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Gene Hackman Movies
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Romance
Sci-Fi
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Christopher Reeve,
Marlon Brando,
Ned Beatty,
Jackie Cooper,
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Before you watch this DVD there is something very important that you
must understand. Richard Donner never completed Superman II. And, since
he never completed the film it was impossible to truly make a "Donner
cut" per say. What this DVD (edited and produced by Michael Thau) shows
us is what the film "may" have looked like. Once you understand that
you will be able to enjoy th...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Romance
Sci-Fi
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Christopher Reeve,
Ned Beatty,
Jackie Cooper,
Sarah Douglas,
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This film can be summed up in two words. Superman Trouble. That is the
case.
There are two versions of the film "Superman II." One is the vision of
acclaimed director Richard Donner, full of color flourishes, and camera
work
by the late Geoffrey Unsworth. The second, is the vision put on director
Richard Lester, by choice of the film's producers, Alexander and Ilya
Salk...
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Genres:
Comedy
Romance
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Ray Romano,
Marcia Gay Harden,
Maura Tierney,
Christine Baranski,
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This movie is not as bad as it is cracked out to be. I actually went into
the movie with a negative bias by reading all the comments and hearing all
the trashing reviews. This movie was not too bad at all. I found it very
watchable. Okay ask yourself whether you like the show Everybody Loves Raymond. Because
that it is how most of the humor is in the movie, minus the laugh track. T...
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Genres:
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
John Cusack,
Gene Hackman,
Dustin Hoffman,
Rachel Weisz,
Bruce Davison,
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Well acted yet flimsy adaptation of the John Grisham novel lacks a well
rounded script to carry itself but has an amazing cast that lifts this
mediocre film past its problems and into respectability. The script has
way too many loop holes in logic to even take what you are seeing
seriously and the directing lacks a sharp narrative to get across what
it's trying to say. The acti...
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Genres:
Comedy
Drama
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Anjelica Huston,
Ben Stiller,
Gwyneth Paltrow,
Luke Wilson,
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I loved this film.The Tenenbaum's dysfunction (while amplified for the screen) is quite
an accurate portrayal of family life. Families are, essentially, groups
of people living in each other's pockets, and, invariably, those people
who love you and hate you the most.Don't get me wrong, Royal and his (thermo)nuclear family of brilliant
buffoons do not represent my family (or any oth...
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Genres:
Comedy
Crime
Romance
Starring:
Sigourney Weaver,
Jennifer Love Hewitt,
Ray Liotta,
Jason Lee,
Anne Bancroft,
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Pussy Power is this films message,and Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer
Love Hewitt are two hot actresses who team up to create Max and Page
Conners,a seductively sexy mother/daughter con team who deviously lure
men into marriage and then leave them broken hearted,and....Broke.
Heartbreakers is a delightful comedy that proves how deceitful a clever
woman can be,as Weaver demonstrat...
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Genres:
Action
War
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Owen Wilson,
Gene Hackman,
Gabriel Macht,
Charles Malik Whitfield,
David Keith,
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These are my first comments here on Imdb, although I've rated dozens of
films. I usually don't do this, since I think there are much more
competent
people out there than myself. This is a rare exception, since this
particular film depicts events which recently took place in my country and
some neighboring ones. Furthermore, the majority of the cast is from
several
Slavi...
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Genres:
Action
Crime
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Danny DeVito,
Delroy Lindo,
Sam Rockwell,
Rebecca Pidgeon,
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This movie has one twist too many. The actual heist is so complicated
that the desired tension sags earlier than it should. Heist has nothing
of the suspense of a Hitchcock thriller, and trying to outwit your
opponent gets boring after a while when you start forgetting what it is
all about. There are some nice scenes around the airport though, some
memorable dialogue ("everybod...
