Absolute Power 1997   R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Scott Glenn, Dennis Haysbert, E.G. Marshall, Judy Davis, Mark Margolis, Melora Hardin, Kenneth Welsh, Richard Jenkins, Alison Eastwood, Penny Johnson, Elaine Kagan
Master thief Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) witnesses the President of the United States Allen Richmond (Gene Hackman) in the throes of an ugly sex scene that turns to murder. A cover-up ensues, Luther is the designated suspect, and his estranged daughter, Katie (Laura Linney), moves back into his life when she is appointed the prosecutor. 1 User Review
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| | petunia 04/29/2007 | | One of THE best in a long time, I have seen it twice already!!It is VERY suspensful & you're afraid to miss one second of it!! |
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All Night Long 1981 R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jean-Claude Tramont
Cast: Gene Hackman, Barbra Streisand, Diane Ladd, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Dobson, William Daniels, Ann Doran, Terry Kiser, Tcheky Karyo
Although an executive (Gene Hackman) is demoted to running a 24-hour drugstore, his love life improves when he becomes interested in one of the store's patrons: a bizarre housewife (Barbra Streisand).
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Another Woman 1988  PG, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Gene Hackman, Mia Farrow, Ian Holm, John Houseman, Blythe Danner, Betty Buckley, Martha Plimpton, Sandy Dennis, David Ogden Stiers, Philip Bosco, Harris Yulin, Frances Conroy, Fred Melamed, Kenneth Welsh
Facing a mid-life crisis, successful Professor Marion Post (Gena Rowlands) is writing a book and is forced to come to terms with her own frailties and associations with her family. When she listens in on the sessions of the psychiatrist in the office next door as he counsels Hope (Mia Farrow), Marion is reminded of her of her own problems. A fine performance by Rowlands in this Woody Allen drama.
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 Antz 1998 PG, 83 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Eric Darnell, Tim Johnson
Cast: Woody Allen, Dan Aykroyd, Anne Bancroft, Jane Curtin, Danny Glover, Gene Hackman, Jennifer Lopez, Sharon Stone, Christopher Walken, Sylvester Stallone
This entirely computer-generated film features Z (voice of Woody Allen) as a nonconformist ant that falls in love with Bala (Sharon Stone). But Bala is engaged to the power-mad General Mandible (Gene Hackman), so Z trades places with a warrior ant, Weaver (Sylvester Stallone), to impress Bala and enters a battle to the death against the superior termites. Will Z ever see Bala again? Will democracy reign in the insect world?
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Bat 21 1988 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Peter Markle
Cast: Gene Hackman, Danny Glover, Jerry Reed, Clayton Rohner, David Marshall Grant, Erich Anderson, Joe Dorsey, Alan King
During the Vietnam War, Lt. Col. Iceal Hambleton (Gene Hackman) is lost in the jungles of Vietnam after his aircraft is shot down behind enemy lines. The only man who can rescue him is Capt. Bartholomew Clark (Danny Glover), and he can only be reached through his radio transmitter.
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Behind Enemy Lines 2001  PG-13, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Moore
Cast: Owen Wilson, Gene Hackman, Joaquim de Almeida, David Keith, Olek Krupa, Gabriel Macht, Charles Malik Whitfield, Eyal Podell, Vladimir Mashkov, Marko Igonda, Aernout Van Lynden, Sam Jaeger, Don Winston, Shane Johnson, Geoffrey Pierson
When the reconnaissance plane of two Navy Lieutenants–Chris Burnett (Owen Watson) and Jeremy Stackhouse (Charles Malik Whitfield)–is shot down by a SAM missile over Bosnia, Burnett and Stackhouse parachute to "safety." But, once on the ground, Stackhouse is murdered by Serbs, and Burnett begins a fight-to-the-death game of cat-and-mouse to evade capture. Meanwhile, his commanding officer (Gene Hackman) acts, against orders, to organize a rescue mission.
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 The Birdcage 1996 R, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Robin Williams, Gene Hackman, Nathan Lane, Dianne Wiest, Christine Baranski, Dan Futterman, Calista Flockhart, Hank Azaria, Tom McGowan, Grant Heslov, Kirby Mitchell, James Lally
This remake of the 1978 film, "La Cage aux Follies," is one funny movie with a terrific cast. Armand (Robin Williams) owns the nightclub where his lover, drag queen Albert (Nathan Lane), headlines. The fun really begins when Armand and Albert pass themselves off as respectable heterosexuals when Armand's daughter becomes engaged to the son of an ultraconservative U.S. Senator (Gene Hackman).
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Bite the Bullet 1975  PG, 131 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Richard Brooks
Cast: Gene Hackman, James Coburn, Candice Bergen, Ben Johnson, Jan-Michael Vincent, Paul Stewart, Dabney Coleman, Ian Bannen, Sally Kirkland, Robert Donner
A marathon horse race around 1900 draws in a number of contestants who vie for the large winning purse. Great scenery and story. 1 User Review
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| | Excellent acting & horse work. | Nevada Cowboy 08/18/2009 | | |
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 Bonnie and Clyde 1967  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Michael J. Pollard, Denver Pyle, Gene Wilder, Dub Taylor, Evans Evans, Ken Mayer, Frances Fisher, Patrick Cranshaw, Mabel Cavitt
Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway became household names after their much-lauded performances as Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker (ruthless bank robbers who terrorized the South during the depression). The film provoked much controversy when released because of its violent content. Estelle Parsons won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and the film was nominated for eight other Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Actress, Actor, Director, and Supporting Actor (Michael J. Pollard and Gene Hackman). This was Gene Wilder's first film.
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A Bridge Too Far 1977  PG, 175 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Laurence Olivier, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell, Edward Fox, Hardy Kruger, Ryan O'Neal, Liv Ullmann, Denholm Elliott
This is a detailed examination of the logistical complications behind World War II's failed "Operation Market-Garden" that dropped Allied troops behind enemy lines in preparation for battle. The plan involves British Major General Robert Urquhart (Sean Connery) and American Brigadier General James Gavin (Ryan O'Neal) leading paratroopers on a mission to take over a road and five bridges through Holland to Germany. Meanwhile, Lt. Col. John Frost (Anthony Hopkins) will hold the critical bridge at Amhem so that British Gen. Brian Horrocks (Edward Fox) and Lt. Col. Joe Vandeleur (Michael Caine) will be able to lead troops across the bridge. However, plans go awry, and the mission turns into a disaster.
