakay: A bitter end to fine fantasy season Dec 22, 2007
Not to single George out, he's always impressed me as a talented and cool guy, and huge movies stars have done this for years -- from Harrison Ford to Gene Hackman. Fellas, when is enough enough. (ESPN -- Football News)
The year in gaming Dec 17, 2007
for those of you who didnt show up "FOR SHAME!" *points finger". The night did come to a somewhat unexpected end for sid and I as his "Lady Friend" was involved in a "car accident" (yes i know quotation marks make me look stupid but i just love them too much""). She is ok but her friend was a little banged up, long story short its all good and we will have to do this again sometime. ":P" Posted by: Priest on December 17, 2007 12:07 PM My Biggest gaming story was finally playing the skateboarding... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Dustin Hoffman on sex and death Dec 15, 2007
"I've been doing movies since 1967. Have I been involved in movies that had scenes that made this exchange look like nothing? And did we hear stories of Jack Nicholson throwing a television set across the room trying to kill Roman Polanski in Chinatown? Did Bill Murray not pick up the producer who was running Universal and throw her into the lake on What About Bob?" The names keep coming: Gene Hackman, Mel Brooks, Robert Duvall. "We heard these things constantly. And shouldn't that happen if it... (Sydney Morning Herald)
Bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Dec 14, 2007
This means if your first-grader doesn't pay attention, do schoolwork, listen to the teacher or behave like an angel, but instead tries to sneak kryptonite into young Clark Kent's lunch box, he or she is just as likely as an adult to appear on "Jeopardy," or 'Cops," as Clark is. Any teacher will tell you: some children stand for truth, justice and the American way, and some want to rob Fort Knox. Think of Lex Luther, Superman's self-appointed nemesis, portrayed in 1978 by Gene Hackman and in 2006... (Derby Valley Gazette, CT)
Producer, agent Freddie Fields dies Dec 13, 2007
At ICM, Fields talent roster included Newman, Streisand, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Woody Allen, Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, McQueen and directors Arthur Penn, Steven Spielberg, Mel Brooks, Sidney Pollack, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, and Paul Mazursky. Fields first marriage, to actress Polly Bergen, ended in divorce. (MSNBC -- News)
Filmmaker to speak at Holocaust documentary screening Dec 6, 2007
The film, which was called a "devastating impressively reflective documentary" by the New York Times, is narrated by Gene Hackman along with Steven Speilberg, Sidney Lumet, Rod Steiger, Branko Lustig, Annette Insdorf, George Stevens, Jr., Neal Gabler, and Vincent Sherman. Temple Beth-El President Betsy Kopstein says that the film is a reflection of Hollywood and how it has treated the Holocaust. (Rhinebeck Gazette Advertiser, NY)
Staying active a Breese’ for Rio Rancho man Dec 1, 2007
It s high school hoops season, maybe time to haul it out again and watch Gene Hackman in one of his best roles, leading Hckory High to the state championship of Indiana in 1951. Most people know it s really the true story of Milan High, which won the title there more than 56 years ago. (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
Critic's corner Nov 27, 2007
Gene Hackman (above) plays the president, and look for Laura Linney as Clint's daughter. (R; runs on TMC through Nov. 29). (Boston Globe)
Top Will Smith Roles Nov 22, 2007
Enemy of the State (Robert Clayton Dean, 1998) Quite a dramatic role for the funny man, he outshined his co-star Gene Hackman and kept viewers on the edge of their seats. This intense and riveting film will go down in history as one of Smith s best performances. (Suite101.com)
George W. George, at 87; writer, producer of films and Broadway plays Nov 20, 2007
Almost simultaneously, he had another hit with "Any Wednesday," a comedy starring Sandy Dennis and Gene Hackman, which played across the street from "Dylan" and ran for more than two years. He produced seven other Broadway shows, including "Ben Franklin in Paris," a musical starring Robert Preston; and the Alan Ayckbourn play "Bedroom Farce," which was nominated for the 1979 Tony Award for best play. (Boston Globe)
American Gangster - The Sunday Times review Nov 19, 2007
