Hackman used the pain of abandonment to fuel his career - Washington Examiner

Hoosiers and the brilliance of Gene Hackman

Considered one of the best sports films ever made, Hoosiers – about a high-school basketball team in Indiana – owes much to the soulful performance of the late Gene Hackman.

A Small Gene Hackman Memory for You

Gene Hackman died last week. He was one of the greatest actors America has ever produced. A performer of near infinite utility, able to carry a film single-handedly (Hoosiers) or loom over it with just a few minutes of screen time (No Way Out). Ask a dozen people what their favorite Hackman performance was, and they’ll give you a dozen different answers, none of them wrong. Mine was Crimson Tide. Let me tell you why. It was 1995. I’d just finish…

Hackman used the pain of abandonment to fuel his career - Washington Examiner

The recent news of Gene Hackman’s death was an occasion to celebrate the Oscar-winning actor’s long and remarkable career. Hackman is in some of the most memorable films of the past 50 years, from The French Connection (1971) to The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), Hoosiers (1986) to the original Superman series, Mississippi Burning (1988) to Unforgiven (1992). He managed to be cool and charming without being especially handsome. I’d seen many of Hackma…

Howard Remembers Oscar-Winning Actor Gene Hackman

Gene Hackman, the legendary two-time Oscar-winning actor whose career spanned over 40 years, has died. He was 95. On Monday, Howard and co-host Robin Quivers remembered the movie star whose incredible film career boasted classics ranging from “The French Connection” and “Unforgiven” to “Superman: The Movie” and “The Firm.” “I loved Gene Hackman,” Howard said. “He was an amazing actor,” Robin added. Though Hackman never appeared on the Stern Show…

Gene Hackman (1930-2025) was an actor that any director could trust. His extensive filmography shows him: he always shined, sometimes more than the movies themselves. The post Gene Hackman was always the best appeared first on Free Letters.