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The Chamber 1996 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: James Foley
Cast: Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway, David Marshall Grant, Lela Rochon, Bo Jackson, Millie Perkins, Robert Prosky, Nicholas Pryor
A young lawyer, Adam Hall (Chris O'Donnell), takes on the case of a Klansman, Sam Cahill (Gene Hackman) and subsequently learns that he is Cahill's grandson. The race against time is on as Hall tries to win clemency for Cahill before the execution date.
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Cisco Pike 1972 R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill L. Norton
Cast: Gene Hackman, Karen Black, Kris Kristofferson, Viva, Harry Dean Stanton, Roscoe Lee Browne, Severn Darden, Antonio Fargas, Joy Bang, Allan Arbus
Cisco Pike (Kris Kristofferson) is a rock star-fallen-on-bad-times who gets blackmailed and is forced by a corrupt cop (Gene Hackman) into selling marijuana.
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Class Action 1991 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Gene Hackman, Colin Friels, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Joanna Merlin, Laurence Fishburne, Donald Moffat, Jan Rubes, Matt Clark, Fred Dalton Thompson, Jonathan Silverman
A lawyer (Gene Hackman) files a suit on behalf of his clients against an automobile manufacturer and finds that his own daughter (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) is the lawyer representing the auto company.
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The Conversation 1974 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Cast: Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Cindy Williams, Harrison Ford, Robert Duvall, Michael Higgins, Elizabeth MacRae, Mark Wheeler, Robert Shields, Phoebe Alexander, Richard Hackman, Ramon Bieri
Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is a wiretap expert who hires himself out to anyone willing to pay his prices. He has been hired by a man known only as the "Director" (Robert Duvall). While working on the case, he listens to the recorded voices of Ann (Cindy Williams) and Mark (Frederic Forrest) and hears something that makes him think that Ann–who is the wife of his client–is having an affair with Mark. Now Harry is suspicious of his client's motives for wanting the tapes, and he worries about the consequences. Could he be helping with a murder plot?
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A Covenant with Death 1967 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lamont Johnson
Cast: George Maharis, Katy Jurado, Laura Devon, Earl Holliman, Arthur O'Connell, Sidney Blackmer, Gene Hackman, John Anderson, Kent Smith, Whit Bissell
After a jury verdict of "guilty" for the murder of his wife, Bryan Talbot (Earl Holliman) kills the man chosen to be his executioner. Judge Ben Lewis (George Maharis) then sets out to prove Talbot's innocence in the first crime, but there is still the problem of the second murder.
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 Crimson Tide 1995 R, 112 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Gene Hackman, Denzel Washington, George Dzundza, Matt Craven, Viggo Mortensen, James Gandolfini, Rocky Carroll, Jaime Gomez, Rick Schroder, Danny Nucci, Michael Milhoan, Scott Burkholder, Steve Zahn, Lillo Brancato, Eric Bruskotter
Just when you thought the Cold War was over, this film presents a group of Russian patriots who are on the move and attack the Trident submarine U.S.S. Alabama. Captain Frank Ramsey (Gene Hackman) and newly arrived Executive Officer LCDR Ron Hunter (Denzel Washington) disagree over whether to respond with nuclear arms.
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Doctors' Wives 1971  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Schaefer
Cast: Dyan Cannon, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman, Carroll O'Connor, Rachel Roberts, Janice Rule, Ralph Bellamy, Richard Anderson, Cara Williams, Scott Brady
This less-than-glamorous depiction of the lives of doctors' wives is boring, artless fare.
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The Domino Principle 1977 R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Stanley Kramer
Cast: Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Richard Widmark, Mickey Rooney, Edward Albert, Eli Wallach, Jay Novello, Ken Swofford, Neva Patterson, Ted Gehring
Hired assassin Roy Tucker (Gene Hackman) is sent out to kill prominent people, but when he decides he has had enough, he becomes the target.
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 Downhill Racer 1969 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv, Kenneth Kirk, Karl Michael Vogler, Jim McMullan, Christian Doermer, Kathleen Crowley, Dabney Coleman, Joe Jay Jalbert, Tom J. Kirk, Oren Stevens, Rip McManus, Jerry Dexter, Carole Carle
This is an insightful look at a very talented, but immature and selfish, skier David Chappellet (Robert Redford) who is coached by Eugene Claire (Gene Hackman) who sees him for what he is.
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 Enemy of the State 1998 R, 128 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Tony Scott
Cast: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight, Lisa Bonet, Regina King, Stuart Wilson, Loren Dean, Jake Busey, Barry Pepper, Jason Robards, Laura Cayouette, Ian Hart, Scott Caan, Jason Lee, Jack Black
Washington, D.C., lawyer Robert Dean (Will Smith) becomes caught up in an attempt by Congressman Phillip Hammersley (Jason Robards) to protect the privacy of citizens when a friend drops a tape–showing National Security Agency agent Reynolds (Jon Voight) faking the congressman's suicide–in Dean's briefcase. Then, Reynolds attacks ex-NSA agent Edward Lyle (Gene Hackman) who reluctantly joins forces with Dean.
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Eureka 1984 R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Cast: Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Jane Lapotaire, Ed Lauter, Mickey Rourke, Joe Pesci, Corin Redgrave, Helena Kallianiotes, Cavan Kendall, Joe Spinell, Frank Pesce, Emrys James
Living 15 years in the Klondike proved prosperous for gold miner Jack McCann (Gene Hackman), and he was able to buy his own Caribbean island. However, his reclusive life on the island spells trouble when his daughter Tracy (Theresa Russell) brings on major problems via the Miami underworld.
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Extreme Measures 1996 R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker, David Morse, Bill Nunn, Paul(2) Guilfoyle
An idealistic doctor, Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant), stumbles onto a plot involving a respected medical researcher, Dr. Lawrence Myrick (Gene Hackman), who is performing secret experiments on living patients.