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Genres:
Comedy
Sport
Starring:
Keanu Reeves,
Gene Hackman,
Brooke Langton,
Orlando Jones,
Faizon Love,
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Despite the fact that this film is a totally unoriginal and predictable
retread of a dozen `losers to winners' sports stories, it is so hysterically
funny that I didn't even care. The story is thin at best. The NFL is
having a players strike and scabs are called in to finish the season. Our
heroes are low on ability but high on desire and peculiarity. The
quarterback, Shane...
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Genres:
Crime
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Morgan Freeman,
Thomas Jane,
Monica Bellucci,
Nydia Caro,
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In the middle of San Sebastian's Feast celebration in San Juan, tax
attorney
Henry Hearst is guest of honour at a fund raising event to help repair
damage from a tropical storm. However, less than an hour before the
event,
Henry is called into the police station by friend Capt Victor Benezet to
clarify some points on his statement. Henry had discovered a dead child
on...
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Genres:
Action
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Will Smith,
Gene Hackman,
Jon Voight,
Lisa Bonet,
Regina King,
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Will Smith plays Robert Dean, a successful Washington, D.C. attorney
who is passed a tape by an old friend (Jason Lee) on the run; it turns
out that the tape secretly recorded a politically motivated murder and
now the psychos who committed the crime start methodically ruining
Dean's life in an effort to discredit him should he come forward with
the evidence. Dean is ultima...
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Genres:
Action
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Will Smith,
Gene Hackman,
Jon Voight,
Lisa Bonet,
Regina King,
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Will Smith plays Robert Dean, a successful Washington, D.C. attorney
who is passed a tape by an old friend (Jason Lee) on the run; it turns
out that the tape secretly recorded a politically motivated murder and
now the psychos who committed the crime start methodically ruining
Dean's life in an effort to discredit him should he come forward with
the evidence. Dean is ultima...
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Genres:
Animation
Adventure
Comedy
Family
Starring:
Woody Allen,
Dan Aykroyd,
Anne Bancroft,
Jane Curtin,
Danny Glover,
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The trouble with making a children's film has always been to keep the kids
happy but avoid making Mum and Dad fall asleep. Disney have always stuck to
a solid "one cute song for every acidic aside" ratio which meant that the
over-15's got Robin Williams and Eddie Murphy doing a stripped down routine
whilst the 10 year olds got pretty pictures, cute animals and plenty of
slapsti...
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Genres:
Animation
Adventure
Comedy
Family
Starring:
Woody Allen,
Dan Aykroyd,
Anne Bancroft,
Jane Curtin,
Danny Glover,
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The trouble with making a children's film has always been to keep the kids
happy but avoid making Mum and Dad fall asleep. Disney have always stuck to
a solid "one cute song for every acidic aside" ratio which meant that the
over-15's got Robin Williams and Eddie Murphy doing a stripped down routine
whilst the 10 year olds got pretty pictures, cute animals and plenty of
slapsti...
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Genres:
Crime
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
Gene Hackman,
Ed Harris,
Laura Linney,
Scott Glenn,
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When I first saw this movie I wasn't expecting anything great. I
thought it was just going to be another 'corruption-in-the
White-house-plot' but it turned out to be rather different. At the time
such films were popular thanks to the Lewinskigate scandal. Absolute
Power is much better than other films in the sub-genre like Murder at
1600.The plot and subject matter are handled ...
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Genres:
Comedy
Starring:
Robin Williams,
Gene Hackman,
Nathan Lane,
Dianne Wiest,
Dan Futterman,
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First off; I can understand why people would dislike this movie; The
characters are all portrayed in an extremely stereotypical way, the
acting is considerably over the top most of the time, the story is
rather cheesy and not very believable - I mean which gay couple would
(or COULD) transform their eccentric home into a monastery-like
environment in 24 hours to pretend to be a...
