Tag: Gene Hackman
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Gene Hackman Almost Directed and Starred in ‘The Silence of the Lambs’
Gene Hackman is one of those actors who feels like they’ve lived nine lives (or careers). He was one of the most employed and accomplished actors of the ’70s and ’80s. In particular, Hackman was known for his work in the Best Picture winner The French Connection (for which he won the Best Actor Oscar),…
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Gene Hackman Is a Smug and Greedy Villain in This John Grisham Adaptation
Gene Hackman is a household name when talking about brilliant villain actors. Hackman’s critically acclaimed career has spanned six decades, and he has portrayed more than his own fair share of iconic characters onscreen. He was Lex Luthor after all, and also played one of the best cinematic heavies as Little Bill in Clint Eastwood’s…
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Luckily Robin Williams Didn’t Play Opposite This Comedian in ‘The Birdcage’
Film history is full of “what-if” scenarios of actors, writers, and directors. Eric Stoltz instead in Back to the Future instead of Michael J. Fox, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s version of Dune, or the unfathomable scenario of the shark actually working on the set of Jaws, to name a few. One that has fallen by the wayside,…
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William Friedkin Broke Laws To Film ’The French Connection’s Car Chase
As movie lovers mourn the passing of William Friedkin, now is as good a time as any to revisit one of the legendary filmmaker’s ultimate stamps on cinematic history. Starring Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider as New York City narcotics officers eyeing a drug bust, The French Connection was a major hit with audiences and…
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William Friedkin’s Many Unrealized Projects, from ‘Exorcist’ Sequels to a ‘Killer Joe’ TV Series
William Friedkin, one of the great directors of the New Hollywood movement, died August 7 at the age of 87. The news launched an outpouring of love for the director, whose ’70s and ’80s film work proved some of the most enduring and beloved of that cinema-redefining period.The son of Jewish Ukrainian immigrants, Friedkin was…
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R.I.P. William Friedkin: ‘The Exorcist’ & ‘French Connection Filmmaker Has Passed Away
The iconic filmmaker, William Friedkin, has passed away at the age of 87.One of the famous directors to spawn from the “New Hollywood” era of film is probably best known for his work on the legendary horror film, “The Exorcist.” That film was nominated for 10 Oscars after its release, including Best Director. Friedkin also…
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Samuel L. Jackson Sounds Off On A Time To Kill Cutting An Oscar-Worthy Scene
For a time in the 1990s, a film adaptation of a John Grisham novel was guaranteed to turn a tidy profit at the box office, if not mushroom into a full-on blockbuster. “The Firm,” “The Pelican Brief” and “The Client” all made loads of money off of a built-in audience that just had to see…
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10 Best Leonardo DiCaprio Movies, Ranked
Leonardo DiCaprio isn’t just the definitive movie star of his generation; he’s approaching the all-time status of greats like Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Gene Hackman, and Jack Nicholson. DiCaprio may have had a big jump start to his career with Titanic, but he’s earned all the success that he’s earned through years of hard…
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This Tom Cruise Legal Thriller Had Him Facing Off Against Gene Hackman
John Grisham’s second novel, The Firm, was so popular that a film adaptation was already hotly anticipated by the time the book hit the shelves. Thirty years ago, Sydney Pollack’s feature adaptation was released, and combined with the success of the book, the two created a mutually massive hit, which soared on the screen as…
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Frederic Forrest obituary
Consummate character actor who came close to stardom in the 70s with roles in Apocalypse Now, The Conversation and The Rose“He’d kill us if he got the chance.” Those words, spoken by a bespectacled, beige-suited young man (Frederic Forrest) as he wanders through Union Square in San Francisco with his lover (Cindy Williams), are secretly…