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The Firm 1993 R, 154 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Sydney Pollack
Cast: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook, Holly Hunter, Terry Kinney, Wilford Brimley, Ed Harris, David Strathairn, Gary Busey, Steven Hill, Tobin Bell, Barbara Garrick, Jerry Hardin, Paul Calderon
Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) moves his schoolteacher wife Abby (Jeanne Tripplehorn) to Memphis after his graduation from Harvard Law School. His choice of the prestigious, but small, law firm in Memphis turns out to be an unwise choice as Mitch begins to suspect that the firm is involved in murder and the mob. Based on John Grisham's novel.
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First to Fight 1967 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christian Nyby
Cast: Chad Everett, Marilyn Devin, Dean Jagger, Bobby Troup, Gene Hackman, Claude Akins, James Best, Norman Alden, Bobs Watson, Ken Swofford
This is an insightful psychological story about a Congressional Medal of Honor winner (Chad Everett) cracking up when he returns to fight in the Pacific.
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For Better, for Worse 1974  PG, 116 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Zandy's Bride
Director: Jan Troell
Cast: Gene Hackman, Liv Ullmann, Eileen Heckart, Susan Tyrrell, Harry Dean Stanton, Sam Bottoms, Joe Santos, Frank Cady, Bob Simpson, Vivian Gordon
Zandy Allan (Gene Hackman) orders Hannah Lund (Liv Ullmann) as his mail-order bride. After abusing her, he learns that there are true feelings between them and he exerts compassion instead of cruelty. A total waste of two great actors.
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The French Connection II 1975 R, 119 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Cathleen Nesbitt, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Charles Millot, Philippe Leotard, Ed Lauter, Samantha Llorens, Andre Penvern, Reine Prat, Ham-Chau Luong, Jacques Dynam, Raoul Delfosse, Malek Kateb
In this sequel to the "French Connection," Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) is still tracking down drug dealer Frog One (Fernando Rey). This time around, Popeye travels to Marseilles where he becomes a victim when he is captured by Frog One's henchmen and forced to take heroin. They then dump him at a police station where he quits the heroin by the "Cold Turkey" method, recovers, and is back on the job tracking down the drug dealers.
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 The French Connection 1971 R, 102 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: William Friedkin
Cast: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Frederic de Pasquale, Bill Hickman, Ann Rebbot, Harold Gary, Arlene Farber, Eddie Egan, Patrick McDermott, Andre Ernotte, Sonny Grosso, Alan Weeks
If for no other reason than the spine-tingling car chase, this movie deserves viewing. Fortunately, it also has much more going for it. NYPD detective Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) visits Paris to uncover the source of a drug supply coming into the United States. Doyle ends up back in the Big Apple for the elevated train car chase. This film won the Best Picture Academy Award, and Gene Hackman and William Friedkin were also honored for Best Actor and Director. Awards were also given for Best Writing and Editing, and nominations were received for Best Supporting Actor (Roy Scheider) and Sound.
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Geronimo: An American Legend 1993 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Western
Director: Walter Hill
Cast: Wes Studi, Jason Patric, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Matt Damon, Rodney A. Grant, Kevin Tighe, Stephen McHattie, Scott Wilson, Lee de Broux, Steve Reevis, Carlos Palomino, Victor Aaron, Stuart Proud Eagle Grant, John Finn
Finally, a film is made that attempts to show the Native American perspective of their U.S. government-ordered resettlement to reservations in Arizona during the 1800s. Geronimo (Wes Studi) and a small band of warriors escape from the reservation, and General George Crook (Gene Hackman) does try, unsuccessfully, to bring Geronimo back to the reservation. Finally, after five years of eluding capture, Lt. Britton Davis (Matt Damon) and Lt. Gatewood (Jason Patric) convince Geronimo to surrender. But, when all is said and done, all involved share a respect for Geronimo.
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 Get Shorty 1995 R, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Cast: John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo, Danny DeVito, Dennis Farina, Delroy Lindo, James Gandolfini, David Paymer, Miguel Sandoval, Martin Ferrero, Jon Gries, Renee Props, Jacob Vargas, Linda Hart, Bobby Slayton
Miami loan shark Chili Palmer (John Travolta) heads for Hollywood to collect on a gambling debt from B-movies producer Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman). After meeting Harry, Chili stays on to be part of the film business when Harry convinces him that he has a great script that could be Academy Award material IF Harry can convince a major star, Martin Weir (Danny DeVito), to take the lead role. Meanwhile, Harry is in cahoots with drug dealer Bo Catlett (Delroy Lindo) who also wants in on the action. Bette Midler and Harvey Keitel are among several guest stars in this enticing crime story.
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The Gypsy Moths 1969 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Frankenheimer
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Deborah Kerr, Gene Hackman, Scott Wilson, Bonnie Bedelia, William Windom, Sheree North, Ford Rainey, John Napier, Carl Reindel
Three skydivers (Burt Lancaster, Gene Hackman, and Scott Wilson) are set to perform in the Fourth-of-July celebration in a small Midwestern town. Romantic entanglements with local women take place, but the saving grace of this film is the spectacular aerial show.
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Hawaii 1966 N/R, 186 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George Roy Hill
Cast: Julie Andrews, Max von Sydow, Richard Harris, Carroll O'Connor, Gene Hackman, Jocelyne LaGarde, Elizabeth Ashley, Torin Thatcher, Heather Menzies, Lou Antonio
Hawaii's beautiful scenery enhances James Michener's epic story of the development of America's 50th state. Exploitation of the natives by the early 1800s missionaries along with their love interests are pivotal points in this story.
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Heartbreakers 2001 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Mirkin
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ray Liotta, Jason Lee, Anne Bancroft, Jeffrey Jones, Gene Hackman, Nora Dunn, Carrie Fisher, Julio Oscar Mechoso
A mother, Max (Sigourney Weaver), and her daughter, Page (Jennifer Love Hewitt), use seduction as a scam: Max marries a wealthy man, Page seduces him, Max sues and obtains a large divorce settlement. Next day, plans begin for the next victim. Good comedy.
