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.

Counted as actor. The films the hosts said they acted in, which the two lists below run through too: The French Connection (1971); The Conversation (1974); Night Moves (1975); Reds (1981); Two of a Kind (1983); Hoosiers (1986); No Way Out (1987); Mississippi Burning (1988); Postcards from the Edge (1990); Unforgiven (1992); The Firm (1993); Crimson Tide (1995); The Birdcage (1996); Absolute Power (1997); The Royal Tenenbaums (2001); Runaway Jury (2003); Welcome to Mooseport (2004); Loose Cannons; Scarecrow.

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.

Carrie Fisher: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Postcards from the Edge (1990), which they acted in: Carrie Fisher ⇒ Postcards from the Edge (the host's read). Postcards is a Mike Nichols film written by Carrie Fisher from her novel.
    “Which is a Mike Nichols film, written by Carrie Fisher”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:16:02 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85 sure it was them)

Francois Truffaut: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: Francois Truffaut ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read). French New Wave influence.
    “Francois Truffaux, Sholu Qadar, the French New Wave.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 1:15:59 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

French New Wave: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: French New Wave ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read). Combines the emotionality and cutting style of French new wave with the rawness of 70s American cinema.
    “You've got 70s American cinema and you've also got 60s French new wave.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:06:33 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read). The vibe of that kid-runaway book imbues the first 40 minutes, including the narration and child-genius portraiture.
    “the whole vibe of that book is imbued in the 1st 40 minutes of this movie, most of the narration, most of the young Tenenbaum's portraiture of these 3 child geniuses.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:05:56 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Harold and Maud: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: Harold and Maud ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read). Off-kilter characterization, 70s feel, overcoats, and suicide attempts; in the bloodstream of Tenenbaums and Squid and the Whale.
    “Harold and Maud is very much in the bloodstream of, of, the Royal Ten of bombs and Squid and the whale.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:37:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Jean-Luc Godard: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: Jean-Luc Godard ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the maker said so: Matt Zoller Seitz's book on the movie). The mosaic of book covers was inspired by a Godard movie doing something similar.
    “he was inspired by, I think it was a Godard movie that did something similar, of course.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 0:53:10 · Andy Greenwald (0.50 sure it was them)

Louis Malle: 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: Louis Malle ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read). French New Wave directors listed among its influences.
    “some of the influences on this movie include films by Louis Maule. Um, uh, Francois Truffaux, Sholu Qadar, the French New Wave.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 1:15:51 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Catcher in the Rye / Franny and Zooey: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: The Catcher in the Rye / Franny and Zooey ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read). Salinger's Glass-family stories are the key literary influence.
    “Zoe is like the key influence on this film”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:05:35 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Magnificent Ambersons (1942): 1 line

  1. lineage (influence) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: The Magnificent Ambersons ⇒ The Royal Tenenbaums (the host's read). Named as a huge influence; rewatching Ambersons shows how much of it is in Tenenbaums.
    “it's wild how much, uh, ten bombs or how much Amberson's is in ten bombs.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ With Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald · 1:16:15 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

The Verdict (1982): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Firm (1993), which they acted in: The Verdict ⇒ The Firm (the host's read). The Verdict is foundational for the Grisham underdog stories.
    “foundational for a lot of the Grisham stories”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 1:08:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Beverly Hills Cop (1984): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The French Connection (1971), which they acted in: The French Connection ⇒ Beverly Hills Cop (the host's read). Recast Popeye Doyle as Axel Foley and the movie barely changes; the apartments are essentially the same.
    “Like you take the French connection and you recast Dean Hackman's, you make Popeye Doyle, Axel Foley.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:23:34 · Wesley Morris (0.70 sure it was them)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): 1 line

  1. verdict (verdict) · through The Royal Tenenbaums (2001), which they acted in: The Royal Tenenbaums ⇒ The Grand Budapest Hotel (the host's read). Grand Budapest is the best alternative case for the Anderson slot, but it could not exist without Tenenbaums' blueprint.
    “Um, but Grand Budapest does not exist.”
    The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 12 - 'The Royal Tenenbaums’ · 0:38:16 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Zodiac (2007): 1 line

  1. craft (temp score) · through The Conversation (1974), which they acted in: The Conversation ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). The Conversation's score was used as temp music while Zodiac was cut, then Shire scored it.
    “they use the conversation score as temp score.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 2:14:21 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

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)