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‘Tough Guy’ Gene Hackman Made His Bones in Dramas — But His Comedic Chops Were Wildly Underrated
New York Post ^
| Feb. 27, 2025
| Johnny Oleksinski
Posted on 02/27/2025 4:47:19 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Dr. Sivana
Completely disagree. I loved the comics and Hackman as Luthor. He gave the character a personality, something he never had in the comics. What’s wrong with a megalomaniac who has a dry sense of humor?
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posted on
02/27/2025 5:18:25 PM PST
by
Trump_Triumphant
(“They recognized Him in the breaking of the Bread.”)
To: freepertoo
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posted on
02/27/2025 5:19:06 PM PST
by
Eccl 10:2
(Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/27/2025 5:19:58 PM PST
by
The Spirit Of Allegiance
(Public Employees: Honor Your Oaths! Defend the Constitution from Enemies--Foreign and Domestic!)
To: Sawdring
**I loved him in Superman!**
Good but I had a problem with it. Comic book Lex Luther was bald as I remember.
**He played a conservative Christian Senator in The Birdcage.**
REPUBLICAN senator. A cheap shot Hollywood is good for.
It was always exciting how he could take over a scene and it would explode. Grabbing the balls in Mississippi Burning. Crashing the bar in French Connection.
To: DIRTYSECRET
Good but I had a problem with it. Comic book Lex Luther was bald as I remember.
Hackman didn’t want to shave his hair for the role, so he portrayed Luthor wearing wigs to cover up his baldness.
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posted on
02/27/2025 5:25:43 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: nickcarraway
Night Moves was a really below average movie but he made it worth watching.
To: DIRTYSECRET
Hollyweird may have thought
The Birdcage was a cheap shot, but that movie in fact was a conservative paen to live, marriage, and family.
And those chuckleheads didn't even realize it.
Though I wonder if Hackman did. I love his performance and the movie
It's one of the rare sequels I prefer to the original. And Hackman is a big reason why.
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posted on
02/27/2025 5:28:30 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Here’s a good question. Would he have been a better Harry Callahan than Eastwood?
To: DIRTYSECRET
“Would he have been a better Harry Callahan than Eastwood?”
No!
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posted on
02/27/2025 5:29:19 PM PST
by
MayflowerMadam
(It's hard not to celebrate the fall of bad people. - Bongino)
To: mewzilla
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posted on
02/27/2025 5:29:36 PM PST
by
mewzilla
(Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
To: nickcarraway
Buck Barrow.
He was going to make espresso.
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posted on
02/27/2025 5:30:05 PM PST
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/27/2025 5:30:48 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
To: Trump_Triumphant
First, changing him from being essentially a mad scientist to a businessman type is just wrong. Second, while he hated being bald, he never covered it up with a wig. Third, he was never a dandy. Fourth, while he was crazy implausible, he wasn’t 1966 Batman crazy implausible.
Sinking California to make money off of Nevada real estate is too small a fish for a super genius like Luthor.
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posted on
02/27/2025 5:30:55 PM PST
by
Dr. Sivana
("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
To: ifinnegan
Buck Barrow. That scene with him dying and Estelle Parsons crying was classic.
To: nickcarraway
My favorite of his roles...
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posted on
02/27/2025 5:35:10 PM PST
by
Rummyfan
( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
To: nickcarraway
A real hidden gem of a movie was The Package with Tommy Lee Jones.
To: Big Red Badger
Yes, he stole the show. Young Frankenstein.
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posted on
02/27/2025 5:41:20 PM PST
by
Huskrrrr
(Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
To: nickcarraway
In the French Connection Hackman had a memorable line ...
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posted on
02/27/2025 5:41:26 PM PST
by
CapnJack
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To: dfwgator
I don’t know what the single most riveting film performances ever was. But that has to be included in any debate. IMO
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posted on
02/27/2025 5:41:44 PM PST
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Phoenix8
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/27/2025 6:08:13 PM PST
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Rummyfan
( In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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