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Heist 2001 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller
Director: David Mamet
Cast: Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ricky Jay, Patti LuPone, Karen Cliche, Christopher Kaldor, Christian Maguire, Mark Camacho, Michelle Sweeney
Great performances provide solid entertainment in this David Mamet thriller. Joe Moore (Gene Hackman) has led a successful life of crime when fellow jewel thief Bergman (Danny DeVito) talks him into one last score. But when Bergman adds his hot-headed nephew, Jimmy Silk (Sam Rockwell), to the mix, the result is one double-cross after another.
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Heroes of Iwo Jima 2001 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: Lauren Lexton
Cast: Gene Hackman
Ex-Marine Gene Hackman narrates the story behind one of the most famous war photographs of all time: the flag-raising on Mt. Suribachi during the World War II battle for Iwo Jima. James Bradley, the son of one of the flag-raisers, wrote a book ("Flags of our Fathers"), which relates the stories of the Marines who fought the battle and raised the flag. This is his story.
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 Hoosiers 1986 PG, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Anspaugh
Cast: Gene Hackman, Barbara Hershey, Dennis Hopper, Fern Parsons, Brad Boyle, Steve Hollar, Robert Swan, Sheb Wooley, Chelcie Ross, Michael O'Guinne, Wil Dewitt, John Robert Thompson, Michael Sassone, Gloria Dorson, Skip Welker
This movie is based on a true story about the Milan High School basketball team that vies for the Indiana state championship. Gene Hackman plays the unorthodox, unemployed, college coach, Norman Dale, who turns his team of undisciplined athletes into champions. Dennis Hopper takes on the role of Shooter (the alcoholic father of a team member) who serves as the assistant coach. Hopper received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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The Hunting Party 1971  R, 108 min.
Genre: Western / Drama / Action
Director: Don Medford
Cast: Oliver Reed, Candice Bergen, Gene Hackman, Simon Oakland, L.Q. Jones, Ronald Howard, G.D. Spradlin, Mitch Ryan, William Watson, Rayford Barnes, Bernard Kay, Richard Adams, Dean Selmier, Sarah Atkinson, Francesca Tu
This violent film involves the kidnapping of Melissa (Candice Bergen). Her wealthy rancher husband Brandt Ruger (Gene Hackman) sets off to seek revenge against her captor, outlaw Frank Calder (Oliver Reed), and his gang. While Brandt searches for Melissa, she falls in love with Frank, and now Brandt is humiliated and determines to kill Frank and his gang–one by one.
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I Never Sang for My Father 1970 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gilbert Cates
Cast: Melvyn Douglas, Dorothy Stickney, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Elizabeth Hubbard, Lovelady Powell, Daniel Keyes, Conrad Bain, James Karen
Gene Garrison (Gene Hackman) must put his own life on hold while taking care of his elderly father (Melvyn Douglas). When Gene's sister Alice (Estelle Parsons) tells him he should get on with his life, he begins to realize the situation's hopelessness and finally feels free to find happiness. Both Douglas and Hackman received Oscar nominations.
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Lilith 1964 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Rossen
Cast: Warren Beatty, Jean Seberg, Peter Fonda, Kim Hunter, Gene Hackman, Anne Meacham, James Patterson, Jessica Walter, Rene Auberjonois, Olympia Dukakis, Robert Reilly, Harvey Jason, Harry Northup, Alice Spivak, Charles Tyner
Vincent Bruce (Warren Beatty) is an occupational therapist in a mental hospital whose life is ruined when he becomes involved with a patient, Lilith (Jean Seberg). They begin a passionate affair, and then Vincent learns that Lilith is also having an affair with a woman (Anne Meacham). Meanwhile, another patient, Stephen (Peter Fonda), commits suicide because Lilith will not pay attention to him. When Vincent realizes that he is in danger of losing his own sanity, he seeks help from psychiatrists. But, will it be too late? This is Gene Hackman's film debut.
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Loose Cannons 1990 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Bob Clark
Cast: Gene Hackman, Dan Aykroyd, Dom DeLuise, Ronny Cox, Nancy Travis, Robert Prosky, Paul Koslo, Dick O'Neill, David Alan Grier
When a straight-arrow cop (Gene Hackman) is assigned a new, offbeat partner (Dan Aykroyd), there are differing opinions as to how to solve the murder case to which the new partners have been assigned. These two actors deserve better than this. 1 User Review
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| | non stop laughter and action - aykroyd is at his best | jackdanielsandwater07 10/03/2009 | | I have never laughed so hard and have seen it many times |
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Lucky Lady 1975 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Stanley Donen
Cast: Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, Burt Reynolds, Geoffrey Lewis, Robby Benson, Michael Hordern, John Hillerman, Anthony Holland, John McLiam, Val Avery
Set during the era of prohibition, this is a wacky tale of a trio of California rumrunners (Gene Hackman, Liza Minnelli, and Burt Reynolds).
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Mad Dog Coll 1961 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Burt Balaban
Cast: John Davis Chandler, Neil Nephew, Brooke Hayward, Joy Harmon, Jerry Orbach, Telly Savalas, Kay Doubleday, Vincent Gardenia, Gene Hackman, Ron Weyand
This is the biography of the life of Vincent Coll (John Davis Chandler) and his career as a mobster who moves in on gangster families' territories in New York City.
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March or Die 1977 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Dick Richards
Cast: Gene Hackman, Terence Hill, Max von Sydow, Catherine Deneuve, Ian Holm, Jack O'Halloran, Rufus, Marcel Bozzuffi, Vernon Dobtcheff, Marne Maitland
Major William Sherman Foster (Gene Hackman) heads up a group of Foreign Legionnaires who fight marauding Arabs to defend their position in the Sahara Desert.
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Marooned 1969 PG, 134 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Space Travelers
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, James Franciscus, David Janssen, Gene Hackman, Lee Grant, Nancy Kovack, Mariette Hartley, Scott Brady, Craig Huebing
While serving on a space mission, astronauts encounter major problems and must rely on a second spaceship to bring them home. This film won the Academy Award for Best Special Effects, the only saving grace of this long, boring flick.