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Genres:
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Chris O'Donnell,
Gene Hackman,
Faye Dunaway,
Robert Prosky,
Raymond J. Barry,
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This is not one of the more famous (author) John Grisham based-movies
and it's a bit talky for my normal tastes, but it was interesting. You
can thank Chris O'Donnell and Gene Hackman for two excellent acting
performances which helped make this so entertaining in spots.O'Donnell plays young attorney "Adam Hall" (shades of Matt Damon's
character in another Grisham mo...
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Genres:
Action
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Denzel Washington,
Gene Hackman,
Matt Craven,
George Dzundza,
Viggo Mortensen,
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As CRIMSON TIDE opens we visit various crew members of the USS Alabama as
they bid farewell to their loved ones. For one man, Lt. Cmdr. Ron Hunter
(Denzel Washington), it will be his first time as second in command of a
nuclear submarine. Capt. Frank Ramesy (Gene Hackman) is in charge and is
not shy about letting everyone know. He is a seasoned veteran, as
juxtaposed with th...
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Genres:
Comedy
Crime
Thriller
Starring:
John Travolta,
Gene Hackman,
Rene Russo,
Danny DeVito,
Dennis Farina,
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Barry Sonnenfeld was and maybe wasn't the right choice to make Get Shorty.
He's a great visualist, and his films (Adams Family, Men in Black) are also
very funny, but it's hard to say whether or not another director might've
taken Elmore Leonard's sly comic novel more seriously or with less depth.
As it is, however, Get Shorty is a cool little treat that doesn't over-stay
its...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Western
Starring:
Sharon Stone,
Gene Hackman,
Russell Crowe,
Leonardo DiCaprio,
Tobin Bell,
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In the Western town of Redemption John Herrod runs everything, they say he
gets half of every dollar spent or earned. In order to face his enemies
face on he runs an annual quick draw contest where fights battle each other
until only one remains. The winner takes home a small fortune – the losers
leave wounded if they are lucky. Into this contest comes a group of
hopefu...
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Genres:
Thriller
Drama
Starring:
Tom Cruise,
Jeanne Tripplehorn,
Gene Hackman,
Hal Holbrook,
Terry Kinney,
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In The Firm, Tom Cruise plays an extremely intelligent young lawyer who
takes a job with a tremendous firm, having been seduced by their huge
financial offerings. "The Firm" begins to sound very creepy very early in
the film, when it becomes known that `the firm' has never had a divorce,
`the firm' encourages children,' `the firm' is a big, happy, 41 member
family. Unfortunatel...
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Genres:
Crime
Drama
Western
Starring:
Clint Eastwood,
Gene Hackman,
Morgan Freeman,
Richard Harris,
Jaimz Woolvett,
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Unforgiven is about as far from the fantasy mythos of A Fistful of Dollars
as Clint Eastwood could get. No pin-point accuracy with 19th century
technology, no desire to 'play fair' and face the enemy on even terms. If
you can shoot him in the back...then do it.Eastwood puts in an astonishing performance as the retired killer Muny,
saved from his life of thievery and murder by his...
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Genres:
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio,
Colin Friels,
Joanna Merlin,
Laurence Fishburne,
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As a solicitor I normally like lawyer movies, but as a new father I
loved this movie.Most lawyer movies just have hypothetical issues which just raise my
interest or remind me of my past.This one awakened my imagination to the future.My daughter is less than 12 months old and Hackman's character hit the
exact note of feeling and pleasure, I feel when holding my daughter in
my a...
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Genres:
Action
Crime
Thriller
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Anne Archer,
James Sikking,
J.T. Walsh,
M. Emmet Walsh,
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It's odd to like an original film and then like the re-make equally so,
if not more, but that's the case with this film. I have viewed both
versions of this film at least three times apiece and thoroughly enjoy
both. Almost 55 years ago, this was a film noir called "The Narrow Margin"
and in 1990, this re-make took off the "The" on the title. However, as
is sometimes the case w...