There was more big-city corruption in Gene Hackman s snigger, as Popeye Doyle in The French Connection, than you ll find in the entire script of American Gangster. The trouble with Scott is that he has a great eye (with his fastidious attention to detail), but no ear (for dialogue) and not much of a brain (nothing to say about his subjects). (Times Online)
Spielberg Looks Golden for Globes Nov 16, 2007
by Gina Serpe Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:20:47 PM PST RECOMMENDED (0) 0. is ready for his close-up. (E! Online)
Globes To Honor Spielberg With DeMille Award Nov 16, 2007
Recent Cecil B. DeMille winners include Warren Beatty (2007), Anthony Hopkins (2006), Robin Williams (2005), Michael Douglas (2004), Gene Hackman (2003), Harrison Ford (2002), Al Pacino (2001) and Barbra Streisand (2000). Spielberg, 60, is currently working on the long-anticipated fourth Indiana Jones adventure "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," with longtime friend and collaborator George Lucas. (NBCSandiego.com, CA)
WPIAL Football Playoffs: Class AAA: For Knoch, Montour, present starting to resemble the past Nov 15, 2007
Knoch football coach Mike King channeled Gene Hackman. "I pulled that coach Norman Dale speech out, the one from the movie 'Hoosiers,' " King said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
A book with many chapters Nov 10, 2007
" No, it's more like a warning. The questions will keep coming. Because writers like him must keep probing. For more than 10 years, Berk's journey has taken place within the community at the University of Georgia, where he attended college, studying journalism, English and history. As the distinguished writer in residence, Berk reads manuscripts penned mainly by faculty and alumni. He analyzes the texts and suggests how to retool or blow up plot lines. Those writers with polished material are... (Athens Banner-Herald)
New DVDs: Ratatouille, Larry & Chuck Nov 7, 2007
Joining them is an equally impressive lineup of marquee names as narrators, including Gene Hackman, Laurence Fishburne, Bruce Willis and Martin Sheen. The set also comes with an 88-page booklet packed with action photos. (MSNBC -- News)
Russell's intensity meets Denzel's mastery in 'Gangster' Oct 29, 2007 Wes Anderson honored as film visionary Oct 25, 2007 'Saw IV' Star Tobin Bell Reveals Method Behind Jigsaw's Madness Oct 23, 2007 Actor David Keith leads workshops in Franklin Oct 21, 2007 'Mad Money' host says he has to be entertaining Oct 20, 2007 US-Mexico drugs blitz 'success' Oct 7, 2007 Friday Faceoff Oct 6, 2007 1970s thrillers resonate with paranoia -- and inspiration Oct 1, 2007 Wes Andersons bruised souls Sep 29, 2007 'Acting is the most natural thing' Sep 28, 2007 In 35 years and 11 films, Robert Benton has focused on family Sep 23, 2007 Coming home: Haggis tells the stories of shell-shocked soldiers in 'Elah' Sep 20, 2007 'The Graduate' at 40: A defiant and astute film to be proud of Sep 12, 2007 Editorial Sep 11, 2007 Russell Crowe rides again in "3:10 to Yuma" Sep 8, 2007 Rounding Up The Baddest Bad Men Of The West, In Rewind Sep 5, 2007 The week's best films Sep 4, 2007 Make me a movie I can’t refuse Aug 31, 2007 Owen Wilson Suicide Attempt Confirmed Aug 29, 2007 Report Lists Reason for Owen Wilson Phone Call as 'Attempted Suicide' Aug 29, 2007 Television movies for the week of August 26 Aug 26, 2007 How violent taboos were blown away Aug 26, 2007 New on DVD: Peek into the lives of 'Others' Aug 25, 2007 Young Frankenstein Aug 25, 2007 KGB reluctantly accepts part-time role Aug 22, 2007 Aniston to star in 'Management' Aug 3, 2007 Starz Entertainment Programming Highlights Aug 1, 2007 Lets dance! John Travoltas best and worst Jul 18, 2007 Bobby Plump’s enduring glory Jul 10, 2007 McKinney named new head coach of Olney Lady Tigers Jun 30, 2007 Sacred totems returned to Kenya Jun 26, 2007 Hotel room puts up a good fright Jun 22, 2007 Read More... Jun 16, 2007 You 'I do' with in-laws, too Jun 8, 2007 Hollywood's Best Actors and Directors Featured in 'Kings Of Cool' and 'Indie Icons' on RetroPlex and IndiePlex Jun 2, 2007 INTERVIEW: Cast and Director of 'Once' Jun 1, 2007 Cannes: Martin Scorsese holds forth on career NEW! May 25, 2007 More of this story May 22, 2007 Hey, Grandma -- video games based on movies usually stink May 8, 2007 Hugh Grant, a tub of baked beans and a photographer Apr 30, 2007 Old interviews redefine 'Star Wars' story Apr 24, 2007 Stars pop up in 'Hot Fuzz' Apr 23, 2007 'Low and Behold,' he's an unlikely movie star Apr 18, 2007 Shia LeBeouf Loves Life In 'Disturbia' Apr 