I enjoyed his comedies also.

The Birdcage
The Replacements

I can see where people would say he was always Gene Hackman in movies, but I am okay with that.

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Hackman was a fine actor.

I loved him in "The Royal Tennenbaums," among many others.

If you love Gene Hackman, you must see "The Royal Tennenbaums", he plays Royal Tennenbaum and his disfunctional family stirs his pot. Wes Anderson films aren't for everyone, this movie may be his most accessible.

I enjoyed The Package, not a great plot, but interesting.

Wasn't he in a French Foreign Legion film too? I can't remember the name of it.

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman was found dead alongside his wife, classical pianist Betsy Arakawa, and their dog in their Santa Fe, New Mexico, home on Wednesday afternoon.

The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department revealed autopsies were completed on both Hackman and his wife in a press release shared with Fox News Digital Thursday afternoon. No external trauma was seen on either the actor or the musician. Authorities continue to investigate the couple's deaths as official results of the autopsy and toxicology reports are still pending.

Carbon monoxide and toxicology tests were ordered for both Hackman and his wife as the manner and cause of death have not been determined.

https://www.foxnews.com/entert...d-dead-santa-fe-home

March Or Die was the French Foreign Legion film he starred in. I liked it.

Bob

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As to the possibility that they died from gas poisoning but there were no signs of it when police arrived:

- The house is apparently outside of a small town, so they may have had a propane or natural gas tank.
- There was apparently a period of time between the time of death and when they were found.

A leak would have time to kill them, then drain the rest of the tank and dissipate before they were found.

Hoosiers will always be one of my favorites of his.

That could be possible, and might be a consideration if the tank is empty. However, as someone whose house uses propane, the odorant is very strong. Maybe is someone was in bed asleep they wouldn’t notice it, but if they were up going about their day I have no idea how they would miss the smell if they can smell.

I suspect the investigation will reveal more about what happened, but it may not end up being anything very interesting. I suspect Para called that one.

One movie that never seems to get mentioned is "Twilight". It was Paul Newman's film, but Hackman and Susan Sarandan played big co-star roles. As well as James Garner. Not epic, but certainly worth a watch.

Reports are that carbon monoxide poisoning has been excluded from consideration.

Also, Hackman had a pacemaker - last "event" on it was February 17th.

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March Or Die was the French Foreign Legion film he starred in. I liked it.

One of my men became restless. Le Boudin..

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What I liked about him as an actor is that when I'm watching him in a movie, I cannot place him in any other movie. He is the character whom he is playing at the moment.

The list of actors with that ability is very short.

I have the opposite reaction to seeing Gene Hackman in any movie. To me, he’s playing Gene Hackman… and Gene Hackman seemed like an interesting person/character. To my mind, Mr. Hackman didn’t disappear into a character, the character disappeared into Gene Hackman.

Contrast Mr. Hackman with Gary Oldman. Mr. Oldman BECAME a drug-addled punk rocker, became Ludwig von Beethoven, became a beat-down American police captain, became an eccentric monomaniacal futuristic corporate overlord that could pitch a hand-held weapon system to giant lizard aliens, became Dracula, became an ultra-wealthy parapalegic with an acid-burned face hell bent on revenge…

… and I’d forget I was watching Gary Oldman.

I’m a huge fan of “Hoosiers” and “The French Connection” and thought Mr. Hackman was outstanding in those films… but I always knew I was watching Gene Hackman. I enjoyed watching him work.

I tend to agree with this on all counts. Gene Hackman was one of my favorite actors, but I did always see Gene Hackman, not just the character. Oldman, (another of my favorite actors) on the other hand, disappears into his roles. I can't think of many, if any, who do it better.

Uncommon Valor and Bat*21 are a couple that rarely gets mentioned, that might not have been a blockbuster, but I like him in them.

I have always liked Gene Hackman.

Fair winds and following sea....



ARman

There are actors that "play themselves", and there are actors that have a "character" they always bring out, that is truly nothing like themselves, yet it is always the same "persona" presented.

I think, Mr. Hackman was such an actor.

My thinking is that he was a most gracious and kind man, that presented a snarky, egotistical and arrogant character.

I am inclined to believe that they see the "worst" of humanity, and mirror them, so that we learn something.

Acting is not merely reading words and trying not to look into the lens for money.

It is the genius mind manifest for those who have the ability to perceive, consume and appreciate, and understand a thing most important to that person's understanding of those many never realize exist.

I do not for a single minute, thing Mr. Hackman was "Little Bill" (Unforgiven), "John Herod" (The Quick and the Dead), but perceived him as a compassionate and stoic gentleman, who had great depth and concern for humanity.

He had a good life, and unfortunate that it ended as it has.

The other day I watched an old interview of Hackman's on David Letterman I believe, and he said one of his favorite movies to make was Scarecrow with Al Pacino.

I have never heard of the movie and had to look it up. The movie was released in 1973, and did not do well at the box office.


A gruff ex-con and an ex-seaman share a series of adventures while travelling across America. They learn a lot about life on their travels as hitchhikers.

IMDB describes the plot as:
An ex-con drifter with a penchant for brawling is amused by a homeless ex-sailor, so they partner up as they head east together.


Gene Hackman always seemed so much than just an actor:
He was a US Marine, writer, proficient golfer and respected painter. He was also a mean performer on the racetrack, driving Formula Ford cars and taking part in the 1983 Daytona Endurance Race.

He was not defined by Hollywood or being an actor, nor did you see him in the tabloids, or trashy news show, showing his behind, drunk, drugs etc..
(If he was I do not remember or missed it)

I think of him the same way I do Paul Sorvino, and I will end this post with a snippet of interview Mr. Sorvino did in 2014:
In an April 2014 interview, Sorvino said, "Most people think I'm either a gangster or a cop or something, but the reality is I'm a sculptor, a painter, a best-selling author, many, many things—a poet, an opera singer, but none of them is gangster, but, you know, obviously I sort of have a knack for playing these things.

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Reports are that carbon monoxide poisoning has been excluded from consideration.

Yes, and also, fire dept and utilities dept report no leaks, no evidence of equipment failure in regards to gas, fumes.

Surely a house like that, with famous occupants who can pay the bill, hopefully it has a security camera system and hopefully it has at least a few weeks or so of memory.

I've heard nothing about that.
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I am waiting to hear what the pills were, scattered about his wife in the bathroom. Could the deceased dog have eaten some of them?

Loved him in Young Frankenstien, Bat 21, Uncommon Valor, Unforgiven… but really really started
Liking him when I heard about him in his 60s or 70s whipping some guys ass half his age that tried to start some shit with him in a road rage incident.

I liked the quick and the dead…

He was great in "The Conversation." The low-profile/sleazy electronic surveillance specialist role of his character had plenty of depth that made viewers really wonder whether or not he'd stepped into too much he could handle on his last case. His character was about as different from the old bully/gunfighter he played in "Unforgiven", as you could possibly imagine!

May he rest in peace.