Best Gene Hackman Movie Ever?

[red dog 1]

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That scene at the end of The Birdcage with Gene Hackman in drag was hilarious, IMO.
(The Birdcage, a first rate comedy, also starred Robin Williams & Nathan Lane)



I wanted to add to the list of options the following great Gene Hackman movies, but, alas, they only allow you 10 Poll options

Young Frankenstein..("Wait..I was going to make espresso&quot
Mississippi Burning
Get Shorty
Scarecrow
The Firm
The Royal Tenenbaums
The Quick and the Dead
A Bridge Too Far
Behind Enemy Lines
Heist
I Never Sang For My Father
(and many others as well, including The Replacements)

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	The Birdcage
	0 (0%)
	Bonnie and Clyde
	1 (20%)
	The Conservation
	1 (20%)
	Crimson Tide
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	Enemy of the State
	0 (0%)
	The French Connection
	1 (20%)
	Hoosiers
	0 (0%)
	Narrow Margin
	0 (0%)
	Night Moves
	0 (0%)
	Unforgiven
	2 (40%)
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[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. I would have voted for Hoosiers! It's just a classic high school sport movie.

Great plot, great acting, great scenery.

And Young Frankenstein right there too.

[Enthusiast]

14. Me too!

[Lars39]

2. I'm partial to Enemy of the State and Runaway Jury.

[red dog 1]

19. Enemy of the State is a masterpiece!

I'm surprised it only got one vote so far.
I've seen it many, many times.

(I've never seen Runaway Jury)

[Lars39]

37. It's righ up there with Three Days of the Condor, as far as message goes, imo.

I think you'd like Runaway Jury.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

3. How about "I Never Sang For My Father"?

[Hassin Bin Sober]

4. Mississippi Burning

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[WinkyDink]

13. Great, great role. BUT---he shares billing with the awesome Willem Dafoe. "Hoosiers" is all GH.

[frogmarch]

5. He is also a novelist.

http://www.amazon.com/Gene-Hackman/e/B001HMNSVS

Here's the cover of one of his books:

[red dog 1]

16. Didn't know that, thanks.

Great cover photo

[rug]

6. Hoosiers

[Joe Shlabotnik]

7. What no Poseidon Adventure?

[red dog 1]

17. Yet another great Gene Hackman movie

with a great cast, too.

Jack Albertson
Shelley Winters
Carol Lynley
Red Buttons
Leslie Nielsen
Roddy McDowall
and
Ermes Effron Borgnino (Ernest Borgnine)

[kentauros]

8. Otisburg?!

Maybe not the best, but one of the most fun

Also, "No Way Out"

[DFW]

9. French Connection II

He got to go deeper into the character he portrayed in the first one.

Although: his brief appearance in Young Frankenstein burns forever in the memory of everyone who ever saw it.

"My name is Harold. What's yours?"
"ARRRRGGHHHHH!"
"I didn't catch that."

[red dog 1]

22. "I didn't catch that"

I'm cracking up just thinking about that great scene, with Peter Boyle

He ladles out scalding hot soup on him, and later sets his thumb on fire

[mucifer]

10. "The Conversation" is one of my favorite films

It's so sad and lonely.

[Paladin]

15. Great flick.

[red dog 1]

26. Powerful film!

I've seen it many times.

I loved the San Francisco locations, especially the scene in Union Square.

It was written, produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola.

It has a great cast, including Robert Duvall, Harrison Ford and Teri Garr.

I often wonder why Cindy Williams never became a "star"...she was great in that role.

[Tom Ripley]

11. Bonnie and Clyde

"the dog's got my shoes..."

[red dog 1]

27. Great line!

Great movie too.
I watched it in theaters many times.

Another great line from that movie:
Gene Hackman as Buck Barrow (Clyde's brother)
"Son, whatever you do, don't sell that cow!"

[WinkyDink]

12. YOU OMITTED "HOOSIERS"?!?! That's like omitting "G2" for Pacino!

[red dog 1]

21. Another vote for Hoosiers

I'll take out Get Shorty, (since no one has picked it so far), and insert Hoosiers.

(I've probably seen Get Shorty at least 30 times...outstanding movie, IMO)

[FrodosPet]

18. Gene Hackman could make a movie where all he does is sit in a chair and stare into space

And it would STILL be better than 90% of the movies ever made.

OK, 85%. Amazing actor.

[kairos12]

25. Sit in a chair and stair, that would be a biopic about Raygun.

[red dog 1]

28. Clint Eastwood spent 10 minutes on prime time television

shouting at an empty chair..remember?

[kairos12]

29. Dirty Chairy.

[red dog 1]

31. Good one!

Although I don't like Clint's politics...I do love his movies, as an actor and as a director.

Unforgiven might be the most realistic western I've ever seen.

I think my favorite Clint Eastwood film is "City Heat"..with Burt Reynolds
At the end he tells Burt: "You'll always be 'Shorty' to me"

[TeeYiYi]

36. ...with a saxophone...

The Conversation

TYY

[BlueJazz]

20. The Conversation

[Doc_Technical]

23. Scarecrow

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070643/

[red dog 1]

32. I forgot about that one

[kairos12]

24. The French Connection

[zappaman]

30. Young Frankenstein.

Almost stole the movie.

[red dog 1]

33. His little scene as the blind hermit was probably the best scene of the entire movie.

[zappaman]

34. Yes

[red dog 1]

35. Thanks for posting that

[FrodosPet]

38. You may be right, but it is a close race with many scenes

"Damn your eyes!"

"Too late!"

[red dog 1]

40. Great line!

What hump?

[Orrex]

39. This poll is meaningless without an entry for Superman IV.

[whistler162]

41. Target