13, 2007 Breaking the Wall of silence Apr 8, 2007 Lee JessupThinking about war heroes and all they gave to us Apr 6, 2007 Bob Clark; TV, movie director known for 'A Christmas Story' Apr 6, 2007 Director and son die in crash Apr 6, 2007 Man in woman's wig and string bikini charged with drunken romp through Ohio park Apr 6, 2007 Porky's director dies in crash Apr 6, 2007 It happened here, years ago Apr 6, 2007 The Cinema of Possibilities Apr 5, 2007 Mike D'Isa to direct Hoodwinked 2 Apr 4, 2007 A final mission: In memory of a missing Marine: Listen to the Audio Apr 3, 2007 Robert McCrum meets James Salter Mar 26, 2007 Is the NCAA tournament worthy of all the hype? Mar 25, 2007 Made in Maryland Mar 23, 2007 'Deliverance' To 'Breakfast At Tiffany's': Movies We'd Like To See Remade Mar 22, 2007 Balance leads to 21-win season for Schuring Mar 20, 2007 No passport? You can still visit Mexico by car Mar 20, 2007 Chris Rock Talks About Marital Ennui, Raising Daughters and Making His New Film Mar 16, 2007 Crusaders CrumbleEast sets a slow tempo and Trinity can't adjust Mar 14, 2007 Danny Glover carries gravitas and plenty of good-guy baggage Mar 14, 2007 'The Conversation' a film definitely worth talking about (****) Mar 11, 2007 GRANDSTANDING: This is 'most wonderful time of the year' Mar 8, 2007
Gene Hackman plays New York detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in William Friedkin's take on the the drug trafficking trade among France, Turkey and the USA that burgeoned in the late 1960s ... "One was Julia Roberts (with whom he co-starred in The Pelican Brief). One was Gene Hackman (Crimson Tide). And one was Russell. They have a commitment that shows right off.". (USA Today)
Korrey: 'Bong Hits 4 Jesus: The Movie' in theaters soon Oct 25, 2007
Doug Mertz - Because Gene Hackman and Donald Sutherland are too old, English actor Bob Hoskins (the detective in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?") resurrects his career as the Juneau lawyer and "Civil Libertarian of the Year.". Makana Field - There's no way MTV/Paramount is going to make a movie without a gratuitous role for a young actress, so we'll need to flesh out the storyline for Frederick's girlfriend at the time. (Juneau Empire)
The Royal Tenenbaums, starring Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Stiller, earned Anderson an Oscar nomination for best screenplay together with Owen Wilson in 2002. Andersons latest film is The Darjeeling Limited. (MSNBC -- News)
"Everyone has their own way of working," explained the veteran character actor, who has spent time onscreen alongside Clint Eastwood, Russell Crowe, Tom Cruise, Gene Hackman and even Chuck Norris. "I got into [keeping journals] because I found a long time ago that if I'm thinking about things, they tend to be left vague. I remember Ellen Burstyn saying to me once, at the Actor's Studio on [New York's] 44th Street, 'How much did you work on this material that we just saw?' "She was sitting in... (VHI.com -- Music News)
During the last several years, his star did indeed grow bright as he landed roles in films with box-office attractions such as Matthew McConaughey ( U-571 ), Robert DeNiro ( Men of Honor ) and Gene Hackman ( Behind Enemy Lines ). My greatest thrill as an actor was doing the one-on-one scene with Gene Hackman in Behind Enemy Lines. (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
A: A close friend of mine is Gene Hackman he was an investor in my company. He offers critiques of what I do. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
John Walters is no "Popeye" Doyle, the gritty, unscrupulous detective played in the film by Gene Hackman: someone bent on breaking not only the ring behind the drugs, but also every law and jaw bone that stood in his way. Instead, he is President Bush's official point man in the effort to reverse years of industrial scale substance abuse. (Yahoo News -- Mexico)
Damien: Why, Gene Hackman, of course. Or Katie Couric. (ESPN -- NHL)
Dangerous job: Gene Hackman hears too much ... Gene Hackman's mild-mannered surveillance expert's objectivity begins to crumble when it appears a couple he is snooping on is about to be murdered. (USA Today)
So Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman), pretending to be a loving family man, has to lose both home and family before becoming that family man. So Steve Zissou (Bill Murray), posing as a great oceanographer, has to lose his undersea funding, his wife (the brains of the operation), and his need for revenge against a jaguar shark before coming closer to being that oceanographer. (MSNBC -- News)
