RIP Gene Hackman

[cowboycurtis]

RIP to Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle. Gene Hackman was an absolute icon.

Fun fact: my aunt and uncle have his stove.

15 or so years ago, my aunt wanted to upgrade their stove. She wanted one with multiple ovens and a gas range. New ones were super expensive, so they turned to Craigslist. They corresponded with the seller and agreed to buy it, and when they went to pick it up, the seller they'd been communicating with was Gene Hackman. That's right, Royal Tenenbaum handles his business personally.

Weird. My uncle has Jon Voight’s Le Baron

 

[Humanjukebox]

Hoosiers, Crimson Tide, Superman, Poseidon Adventure, Behind Enemy Lines, No Way Out, The Replacements, The Firm are movies of his I’ve seen multiple times. Probably my all time favorite actor!

Enemy of the State was awesome as well

 

[Bret44]

So many great roles, but my personal favorite:

 

[JEFF420]

RIP to Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle. Gene Hackman was an absolute icon.

Fun fact: my aunt and uncle have his stove.

15 or so years ago, my aunt wanted to upgrade their stove. She wanted one with multiple ovens and a gas range. New ones were super expensive, so they turned to Craigslist. They corresponded with the seller and agreed to buy it, and when they went to pick it up, the seller they'd been communicating with was Gene Hackman. That's right, Royal Tenenbaum handles his business personally.

lol thats awesome

 

[Drew0311]

I don't think he made a bad movie. He not only was a good actor, he chose his roles very well. Wondering if if was carbon poisoning. I would normally say it's sad. However, not a bad way to go when you are 93. Just go to sleep and not wake up. He had a good life. Semper Fi Devil. Hackman was a United States Marine

 

[Big Daddy Kang]

The Conversation and The Royal Tennebaums are both movies I can watch over and over.

 

[CloneLawman]

He was so good in Unforgiven

 

[2forISU]

Legend! Fellow Storm Lake resident.

 

[jaj040]

Weird. My uncle has Jon Voight’s Le Baron

The dentist?

 

[1SEIACLONE]

I read somewhere that Hackman hated doing Hoosiers, refused to watch the daily showing of the scenes they had just shot and was telling Dennis Hopper this will be the last movie they let us do. He refused to even go to the premier of the movie when it was released. He was shocked it became a hit.

Overall just a great actor and he will be missed.

 

[dahliaclone]

There’s a hilarious story about he and Cloris Leachman hooking up. I’ll try and find it.

 

[cyfanatic]

Mississippi Burning anyone?

 

[cycloner29]

I watched Hoosiers over the past year randomly and holy cow does he make that still hold up.

Is carbon monoxide poisoning painful?

If not and I live to 95, that's how I'd want to go out.

They call it the silent killer. Odorless, no taste or color. You breathe it in and it gets into your bloostream and inhibits oxygen from getting into your blood.

 

[KnappShack]

When their lies don't match your lies....well I ain't gonna hurt no woman

But I'm gonna hurt you

and not gentle like before...but bad.




The scene.

 

[drmwevr08]

Weird. My uncle has Jon Voight’s Le Baron

He was a great dentist.


And Gene was great in a loooot of movies.

 

[VeloClone]

As a Cyclone who lived in Lincoln during their last back to back national championships this is one of my favorite movie quotes.

 

[spierceisu]

I also really liked him in Crimson Tide. I looked him up and barely recognized him. I guess I hadn't seen him in a long time but it still caught me off guard. I shouldn't be suprised since he was 93.

 

[madguy30]

Weird. My uncle has Jon Voight’s Le Baron

 

[houjix]

I also really liked him in Crimson Tide. I looked him up and barely recognized him. I guess I hadn't seen him in a long time but it still caught me off guard. I shouldn't be suprised since he was 93.

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He retired from acting and almost any spotlight about 20 years ago. I think he wrote some books after that, but he seemed content to just be retired from the business as a whole.

 

[HFCS]

I can’t believe this board thought The Sandlot is a better sports movie than Hoosiers. I mean we are a Midwest college basketball fan board and it’s greatest sports movie of all time vs not even a sports movie.