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 The Mexican 2001 R, 123 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Gore Verbinski
Cast: Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, James Gandolfini, David Krumholtz, Gene Hackman, Luis Felipe Tovar, Bob Balaban, J.K. Simmons, Sherman Augustus, Richard Coca
Jerry (Brad Pitt) is a criminal who–despite the urging of girlfriend Samantha (Julia Roberts) to turn over a new leaf–cannot resist one final job: getting an antique gun called The Mexican out of Mexico and back to the United States. Those who expect good entertainment from a Pitt/Roberts teaming are going to feel cheated.
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Mississippi Burning 1988 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey, Gailard Sartain, Stephen Tobolowsky, Michael Rooker, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Badja Djola, Frankie Faison, Kevin Dunn, Tom Mason, Geoffrey Nauffts, Rick Zieff
This is a very good film about three civil rights workers who were killed in Mississippi during the height of racial problems of the 1960s. FBI agents Ward (Willem Dafoe) and Anderson (Gene Hackman), with different backgrounds, arrive to investigate. They overcome their differences and work together, and information from the town sheriff's wife (Frances McDormand) helps in solving the case. The film won an Oscar for Best Cinematography and was nominated for six others, including Best Picture, Actor (Hackman), Supporting Actress (Frances McDormand) and Director.
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Misunderstood 1984 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Cast: Gene Hackman, Henry Thomas, Rip Torn, Huckleberry Fox, Susan Anspach, Maureen Kerwin, June Brown, Helen Ryan, Nadim Sawalha, Nidal Ashkar
After the death of their mother, two young sons rely on their father (Gene Hackman) to help them overcome their emotional trauma.
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Narrow Margin 1990 R, 97 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James Sikking, J.T. Walsh, M. Emmet Walsh, Susan Hogan, Nigel Bennett, J.A. Preston, Harris Yulin, B.A. "Smitty Smith, Codie Lucas Wilbee, Barbara Russell, Kevin McNulty, Andrew Rhodes, Lon Katzman
Los Angeles District Attorney Caulfield (Gene Hackman) is responsible for protecting Carol (Anne Archer) so that she can testify as a witness to a mob killing. Caulfield and fellow policeman Dominick Benti (M. Emmet Walsh) arrive at the cabin where Carol has been hiding. Unfortunately, hit men have tracked them to the cabin, and they kill Benti. Caulfield and Carol escape by boarding a train in the run for their lives with hit man Nelson (James Sikking) in pursuit.
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Night Moves 1975 R, 99 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Gene Hackman, Jennifer Warren, Ed Binns, Harris Yulin, Melanie Griffith, Susan Clark, Kenneth Mars, James Woods, John Crawford, Max Gail
Loser private eye Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman) uncovers a smuggling operation while on a routine missing-person investigation.
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No Way Out 1987 R, 114 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young, Will Patton, Howard Duff, George Dzundza, Jason Bernard, Iman, Fred Dalton Thompson, Dennis Burkley, Leon Russom, Marshall Bell, Chris D., Michael Shillo, David Paymer
An American Naval officer, LCdr. Tom Farrell (Kevin Costner), is ordered to the staff of the Secretary of Defense in Washington, D.C., where he meets and has an affair with a local woman, Susan Atwel (Sean Young), who is then found murdered. Farrell is assigned the task of solving the crime and learns about a government cover-up. Susan had been having an affair with Secretary of Defense Brice (Gene Hackman), and he killed her. Brice's aide Scott Prichard (Will Patton) has covered up the evidence and even plants the story that a KGB mole killed Susan.
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The Package 1989 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama / Action / Thriller
Director: Andrew Davis
Cast: Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones, John Heard, Ike Pappas, Dennis Franz, Pam Grier, Reni Santoni, Thalmus Rasulala, Kevin Crowley, Ron Dean, Nathan Davis, Chelcie Ross, Joe Greco, Marco St. John
U.S. Army Sgt. Johnny Gallagher (Gene Hackman) is escorting his prisoner, Boyette (Tommy Lee Jones), from Germany to Washington, D.C. when Gallagher is mugged in a washroom at the airport. Boyette escapes, and Gallagher tries to track him down. In the process, Gallagher learns that Boyette is a pawn being used by senior military officers to prevent an arms control treaty between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., and Soviet Col. Glen Whitacre (John Heard) wants to stop Gallagher before he ruins the plot. The ensuing twists and turns of events are thrilling.
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 The Poseidon Adventure 1972 PG, 117 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Gene Hackman, Red Buttons, Roddy McDowall, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, Arthur O'Connell, Ernest Borgnine, Carol Lynley, Stella Stevens, Jack Albertson, Pamela Sue Martin, Eric Shea, Fred Sadoff, Sheila Allen, Jan Arvan
Their captain (Leslie Nielsen) gives up his life to save the passengers after a tidal wave overturns a luxury cruise ship during New Year's Eve festivities. A small group of survivors–including Mike (Ernest Borgnine), Linda (Stella Stevens), Acres (Roddy McDowall), Belle (Shelley Winters), and Manny (Jack Albertson)–are led by Reverend Frank Scott (Gene Hackman) in a struggle to find safety in their world (ship) that has turned upside down. "The Morning After" won an Academy Award for Best Song. An Oscar was also received for the Visual Effects (Special Achievement Award), and seven other nominations were received, including Best Supporting Actress (Shelley Winters).
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Postcards from the Edge 1990 R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mike Nichols
Cast: Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, Dennis Quaid, Gene Hackman, Richard Dreyfuss, Rob Reiner, Mary Wickes, Conrad Bain, Annette Bening, CCH Pounder, Simon Callow, Gary Morton, Sidney Armus, Robin Bartlett, Barbara Garrick
Based on Carrie Fisher's book, this comedy/drama takes a look at Hollywood and the pressures put on its stars. Meryl Streep plays the daughter/actress of an aging star (Shirley MacLaine). Both mother and daughter suffer from alcohol and drug addiction and make separate attempts to reconcile themselves with their fates. Streep was nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
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Power 1986 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Richard Gere, Gene Hackman, Julie Christie, Kate Capshaw, Denzel Washington, E.G. Marshall, Fritz Weaver, J.T. Walsh, Michael Learned, Beatrice Straight
Politics and public relations are the life and blood of Pete St. John (Richard Gere). Somewhere along the line, Pete has lost track of his ideals in his climb to fame and fortune as a maker of politicians. Then one day he discovers that a politician he believes in has sold out to the political power trade.