" By the mid-70s, he was an established stage actor, drawing good notices in The Taming of the Shrew and Coriolanus, until he retired from the stage when his movie career took off.After Street Smart and Driving Miss Daisy, Freeman found himself heavily in demand before settling into a sort of "Bad-Back Pack" of older actors who are never out of work, many of whom have been his co-stars: Gene Hackman (his Unforgiven nemesis), Jack Nicholson (soon to be seen with Freeman in The Bucket Club, about... (Guardian Unlimited)
Even when a movie's full of stars - like "Twilight" (1998), with Newman, Gene Hackman, Susan Sarandon, James Garner, and Reese Witherspoon - there's a sense of them functioning as a unit. That ensemble quality is especially evident in "Feast." Set in a college town (Ann Arbor in the book, Portland, Ore. (Boston Globe)
"There are very few actors of his generation who could do it. Gene Hackman could have, and a few others, but you wanted someone who was of that era." Jones is a contemporary of Lanny Davis, the father and former military policeman chronicled in the Playboy article. "Also, you wanted an actor who could really embody this character. He understood in his bones who this man was, because a lot of this movie is told through silence. It's told through reactions, and the movie turns, the plot turns, on... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Gene Hackman was initially cast to play her husband, a role subsequently assumed by Murray Hamilton. Ross, a little-known young actress from Walnut Creek, was tapped late in the process to play Elaine. (San Francisco Chronicle)
He has an accomplished career as an actor and has worked some of the biggest names in Hollywood: Paul Newman, Sean Connery, Clint Eastwood, Tom Cruise, Kevin Costner, Nicole Kidman, Bruce Willis, Danny Glover, Robert DeNiro and Gene Hackman. But Thompson is far from a hollow suit. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
BEIJING, Sept. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- Gary Cooper ("High Noon" 1952) is long-gone, John Wayne saddled up for the last time, shot to death Richard "Have Gun Will Travel" Boone and rode off into the sunset years ago in "The Shootist" (1976), then Clint Eastwood savagely blew away Gene Hackman in "Unforgiven" (1992) leading many to believe the U.S. Wild West movie was a groaner and a goner. So leave it to a New Zealand-born actor and an American director who "always wanted to make a western" to resurrect... (Xinhuanet, China)
Gene Hackman as Bill Daggett, "Unforgiven" (1992) In Clint Eastwood's Oscar-winning revisionist Western, Gene Hackman plays a corrupt small-town sheriff so evil he makes Lex Luthor look like Jimmy Olsen. The law is a malleable concept for Daggett, who thinks nothing of killing anyone who challenges his authority, and then maybe putting their corpse on display just to remind the folks who's in charge. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Quick-draw cast includes Gene Hackman, Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe. Stoned. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Gene Hackman takes a triple double, while Dennis Hopper a drunken mad delight, adds double digit assists. Quotes: I play, coach stays. (Rolla Daily News, MO)
He has starred in many box-office blockbusters such as "Wedding Crashers," "Zoolander" and the thriller "Behind Enemy Lines" with Gene Hackman. Most recently, he starred in "Night at the Museum" with Ben Stiller. (CBS News)
He later co-starred with good friends Ben Stiller and Will Ferrell in the 2001 offbeat comedy "Zoolander." He got his dramatic break starring with Gene Hackman in the 2001 action film "Behind Enemy Lines.". Wilson returned to making "buddy comedies" in 2002 with the release of "I Spy," co-starring with Eddie Murphy. (Fox News)
TV Movies: August 26-September 1. G = General audiences PG = Parental Guidance PG-13 = Not recommended for preteens R = Restricted audience. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Gene Hackman was cast as Clyde's older brother, the extrovert Buck Barrow ... 1922) directed three more excellent zeitgeist movies, the anti-war comedy Alice's Restaurant (1969), Little Big Man (1970), which starred Faye Dunaway and was the first western to use the word genocide, and the neo-noir Night Moves (1975) starring Gene Hackman. (Guardian Unlimited)
