Gene Hackman
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The Hackman Connection March 03, 2025
The death of the actor Gene Hackman at the age of 95 has left behind a whole raft of iconic and legendary roles, from Clyde Barrow’s brother (in Bonnie and Clyde) to supervillain Lex Luthor. Yet for many, the part that will never be beaten is that of...
So Long, Gene Hackman March 03, 2025
I was grabbing a drink at the Tesuque Village Market outside Santa Fe, New Mexico when I finally spotted him. Stepping out of the romantic eatery El Nido with a cane in hand, there he was one sunny spring day—Gene Hackman. Living in Santa Fe for so m...
Gene Hackman’s Forgotten Classic March 03, 2025
Gene Hackman’s grandfather and uncle were small-town newspaper reporters. The abusive father who abandoned Hackman when he was just 13 operated a daily’s printing press. Hackman himself dabbled in journalism school.So it figures that he would have be...
Gene Hackman Was a Colossus March 03, 2025
Hollywood is full of little guys who act big; Gene Hackman was a big guy who knew how to be small. When the moment called for it, when he was playing a bullying cop or a football player turned private eye, he could bludgeon you with physicality every...