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Prime Cut 1972 PG, 86 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Ritchie
Cast: Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Angel Tompkins, Gregory Walcott, Sissy Spacek, Janit Baldwin, William Morey, Howard Platt, Eddie Egan
This film, Sissy Spacek's debut, is the gruesome story about Chicago gangsters who have their own methods of keeping Kansas City cattlemen in line.
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 The Quick and the Dead 1995 R, 103 min.
Genre: Action / Western
Director: Sam Raimi
Cast: Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Lance Henriksen, Keith David, Gary Sinise, Kevin Conway, Lennie Loftin, Pat Hingle, Tobin Bell, Roberts Blossom, Mark Boone Junior, Fay Masterson, Woody Strode
When Ellen (Sharon Stone) drifts into the town of Redemption, she sets out to avenge John Herod (Gene Hackman) and ends up saving the town.
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Reds 1981 PG, 200 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Warren Beatty
Cast: Warren Beatty, Diane Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Gene Hackman, Edward Herrmann, Maureen Stapleton, Jerzy Kosinski, Paul Sorvino, M. Emmet Walsh, Ian Wolfe, Nicolas Coster, Bessie Love, MacIntyre Dixon, Pat Starr, George Plimpton
This movie tells the story of the Russian Revolution and mixes in the love story of John and Louise (Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton) who are swept up in the momentum of change. Academy Awards were received by Warren Beatty for his directing and Maureen Stapleton for Best Supporting Actress. Nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Beatty), Actress (Keaton), and Supporting Actor (Jack Nicholson).
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The Replacements 2000 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Howard Deutch
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Gene Hackman, Brooke Langton, Jon Favreau, Jack Warden, Rhys Ifans, Orlando Jones, Michael Jace, Troy Winbush, Michael Taliferro, Faizon Love, Ace Yonamine, David Denman, Gailard Sartain, Brett Cullen
This is a fictionalized account of the 1987 NFL strike in which the fictional Washington Sentinels replace striking players with less than first-rate talent. Gene Hackman takes on the role of Coach McGinty who recruits a washed-up quarterback, Shane Falco (Keanu Reeves).
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 The Royal Tenenbaums 2001 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, Luke Wilson, Owen Wilson, Danny Glover, Bill Murray, Seymour Cassel, Alec Baldwin
Years ago deadbeat dad Royal Tenenbaum (Gene Hackman) left his wife (Anjelica Huston) and their extremely talented children (Ben Stiller, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Luke Wilson). Now, when Royal fakes a fatal illness that allows him back into the family fold (which also includes free rent) the real fun begins.
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 Runaway Jury 2003 PG-13, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Gary Fleder
Cast: John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Bruce Davison, Bruce McGill, Jeremy Piven, Nick Searcy, Stanley Anderson, Cliff Curtis, Nestor Serrano, Jennifer Beals, Leland Orser, Gerry Bamman, Joanna Going
Based on John Grisham's novel about jury tampering, this film centers on a lawsuit against the company that manufactured the murder gun. Lawyer Wendell Rohr (Dustin Hoffman) tries to prove that the company did not follow federal regulations in allowing the sale of the weapon. Meanwhile, as part of the defense team, Fitch (Gene Hackman) assesses the potential jurors to ensure that the verdict will favor the gun company. But, juror Nick Easter (John Cusack) appears to have his own plans for swaying the jury. And a mysterious woman, Marlee (Rachel Weisz), contacts both Fitch and Rohr with her own deal to sway the jury in favor of the highest bidder. 1 User Review
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| | Riveting | rnjen63 09/14/2009 | | Have said this many times by mouth........Great movie,must see!!! Intriguing and exciting. Very well cast! Have seen many times, and am never disappointed! Watch this, you won't be bored or indifferent. Strikes a chord of sympathy you didn't know you had. Stellar performances by all!!! |
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Scarecrow 1973 R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Cast: Gene Hackman, Dorothy Tristan, Al Pacino, Ann Wedgeworth, Eileen Brennan, Richard Lynch, Rutanya Alda, Penelope Allen, Richard Hackman, Al Cingolani
Two losers, Max (Gene Hackman) and Lion (Al Pacino), try to improve their lots in life; one is a paroled ex-con and the other is a very weak person.
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Shadow on the Land 1968 TV, 98 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Cast: Jackie Cooper, John Forsythe, Gene Hackman, Carol Lynley, Marc Strange, Janice Rule, Michael Margotta, Bill Walker, Scott Thomas, Myron Healey
In the near future the U.S. is ruled by a tyrant. But fear not–freedom-loving rebels are out to restore democracy. 1 User Review
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| | Very Timely | BLKTEXAN 06/24/2009 | | This is one of my all time favorites. This movie is very timely and should be given much more "facetime". |
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The Split 1968 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Gordon Flemyng
Cast: Jim Brown, Diahann Carroll, Julie Harris, Ernest Borgnine, Gene Hackman, Jack Klugman, Warren Oates, James Whitmore, Donald Sutherland, Joyce Jameson
After pulling off a heist at the L.A. Coliseum during a Rams game, McClain (Jim Brown) ends up having his stolen money ripped off by a crooked cop, Walter Brill (Gene Hackman).
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Split Decisions 1988 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Drury
Cast: Gene Hackman, Craig Sheffer, Jennifer Beals, Jeff Fahey, John McLiam, Carmine Caridi, James Tolkan, Eddie Velez, Carmine Caridi, David Labiosa
Gene Hackman plays a father who works to get his son (Craig Sheffer) into the ring as an Olympic-quality fighter. His older brother (Jeff Fahey) lost his big chance when he bowed out of amateur fighting to earn big bucks in third-class fights.