The film is really about salvaging the soul of the snoop, a cinematic first cousin to Gene Hackman from Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation. Excellent Muhe, who died at 54 last month, really looks the part. (USA Today -- Life)
Throw in Gene Hackman as a bumbling blind hermit and you're in comedy heaven. "Young Frankenstein" is very much an ensemble vehicle, unlike "The Producers," which was largely a two-man circus that never quite sustained its initial zing once original star duo Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick moved on. (Variety)
Forced to play bench-warming, son-of-a-preacher Strap Purl in an important game, Gene Hackman s coach Norman Dale character is stunned when the big oaf makes two key baskets. As Strap comes to the bench for a timeout, this exchange follows. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
He rewrote "The Dallas Buyers Club" for Brad Pitt and a heist movie for Jon Turteltaub that will team Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman and Robert Duvall; he's also scripting "The Fall of the Warrior King" for Tom Cruise at Paramount. His latest play is "The Geometry of Fire," about a sniper's return from Iraq. (Variety)
Venom 10/7 - (Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Method Man) * Blade 10/14 - (Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson) * Silent Hill 10/21 - (Radha Mitchell, Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Bean) * The Omen 10/28 - (Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner) Neo-Noir: Features new takes on a classic film style, every Monday at 10 p.m. * Miller's Crossing 10/1 - (Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden) * The French Connection 10/8 - (Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider) * Croupier... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Showing off his acting skills, he blends in perfectly with an amazing cast that includes Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito and a pre-Sopranos James Gandolfini. All turn in wonderful performances and, along with Robert Altmans The Player, create one of the best films ever made about Hollywood. (MSNBC -- Movies)
You know it as a movie starring Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper and a bunch of other people. But, Bobby Plump also knows the story. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)
In the film, Gene Hackman plays Coach Norman Dale, who leads fictional Hickory High School to the 1954 Indiana state basketball title over mighty South Bend Central. The story was based on tiny Milan (Ind. (Olney Daily Mail, IL)
The artifacts have been collected in the past by such celebrities as Andy Warhol, Gene Hackman, and Linda Evans. "This is a huge fight, and we are at the very beginning of turning it around," said Connecticut art dealer Kelly Gingras, who realized the value of the statues when she Googled them. (Boston Globe)
30-day news archives. He adds: "I've done some stuff where I was in almost every frame of the movie, but not at that peak . . . that was pretty unique.". (Florida Today)
Gene Hackman, in glasses and a mustache, is the repressed, unhappy Harry Caul, a surveillance expert who trains multiple microphones on an adulterous couple (Frederic Forrest and Cindy Williams) meeting in San Francisco's Union Square. Their conversation, which Harry pieces together in a virtuoso sequence (Walter Murch did the sound design), takes strange turns that suggest a mysterious combination of fear and aggression. (Disinformation)
30-day news archives. "Whether it's a minor disagreement over cake or a complete culture clash, the wedding planning process is a time when in-laws are most likely to butt heads, some say."I think parents are used to being so involved in their child's life," said Lin Sons of Satellite Beach, who has offered free, Christian-based marriage and premarital mentoring with her husband, Buck, for 30 years."I don't think it starts out as an issue," Sons said. "As (wedding planning) goes along, it... (Florida Today)
9:50 p.m. - The Defiant Ones -- Saturday, June 16 - Warren Oates 8 p.m. - Two-Lane Blacktop 9:45 p.m. - Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia -- Saturday, June 23 - Glenn Ford 8 p.m. - Pocketful of Miracles 10:20 p.m. - The Man from Colorado -- Saturday, June 20 - Sean Connery 8 p.m. - Dr. No 10 p.m. - From Russia with Love -- Saturday, July 7 - Elvis Presley 8 p.m. - Roustabout 9:45 p.m. - Change of Habit -- Saturday, July 14 - Richard Widmark 8 p.m. - Two Rode Together 10 p.m. - Madigan --... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
