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 other. The films the hosts said they were tied to, which the two lists below run through too: Thief (1981); Get Shorty (1995); Seven (1995); Behind Enemy Lines (2001). 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.

Alfred Hitchcock: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Seven (1995), which they were tied to as reportedly turned down Somerset: Alfred Hitchcock ⇒ Seven (the host's read). Se7en is a Hitchcock movie in its pulling-your-chain structure of mystery, reveal and anxiety, and Hitchcock is Fincher's biggest influence.
    “I think as much as this seems like a modern movie, it's also just completely a Hitchcock movie in so many ways.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:14:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

All That Jazz (1979): 1 line

  1. lineage (cited influence) · through Seven (1995), which they were tied to as reportedly turned down Somerset: All That Jazz ⇒ Seven (the maker said so). A host recalls a Fincher film the show covered where he cited All That Jazz as an inspiration for the look, maybe Seven.
    “where he cited how much of an inspiration all that jazz was for him for the look of the movie?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · David Fincher Music Videos · 1:13:07 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

Klute: 1 line

  1. lineage (visual inspiration) · through Seven (1995), which they were tied to as reportedly turned down Somerset: Klute ⇒ Seven (the maker said so). The speaker watched Klute because Fincher and DP Darius Khondji cited it as an inspiration for Se7en's dark look and flashlight-led framing.
    “I watched Clute over the weekend because I know that both Fincher and Darius Conji, the DP, had cited that as an inspiration”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 2:38:58 · Nick Wiger or Mike Mitchell (unresolved) (0.30 sure it was them)

Rififi (1955): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: Rififi ⇒ Thief (the host's read). Thief draws on Bogart movies, Rififi, samurai movies, French New Wave.
    “in thief, you can feel Humphrey Bogart movies, you can feel, Rafifi, you can feel samurai movies, you can feel French new wave.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:11:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Taxi Driver (1976): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: Taxi Driver ⇒ Thief (the host's read). Scorsese used wet streets in Taxi Driver before Mann made it a signature.
    “Scorsese did a little bit in taxi driver”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:03:18 · Bill Simmons (0.45 sure it was them)

The Jericho Mile (1979): 1 line

  1. career (career) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: The Jericho Mile ⇒ Thief (the maker said so: Mann's interview with Robert Rodriguez). Mann pulled the story's texture from prison guys he met making Jericho Mile.
    “It was being pulled from the stories he had heard from the guys he had met working on Jericho Mile.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:12:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

William Friedkin: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Seven (1995), which they were tied to as reportedly turned down Somerset: William Friedkin ⇒ Seven (the maker said so). Fincher drew from Friedkin and wanted it to feel like an episode of Cops.
    “he's drawn from like Friedkin, but he's also, he's, he's referenced like how he wanted it to feel like an episode of cops.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:42 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

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

Heat (1995): 3 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: Thief ⇒ Heat (the maker said so: the Siegel piece, Caan telling Pacino). Caan said scenes cut from Thief went to Heat.
    “All the scenes that weren't used in our picture came over to you guys.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:15:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: Thief ⇒ Heat (the host's read). The diner scene's wide shot echoes Heat's, which never shows both guys.
    “Wide shot, some heat DNA, although in heat, they don't have, you never see the 2 guys”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:36:13 · Bill Simmons (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. lineage (lineage) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: Thief ⇒ Heat (the host's read). Thief is the notebook sketch for Mann's later work, with Heat sharing DNA.
    “the building blocks for what you wind up seeing in heat and collateral and Miami Vice in so many of his films to come.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:02:54 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)

Fight Club (1999): 2 lines

  1. career (career) · through Seven (1995), which they were tied to as reportedly turned down Somerset: Seven ⇒ Fight Club (the host's read). Without Se7en's power Fincher does not get to do The Game and Fight Club his way.
    “I think without this movie, he doesn't go on this run”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:27:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. career (career lever) · through Seven (1995), which they were tied to as reportedly turned down Somerset: Seven ⇒ Fight Club (the host's read). Se7en's success is what let Fincher make the seemingly impossible Fight Club.
    “But the fight club is him more being like, okay, guys, I know this seems impossible, but I made seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 1:05:55 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

The Game (1997): 2 lines

  1. unmapped (R-rated proof) · through Seven (1995), which they were tied to as reportedly turned down Somerset: Seven ⇒ The Game (the host's read). Se7en's hit status as an R-rated film convinced the backers to fund The Game.
    “I think convinced, um, people like, okay, like, you can make an R-rated movie a hit.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:33:16 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (commercial lead-in) · through Seven (1995), which they were tied to as reportedly turned down Somerset: Seven ⇒ The Game (the host's read). Se7en's success gave Fincher an absurd budget for The Game.
    “this is better for me because now I can make this movie at an absurd budget.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:47:35 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