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Superman II 1980 PG, 127 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Romance
aka: Superman 2
Director: Richard Lester
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Sarah Douglas, Susannah York, Jack O'Halloran, Terence Stamp, Clifton James, E.G. Marshall, Marc McClure, Leueen Willoughby, Robin Pappas
Superman (Christopher Reeve) is back, and he is still fighting for law and order. Terrorists are threatening to blow up the Eiffel Tower and destroy Paris with a nuclear warhead. When reporter Lois Lane (Margot Kidder) tries to interview the terrorists, she finds herself held hostage. Superman rescues Lois and tosses the bomb into space where its blast awakens Kryptonian villains–Zod (Terence Stamp), Non (Jack O'Halloran), and Ursa (Sarah Douglas) who had been exiled to outer space. Now, the Kryptonians arrive on Earth and attempt to take over the planet. Meanwhile, Lois has learned that Clark Kent and Superman are the same person, and Superman must decide whether to become a normal man and share his life with Lois or retain his super powers and save Earth from the villains.
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Superman IV: The Quest for Peace 1987 PG, 91 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
aka: Superman 4
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Mariel Hemingway, Jon Cryer, Marc McClure, Sam Wanamaker, Jim Broadbent, William Hootkins, Mark Pillow, Damian McLawhorn, Stanley Lebor, Don Fellows, Robert Beatty
Superman (Christopher Reeve) has a quest for world peace. To that end, he addresses the United Nations to announce that he will rid the world of all nuclear weapons. At the same time, the evil Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) has made a clone of Superman, and the clone is ruining Superman's reputation.
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 Superman: The Movie 1978 PG, 143 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Comedy / Romance / Thriller
aka: Superman
Director: Richard Donner
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Valerie Perrine, Ned Beatty, Glenn Ford, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Marc McClure, Phyllis Thaxter, Jackie Cooper, Trevor Howard, Jack O'Halloran, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Susannah York
Off the pages of comic books and onto the large screen comes "It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman!" This film has everything going for it with Christopher Reeve doing a good job as Superman and Margot Kidder playing girl reporter Lois Lane to a tee. The film won an Oscar for Best Special Achievement and received three other nominations.
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Target 1985 R, 117 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Arthur Penn
Cast: Gene Hackman, Matt Dillon, Gayle Hunnicutt, Victoria Fyodorova, Josef Sommer, Guy Boyd, Herbert Berghof, Randy Moore, Ilona Grubel, Tomas Hnevsa
A father and son (Gene Hackman and Matt Dillon) join forces when their wife/mother (Gayle Hunnicutt) is kidnapped while visiting Paris. As the plot develops, the two men realize they are the targets of a spy ring.
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Twice in a Lifetime 1985 R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bud Yorkin
Cast: Gene Hackman, Ellen Burstyn, Ann - Margret, Ally Sheedy, Amy Madigan, Brian Dennehy, Stephen Lang, Darrell Larson, Micole Mercurio
Blue-collar worker (Gene Hackman) lives in Washington State and decides that his marriage has lost its vitality. He has discovered a younger, glamorous woman (Ann-Margret) who has added excitement into his middle-aged existence–much to the dismay of his daughter (Amy Madigan, who received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress).
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 Twilight 1998 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Benton
Cast: Paul Newman, Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, Stockard Channing, Reese Witherspoon, Giancarlo Esposito, James Garner, Liev Schreiber, M. Emmet Walsh, Margo Martindale, John Spencer, Peter Gregory, Patrick Malone, Jason Clarke, Rene Mujica
Retired detective Harry Ross (Paul Newman) is living with movie star friends Jack and Catherine Ames (Gene Hackman and Susan Sarandon) in Santa Monica. When Harry delivers a package for Jack, he finds Lestar Ivar (M. Emmet Walsh) dying after being shot. Harry looks around Ivar's apartment and finds 20-year-old newspaper articles about Catherine's first husband who disappeared 20 years ago. Now, Harry's curiosity is peaked, and he asks LAPD detective Verna Hollander (Stockard Channing) for help in finding answers to the unsolved case. The trail leads to other unsolved cases–including one involving Harry's old colleague Raymond Hope (James Garner) who also runs errands for Jack and just might have the answers that Harry seeks.
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Two of a Kind 1983   PG, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Herzfeld
Cast: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Charles Durning, Beatrice Straight, Oliver Reed, Jack Kehoe, Kathy Bates, Ernie Hudson, Scatman Crothers, Gene Hackman
Angels convince God that he should give humanity another chance, and they set out to make Zack (John Travolta) and Debbie (Olivia Newton-John) into better people. Half-star only because it's Olivia; otherwise...
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Uncommon Valor 1983 PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Gene Hackman, Robert Stack, Patrick Swayze, Fred Ward, Reb Brown, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Harold Sylvester, Tim Thomerson, Gail Strickland, Jeremy Kemp
A retired Marine (Gene Hackman) has evidence that his son and others may still be alive in a Vietnamese prison. With financial backing from another father (Robert Stack), he puts together an invasion force whose mission is to free the missing men.
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Under Fire 1983 R, 128 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Cast: Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ed Harris, Alma Martinez, Holly Palance, Hamilton Camp, Richard Masur, Enrique Lucero
Journalists (Nick Nolte and Joanna Cassidy) cover the revolution in Nicaragua and end up coming to the aid of the guerilla cause. Good stars do a good job in a better than good film.
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 Under Suspicion 2000 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, Thomas Jane, Monica Bellucci, Miguel Angel Suarez, Pablo Cunqueiro, Nydia Caro, Isabel Algaze, Jackeline Duprey, Luis Caballero, Patricia Beato, Sahyly Yamile, Marisol Calero, Hector Travieso, Vanessa Shenk
Set in Puerto Rico, this psychological thriller centers around the interrogation of prominent tax attorney Henry Hearst (Gene Hackman) who spends a night at the local police station being questioned by Capt. Victor Benezet (Morgan Freeman) and Detective Felix Owens (Thomas Jane).
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 Unforgiven 1992 R, 130 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Saul Rubinek, Frances Fisher, Rob Campbell, Anthony James, Shane Meier, Jaimz Woolvett, Anna Levine, David Mucci, Tara Frederick, Liisa Repo-Martell, Beverley Elliott
In 1880s' Wyoming, William Munny (Clint Eastwood) is a former outlaw who has switched to the side of the law after marriage, but now his wife has died. In the nearby town of Big Whiskey, Sheriff Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman) has denied legal rights to the town's prostitutes, and they have put a $1000 bounty on the sheriff's life. The Schofield Kid ((Jaimz Woolvett) arrives on the scene and convinces Munny to come to the prostitute's aid and collect the bounty money. Munny joins up with his neighbor Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman), and they head to Big Whiskey to right the wrongs done to the prostitutes and end the rule of the corrupt sheriff. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Clint Eastwood won for Best Director, and Gene Hackman won for Best Supporting Actor. Eastwood was also nominated for Best Actor.