If you look at Gene Hackman, look at the way he acts with the camera, it's as if the camera is not there. What I love about people like Gene Hackman is that he's like your dad, or like Pacino in , now there is a guy that doesn't give a fuck about the camera and De Niro in early roles. (RopeofSilicon.com)
An example from Bonnie & Clyde: Theres a scene where Gene Hackman gets shot in the eye. And I imagined that as a close-up. (Business of Cinema)
The story of Plump and his teammates was chronicled several years ago in the movie Hoosiers, starring Gene Hackman. Plump, the team s top sharpshooter, was a key combatant in the team s accomplishment. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)
Recent games based on the 1970s movies "The Warriors" and "The Godfather" weren't half bad, and there's a Dirty Harry game coming later this year -- with Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman providing voice work -- that looks promising. Sequels also seem to fare better than the originals. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Though he has walked through the shadow of some ticklish scandals , Hugh Grant has always kept his cool. A conviction for lewd conduct in a public place with a very talkative prostitute and endless tabloid scrutiny of his relationships with Liz Hurley and Jemima Khan failed to blow the frosting off the top. (Times Online)
In October 1975, smarting from the failure of the big-budget "Lucky Lady" with Gene Hackman, Burt Reynolds and Liza Minnelli, Fox imposed a moratorium on further spending on "Star Wars" until its board met on December 13. Ladd persuaded the board to issue a greenlight. (CNN -- Showbiz)
And what of that psycho Santa who pulls a Gene Hackman in The French Connection and threatens Pegg. That's Peter Jackson, who directed Blanchett in The Lord of the Rings. (USA Today -- Life)
Favorite cinematic moment or line of dialogue: "There's this amazing diner moment in (the 1973 road movie) 'Scarecrow.' It's a long, one-shot scene, and it's obvious the dialogue is finished. Gene Hackman suddenly says to the waitress, 'Ma'am, I'll take two beers and a chocolate doughnut.' It's a great line of improv, and Al Pacino just loses it. I was glad the director left it in.". Movie star, living or dead, he'd like to have romance or dinner with: "I'm going to be boring and say dinner with... (Herald-Tribune)
"So, naturally, the next step for Caruso and Spielberg was to contemporize the project to make it more accessible for today's audiences."When you got minds like that in the room, it's never going to be a copycat film, it's going to be something different," LeBeouf said. "They took a piece of 'Rear Window,' mixed in a little bit of John Cusack's 'Say Anything,' mixed in a little bit of Gene Hackman in 'The Conversation' and Dustin Hoffman in 'Straw Dogs,' and put it in a mishmosh and pulled out a... (NBC 11, CA)
Like the Gene Hackman character in that film, Wiesler is a cold-hearted loner whose world crumbles when he finally allows his humanity to triumph over his professionalism. A well-oiled machine like the East German Ministry for State Security can only flourish in a land where good men stand by and do nothing or everyone is so infected with fear that they feel change is impossible. (Scotsman)
Thinking about war heroes and all they gave to us - The Lexington Dispatch (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Among Mr. Clark's other movies were Sylvester Stallone and Dolly Parton's "Rhinestone," Timothy Hutton's "Turk 182!", and Gene Hackman and Dan Aykroyd's "Loose Cannons.". Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)
Among Clark's other movies were Sylvester Stallone and Dolly Parton's "Rhinestone," Timothy Hutton's "Turk 182!", and Gene Hackman and Dan Aykroyd's "Loose Cannons.". . (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Among Clark's other movies were Sylvester Stallone and Dolly Parton's "Rhinestone," Timothy Hutton's "Turk 182!", and Gene Hackman and Dan Aykroyd's "Loose Cannons.". Wet, heavy spring snow blankets upper Northeast, leaving more than 100,000 in the dark. (North County Times)
Among Clark's other films were Sylvester Stallone and Dolly Parton's Rhinestone, Gene Hackman and Dan Aykroyd's Loose Cannons, and Baby Geniuses. RELATED INTERNET LINKS The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
