Gene Hackman

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q150943: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (19 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (27) everyone in acting

Other (5) everyone in other

What was said about them, by kind

career (3)

  1. career (career): Two of a Kind → Gene Hackman. Gene Hackman played the voice of God in Two of a Kind.
    “He is the voice of God in the John Travolta, Olivia Newton John.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Raiders of the Lost Ark with Brian Michael Bendis · 3:03:43 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career-peak): Gene Hackman → The Conversation. Tenenbaums sits among Hackman's best alongside a list of 70s-80s films.
    “it's up there with the conversation and night moves and French connection and Crimson Tide and Hoosiers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 0:34:42 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)
  3. career (career-decline): Gene Hackman → Welcome to Mooseport. Mooseport is the joke follow-up that undercuts his sendoff.
    “he took the bag for welcome to Mooseport and then just vamoose to a life of writing like subpar naval thrillers”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 1:33:40 · Andy Greenwald (0.60 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Gene Hackman → Tom Hanks. Hanks in Asteroid City is drained of native charisma, while Hackman won't allow that.
    “I mean, think of Tom Hanks in Asteroid City.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:15:10 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Gene Hackman → Eddie Murphy. Popeye Doyle's apartment is essentially Axel's apartment.
    “I mean, it's literally, like, the apartment, Popeye's apartment is the same as Axl's apartment, essentially.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:23:52 · Wesley Morris (0.60 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Behind Enemy Lines → Gene Hackman. Gene Hackman was hired for the Behind Enemy Lines lead first, right after The Royal Tenenbaums; Owen Wilson got it instead.
    “They hired Gene Hackman for that first.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:44:54 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (people): Gene Hackman → Dustin Hoffman. Hackman's brief contemporaneous interview is compared to Hoffman in the Megalopolis documentary: smiling and turning it on.
    “Shades of Dustin Hoffman in the Megalopolis documentary.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:12:46 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): The Royal Tenenbaums → Gene Hackman. Hackman's agitated, charismatic performance cuts against Anderson's deadpan style and elevates the film.
    “Royal is so different that it elevates the movie in a big way.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:16:58 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Gene Hackman → Dustin Hoffman. Runaway Jury pairs Hackman and Hoffman, who had never been in a movie together.
    “Hackman and fucking Hoffman together.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 1:48:49 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (friendship): Gene Hackman → Jack Del Rio. Hackman became a Jaguars fan through befriending Del Rio when Del Rio coached them.
    “Hackman, 86, one of the most celebrated actors in cinematic history, became a Jacksonville Jaguars fan when Del Rio became coach in 2003.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 1:06:46 · Andy Greenwald (0.60 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (underrated by consistency): Gene Hackman → Guillermo del Toro. Both are so reliably amazing that nobody is surprised, so they are under-rewarded.
    “Gene Hackman didn't get the amount of Oscar nominations that he deserved only because he because he was always amazing.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:35:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

  1. fun, about Gene Hackman: Hackman nearly didn't make it: Anderson told agents he was writing for him before a script, Hackman hates that, and the pay was scale for months of work; Michael Caine was next. Hackman reportedly took it on hearing that.
    “he was like, I won't bury another Batman. He took he took the part.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 1:03:37 · Andy Greenwald (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Gene Hackman: Live-Googled bit: Hackman befriended Jack Del Rio and became a Jaguars fan; it appears to be Del Rio for life, not Jags for life.
    “Gene Hackman showed up at Florida practice, had dinner with the Del Rios.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 1:06:40 · Andy Greenwald (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Gene Hackman: Closing riff on Hackman's retirement: a posthumous 27-episode Jack Del Rio biopic, a one-man show at Santa Fe Rec called Del Rio Grande.
    “It's called Jack of all trades. It's Del Rio Grande.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 1:33:17 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Gene Hackman: This is his second-to-last film and the list honors him after his death this year; he reportedly did not enjoy making it.
    “this is the 2nd to last movie that he made.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:12:15 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Gene Hackman: The Criterion edition has a short interview where he smiles through it, compared to Dustin Hoffman in the Megalopolis documentary.
    “I'm turning it on for you for as long as I possibly can.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:12:52 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Gene Hackman: Hackman reportedly told Wes not to write something for him, preferring to receive a part and bring himself to it; Wes wrote it for him anyway.
    “Gene Hackman said, do not write something for me.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:13:05 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about Gene Hackman: Hackman, the host says, was never shot on digital; every performance he gave in a movie is on celluloid.
    “Every single piece of acting he ever did in a movie was shot on celluloid.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 2:08:19 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)