Action, Drama, Thriller. 80 $50.01M, PG-13 | Gross: Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information. Michael Ritchie’s emotionally remote drama about a gifted, yet selfish Olympic skier (Robert Redford) is mostly a technical showcase for the various cameramen who captured the sport in a thrillingly you-are-there manner that helped turn the sport into a must-watch event, but Hackman’s unsentimental portrayal of the USA team coach tasked with managing egos and winning medals gives the film an emotional grounding it might’ve otherwise lacked had it been too focused on its hotshot protagonist. Domestic (mil) Adj. 116 min | Doyle skirts procedure, but doesn’t wholly disregard it like Harry Callahan; he is racist and abusive, but that’s sadly realistic given the milieu. 114 min Oscar Nom / Win On his 50th birthday, he stops in at a local bar for a drink to celebrate.... See full summary », Director: | Thanks for stopping by. When he suspects that his client plans to murder the lovers, he withholds his tape; as a result, he soon finds he’s the one being surveilled. Arthur Penn John Cazale, great actor . One of the most versatile and accomplished character actors on film, he is appreciated by critics and audiences for his clean, no-nonsense style of acting. Happy 90th birthday to Gene Hackman on January 30, 2020! .wpdt-c .wpDataTablesWrapper table.has-columns-hidden tr.row-detail > td { 1972 border-color: #8c8383 !important; A wealthy attorney in San Juan comes to the police station for "10 min." He would not appear in the third Superman movie, but he did come back for Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Margot Kidder, Drama, War. 6,789 Action, Crime, Drama. Dorothy Stickney, .wpdt-c .wpDataTablesWrapper table.wpDataTable tr.even td, They’ve got a crackling chemistry, but Hackman’s the standout. Tom Cruise had it in his contract that his own name would be billed alone above the title on the release posters for any movie in which he appeared and when he and Gene made The Firm together Cruise insisted on the contract being honored and when Gene’s protests about the matter were rejected rather than suffer the indignity of being billed below the title with the also-rans Gene asked for his name to be kept off the release posters as your own poster demonstrates. for acting (winning twice) and eight Golden Globe, awards (winning three times). 8 Morgan Freeman, Stars: Young Frankenstein (1974) The breakthrough role earned the actor the first of five Oscar nominations. Stars: 88 } 105 min Mike Nichols 415.20 Streisand indulges her inner Judy Holliday as a ditzy aspiring singer, and Hackman volleys with a surprisingly nuanced portrait of a man in the throes of a volatile mid-life crisis. This underrated gem from director Bud Yorkin stars Hackman as a restless married man who takes up with a barmaid (Ann-Margaret) to the understandable consternation of his family. Unforgiven is Hackman’s 10th biggest box office hit, but it is his highest rated film according to critics and audiences. The eccentric members of a dysfunctional family reluctantly gather under the same roof for various reasons. Another young girl was also raped and murdered weeks earlier and the evidence points to him. and "What are the greatest Gene Hackman roles of all time?". B.O. But it didn’t crack the top 5 on my chart. 40,339 Learn how your comment data is processed. table.wpDataTable td.column_movie{ font-size: 110%; font-weight: bold; } td.column_rank{ font-size: 83%; } table.wpDataTable td.column_MovieStatus{ font-size: 10%; opacity: 0.5;} table.wpDataTable td.column_adj{ width: 15%; } table.wpDataTable td.column_score{ width: 10%; } table.wpDataTable td.column_rank{ width: 7%; } span.AAWin { color: #D4AF37; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; } span.AANom { color: #BCC6CC; font-size: smaller; font-style: italic; }table.wpDataTable td.numdata { text-align: right !important; } Stars: Roger Spottiswoode This box office bomb gives us the unlikely pairing of Barbra Streisand and Gene Hackman, and while it sounds like a clash of performance sensibilities in theory, the stars are game for a wacky good time. Bonnie and Clyde was a game changing movie. 10 Reds (90%) Hackman has worked with Warren Beatty on a number of highly acclaimed projects over the years. Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman in 1995’s Crimson Tide, Year Gene Hackman, But going back to Superman 1, it is also ranked as Hackman’s 6th highest rated movie according to critics and audiences. The Poseidon Adventure (1972) Television shows, shorts, cameos and movies that were not released in theaters were not included in the rankings. | Gross: Rating 87 Its success motivated other filmmakers to be more forward about presenting sex and violence in their films. Trivia…Hackman initially refused the part because he felt his character was too violent….Eastwood eventually talked him into playing the role, which turned out to be one of his best parts. | Clint Eastwood A coach with a checkered past and a local drunk train a small town high school basketball team to become a top contender for the championship. The highlight of the film has to be Hackman’s blind hermit interacting with Boyle’s monster. 40.40 Richard Donner Academy Award® and Oscar® are the registered trademarks of the Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences. The French Connection (1971)AA Best Picture WinAA Best Actor Win Director: Gwyneth Paltrow, But going back to Superman 1, it is also ranked as Hackman’s 6th highest rated movie according to critics and audiences. Gene Hackman, who recently celebrated his 90th birthday, is a big-screen legend. Director: The Birdcage (1996) Gene Hackman, 11 75 | Gross: | 127 min A pair of NYC cops in the Narcotics Bureau stumble onto a drug smuggling job with a French connection. 429.10 My Top 25 Gene Hackman Movies. Gene Hackman, { content: '%' }table.wpDataTable { table-layout: fixed !important; } Movie (Year) Hi Bob, thanks for the review, generous rating, comment, billing info and comparison, always appreciated. David Anspaugh 415.2 Director: Shelley Winters, R “You must’ve been the tallest one in your class.” Hackman’s comedic chops are his most underrated attribute, but he rarely got to let loose like he does as a lonely blind man whose desperate prayer for company is answered by Peter Boyle’s growling monster in Mel Brooks’s spot-on parody of James Whale’s “Frankenstein” movies. 03 / 00 Ronald Neame Clint Eastwood, He never got another role like this because, well, no actor fresh off an Oscar win makes a movie like this. In a … Gene Hackman, | | Gross: Will BTS continue their undefeated streak at the American Music Awards? It’s one of the greatest cameos in film history. 111 min Absolute Power was not as successful as Unforgiven but it is still a pretty good movie. Gene Hackman, In 1992 he won his 2nd Oscar, award for Best Actor for the role, yet somehow did not get an Oscar, nomination.