At the Carolyn Theater; Hoosiers with Gene Hackman. In sports, the Piggott Mohawks beat Pocahontas to open the baseball season, 10-8 was the final. (The Piggott Times, AR)
The first film was Bite the Bullet, a Hollywood studio release directed by Richard Brooks and starring Gene Hackman and James Coburn. The female lead was Candice Bergen, which is why we were there, as Seder had a very serious thing for her. (Austin Chronicle)
Glenn Close, like Michael Caine or Gene Hackman, is not averse to cashing in a paycheque and appearing in sub-standard material. Ditto with James Belushi, David Ogden Stiers, Chazz Palminteri or Andy Dick. (Suite101.com)
(Other rescues were occurring simultaneously, including one that prompted The Rescue of BAT 21 , a book made into a movie starring Gene Hackman. . (Durango Herald)
His finest hour was Downhill Racer, starring Robert Redford and Gene Hackman. Looking back, Salter recognises that expending his energies on the film business was 'misguided. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
This isn't Gene Hackman spitting out a fiery pregame talk. This is the NCAA, where big schools feast on lower seeds like hungry sportswriters abusing a postgame buffet. (North County Times)
Eastwood discovers presidential corruption during his final heist before being arrested, but not before he and Gene Hackman appear in several sites around Baltimore ... Starring Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris and Laura Linney ... Starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight and Lisa Bonet. (Sunspot.net -- Business)
"The Conversation" Francis Ford Coppola's often-overlooked 1974 gem stars Gene Hackman as Harry Caul, a lonely, paranoid but brilliant surveillance expert who's hired by an executive at a large corporation to eavesdrop on a couple as they take a lunchtime stroll. The reason and ramifications are ostensibly meaningless to Harry, merely a professional doing his job. (VHI.com -- Music News)
ARTHUR - Five players on the floor functioning as one single unit: team, team, team no one more important than the other, said Hickory coach Norman Dale (Gene Hackman) in the 1986 movie Hoosiers. This quote accurately describes the Arthur boys basketball team, coached by Dale Schuring. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
In 2000, Julia Roberts, Brad Pitt and Gene Hackman were in Real de Catorce to film "The Mexican," a movie about a cursed gun and the man sent down to Mexico to retrieve it. Five years later, Salma Hayek and Penelope Cruz traveled here for the filming of their outlaw movie, "Bandidas.". (MSNBC -- Travel)
But while Rock's sensibility might be miles away from Eric Rohmer, the French filmmaker whose movies have been famously derided as akin to "watching paint dry" (Gene Hackman, "Night Moves"), Rock's stand-up comedy has always had an edge to it, a willingness to make people uncomfortable by telling the truth about daily existence. So Rock remaking Rohmer's 1972 "Chloe in the Afternoon" as "I Think I Love My Wife" isn't that big a leap, though the very idea of it will make high-minded film critics... (The Ledger)
All that was missing was Gene Hackman on the sideline and talk of running a picket fence. "The guys are a bit of a throwback, but it is something we take pride in," Eagles coach Luke Reilly said. (Stamford Advocate)
Glover had not been the first one on that list either -- director Antoine Fuqua originally considered Gene Hackman for the colonel who coaxes the bitter Swagger back into action. But then producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura uttered Glover's name and the deal was sealed. (The Miami Herald)
Gene Hackman stars in "The Conversation," directed by Francis Ford Coppola ... Their privacy is invaded by Harry Caul (Gene Hackman), a surveillance "expert" who has been hired to spy on the couple and record their interactions. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
I think that although Rio Rancho is more of the exact opposite of "Hickory High" in that movie, being that Hickory only had 51 seniors in its graduating class, Rams coach Brian Smith has done the same things Hickory coach "Norman Dale," portrayed by Gene Hackman, did to get his team through the season and to state: teamwork, tough D, and relying on the fundamentals. Only Smith hasn't received any technical fouls this season; Hackman seemed to get one every game in the movie. (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
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