8mm (1999): 1 line

  1. lineage (rip-off) · through Seven (1995), which they were tied to as reportedly turned down Somerset: Seven ⇒ 8mm (the host's read). Calls 8mm Schumacher ripping off Se7en.
    “8 millimeter is Schumacher ripping off seven.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · The Game with Brendan Hines (Ad-Free) · 0:41:48 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Collateral (2004): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: Thief ⇒ Collateral (the host's read). Mann later circled back to blues in Collateral after trying all-blues for Thief.
    “but then circled back in collateral”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:57:36 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

MTV Movie Awards Se7en parody: 1 line

  1. unmapped (parody) · through Seven (1995), which they were tied to as reportedly turned down Somerset: Seven ⇒ MTV Movie Awards Se7en parody (the host's read). The MTV Movie Awards parodied the Se7en ending with William Shatner playing every role and the head in the box.
    “And then Shatner's head is in the box and then he sings a song.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 2:34:40 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Manhunter (1986): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: Thief ⇒ Manhunter (the host's read). Thief's final shootout is a dry run for Manhunter's.
    “That whole shootout is very reminiscent of the shootout at the end of Manhunter”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:11:12 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Nine Inch Nails: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Seven (1995), which they were tied to as reportedly turned down Somerset: Seven ⇒ Nine Inch Nails (the host's read). Se7en caught industrial rock at its peak and led to Fincher-Reznor scores.
    “Fincher and Rezner go on to make this incredible partnership”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:55:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)

Panic Room (2002): 1 line

  1. craft (craft) · through Thief (1981), which they were tied to as considered for Frank: Thief ⇒ Panic Room (the host's read). Fincher may have watched Thief before Panic Room.
    “Fincher does panic room and he probably saw Thief like 2 weeks before he started filming”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:40:36 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Saw (film series): 1 line

  1. unmapped (borrowing) · through Seven (1995), which they were tied to as reportedly turned down Somerset: Seven ⇒ Saw (film series) (the host's read). Rewatching the Saw movies, the speaker was struck by how much they lifted from Se7en.
    “I forgot how much saw stole.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 0:59:00 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Stealth: 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Behind Enemy Lines (2001), which they were tied to as actor (hired first for lead): Behind Enemy Lines ⇒ Stealth (the host's read). Stealth was essentially a remake of Behind Enemy Lines with Jessica Biel.
    “Remember when they remade that as Stealth and Jessica Beal played the Behind Enemy Lions part?”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Vanilla Sky with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free) · 1:43:51 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

The Batman (2022): 1 line

  1. unmapped (borrowing) · through Seven (1995), which they were tied to as reportedly turned down Somerset: Seven ⇒ The Batman (the host's read). The speaker had forgotten how indebted The Batman is to Fincher, mostly to Se7en.
    “I had forgotten just how indebted the Batman is to...”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 1:28:34 · unknown (0.30 sure it was them)

True Detective (2014): 1 line

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Seven (1995), which they were tied to as reportedly turned down Somerset: Seven ⇒ True Detective (the host's read). Se7en's influence shows in True Detective from the title sequence to the characters, though True Detective's first season flinches at the dark ending.
    “you can see the influence of of 7 on things like True Detective from the title sequence to the characters.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 0:15:19 · Chris Ryan (0.55 sure it was them)

Zodiac (2007): 1 line

  1. unmapped (why Fincher was offered it) · through Seven (1995), which they were tied to as reportedly turned down Somerset: Seven ⇒ Zodiac (the host's read). Seven made Fincher the first choice for any serial-killer project, Zodiac included.
    “Ever since he makes seven, if there's some serial killer movie, is getting sent it”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Zodiac with Leslye Headland (Ad-Free) · 0:51:53 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)

later crime thrillers and crime TV (unnamed): 1 line

  1. lineage (genre influence) · through Seven (1995), which they were tied to as reportedly turned down Somerset: Seven ⇒ later crime thrillers and crime TV (unnamed) (the host's read). As an adult the speaker is less shocked by Se7en because everyone since took a page out of its book.
    “I'm not as shocked by 7 because everyone took a page out of its book, of course.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Se7en with Mike Mitchell & Nick Wiger (Ad-Free) · 2:15:39 · Mike Mitchell (0.50 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)