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 Welcome to Mooseport 2004 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Donald Petrie
Cast: Gene Hackman, Ray Romano, Marcia Gay Harden, Maura Tierney, Christine Baranski, Fred Savage, Rip Torn, June Squibb, Wayne Robson, John Rothman, Karl Pruner, David Macniven
After suffering defeat in his bid for re-election, U.S. ex-President Monroe "The Eagle" Cole (Gene Hackman) heads home to Mooseport, Maine, where he enters the race for mayor. Local hardware store owner Handy Harrison (Ray Romano) drops out of the race when he learns of Monroe's intentions to run. But when Monroe pursues Handy's girlfriend, Sally Mannis (Maura Tierney), Handy quickly re-enters the race–both politically and romantically.
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 Wyatt Earp 1994 PG-13, 190 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Cast: Kevin Costner, Dennis Quaid, Mare Winningham, Gene Hackman, David Andrews, Linden Ashby, Bill Pullman, Isabella Rossellini, Jeff Fahey, Michael Madsen
This complex rendering of the life of Wyatt Earp (Kevin Costner) explains how Earp's childhood affected his later life (His father taught him to distrust all men–except for family). For those interested in comparisons, "My Darling Clementine," "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral," and "Tombstone" provide glaring discrepancies in the Wyatt Earp persona. Also of interest in this film is the evidence of women and families on the settling of the West.
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 Young Frankenstein 1974 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi
Director: Mel Brooks
Cast: Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Gene Hackman, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Kenneth Mars, Richard Haydn, Liam Dunn, Danny Goldman, Oscar Beregi Jr., Arthur Malet, Anne Beesley, Monte Landis
This is a great satirical look at Frankenstein as seen through the eyes of comedy when the Monster (Peter Boyle) comes across as a sympathetic creature who elicits many laughs. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) is the grandson of the infamous Frankenstein and has inherited his Transylvanian estate. He moves in and meets hunchback Igor (Marty Feldman), assistant Inga (Teri Garr), and housekeeper Frau Blucher (Cloris Leachman). Frankenstein creates his Monster, but Igor has stolen the wrong brain, and problems–and humor–are a certainty. 1 User Review
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| | The Most Successful Mel Brooks Movie | 1fatts 11/08/2007 | I think the credit goes to Gene Wilder -- not as an actor, although he is very good in this, but as the co-writer. Wilder shares writing credit with Brooks on this film, and that may be where the disciplined structure comes from in the film.
The film is, of course, zany and contains the requisite number of Brooks silliness, bad puns and misfires, but, as a film, we have a tight, controlled structure. And we end up, because of it, with a true spoof and tribute to the original James Whale movies.
Wilder does a fine job. Madeline Kahn was a wonder. Kenneth Mars does another one of his truly gifted dialect roles. Gene Hackman's cameo as the blind hermit is, hands down, the funniest thing he ever did. Still, my own personal favourite here is Cloris Leachman doing a take-off of Judith Anderson's housekeeper in "Rebecca"/
I can't say it's the funniest Mel Brooks stuff on film -- that must forever go to two or three of the best scenes in The Producers (That's the original; we won't talk about the musical), but Young Frankenstein, taken as a a whole, is the best "film" Brooks ever did. |
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1. Absolute Power (1997)
2. All Night Long (1981)
3. Another Woman (1988)
4. Antz (1998)
5. Banning (1967)
6. Bat 21 (1988)
7. Behind Enemy Lines (2001)
8. The Birdcage (1996)
9. Bite the Bullet (1975)
10. Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
11. A Bridge Too Far (1977)
12. The Chamber (1996)
13. Cisco Pike (1972)
14. Class Action (1991)
15. Company Business (1991)
16. The Conversation (1974)
17. A Covenant with Death (1967)
18. Crimson Tide (1995)
19. Doctors' Wives (1971)
20. The Domino Principle (1977)
21. Downhill Racer (1969)
22. Enemy of the State (1998)
23. Eureka (1984)
24. Extreme Measures (1996)
25. The Firm (1993)
26. First to Fight (1967)
27. For Better, for Worse (1974)
aka: Zandy's Bride
28. The French Connection II (1975)
29. The French Connection (1971)
30. Full Moon in Blue Water (1988)
31. Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
32. Get Shorty (1995)
33. The Gypsy Moths (1969)
34. Hawaii (1966)
35. Heartbreakers (2001)
36. Heist (2001)
37. Heroes of Iwo Jima (2001)
38. Hoosiers (1986)
39. The Hunting Party (1971)
40. I Never Sang for My Father (1970)
41. Lilith (1964)
42. Loose Cannons (1990)
43. Lucky Lady (1975)
44. Mad Dog Coll (1961)
45. March or Die (1977)
46. Marooned (1969)
aka: Space Travelers
47. The Mexican (2001)
48. Mississippi Burning (1988)
49. Misunderstood (1984)
50. Narrow Margin (1990)
51. Night Moves (1975)
52. No Way Out (1987)
53. The Package (1989)
54. The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
55. Postcards from the Edge (1990)
56. Power (1986)
57. Prime Cut (1972)
58. The Quick and the Dead (1995)
59. Reds (1981)
60. The Replacements (2000)
61. Riot (1969)
62. The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
63. Runaway Jury (2003)
64. Scarecrow (1973)
65. Shadow on the Land (1968)
66. The Split (1968)
67. Split Decisions (1988)
68. Superman II (1980)
aka: Superman 2
69. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
aka: Superman 4
70. Superman: The Movie (1978)
aka: Superman
71. Target (1985)
72. Twice in a Lifetime (1985)
73. Twilight (1998)
74. Two of a Kind (1983)
75. Uncommon Valor (1983)
76. Under Fire (1983)
77. Under Suspicion (2000)
78. Unforgiven (1992)
79. Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
80. Wyatt Earp (1994)
81. Young Frankenstein (1974)
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