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Genres:
Action
Comedy
Crime
Thriller
Starring:
Dan Aykroyd,
Gene Hackman,
Dom DeLuise,
Ronny Cox,
Nancy Travis,
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I consider this film a guilty pleasure. Yes, it's terrible, and my
inner film critic tells me I should absolutely hate it, but hey, it's
like one of those comedians such as George Carlin whose sole purposes
are to offend and make you laugh. This movie did both for me. I
absolutely hate stupid comedies without a brain, but actually, there
seem to have been some brains behind thi...
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Genres:
Action
Crime
Thriller
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Anne Archer,
James Sikking,
J.T. Walsh,
M. Emmet Walsh,
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It's odd to like an original film and then like the re-make equally so,
if not more, but that's the case with this film. I have viewed both
versions of this film at least three times apiece and thoroughly enjoy
both. Almost 55 years ago, this was a film noir called "The Narrow Margin"
and in 1990, this re-make took off the "The" on the title. However, as
is sometimes the case w...
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Genres:
Comedy
Drama
Starring:
Meryl Streep,
Shirley MacLaine,
Dennis Quaid,
Gene Hackman,
Richard Dreyfuss,
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Genres:
Action
Comedy
Crime
Thriller
Starring:
Dan Aykroyd,
Gene Hackman,
Dom DeLuise,
Ronny Cox,
Nancy Travis,
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I consider this film a guilty pleasure. Yes, it's terrible, and my
inner film critic tells me I should absolutely hate it, but hey, it's
like one of those comedians such as George Carlin whose sole purposes
are to offend and make you laugh. This movie did both for me. I
absolutely hate stupid comedies without a brain, but actually, there
seem to have been some brains behind thi...
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Genres:
Action
Crime
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Joanna Cassidy,
Tommy Lee Jones,
John Heard,
Dennis Franz,
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Andrew Davis shows with "The Package" his affinity to this type of
thriller which was better realized in "The Fugitive", but as films of
this genre go, it makes satisfying entertainment. As written by John
Bishop, the film will not bore anyone, although the plot is at times so
convoluted it loses our credibility."The Package" takes us from Berlin to Chicago. It involves corrupt
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Genres:
Drama
War
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Danny Glover,
Jerry Reed,
David Marshall Grant,
Clayton Rohner,
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Never saw this film when it was released originally in 1988. Not
knowing what to expect, we decided to take a chance watching it on
cable when it was shown the other night; it was a complete surprise.
Director Peter Markle, working with a magnificent cast, headed by Gene
Hackman and Danny Glover, does wonders to recreate this story of valor
under the worst possible circumstance...
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Genres:
Crime
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Willem Dafoe,
Frances McDormand,
Brad Dourif,
R. Lee Ermey,
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Where? Where does racism come from? How can one race feel superior to
another? Are we born with it? No. Do we become it on our own? Maybe? Or
is it perhaps that we are taught it? There is a small scene in Mississippi
Burning that is just as powerful as any Gene Hackman speech or any violent
montage to gospel music that is in this film. There is a rally at a park
with t...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Family
Fantasy
Starring:
Christopher Reeve,
Gene Hackman,
Jackie Cooper,
Marc McClure,
Jon Cryer,
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That's what they SHOULD have called this piece of drek which somehow
managed
to get produced
The first two Superman films were great, especially
Superman II. The third one was bad, but in a funny kind of way. Who
cannot
laugh at Richard Pryor typing "override all security" on the computer
monitor and succeeding? But this fourth installment makes Superman 3 look
l...
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Genres:
Action
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Kevin Costner,
Gene Hackman,
Sean Young,
Will Patton,
Howard Duff,
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Family
Fantasy
Starring:
Christopher Reeve,
Gene Hackman,
Jackie Cooper,
Marc McClure,
Jon Cryer,
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That's what they SHOULD have called this piece of drek which somehow
managed
to get produced
The first two Superman films were great, especially
Superman II. The third one was bad, but in a funny kind of way. Who
cannot
laugh at Richard Pryor typing "override all security" on the computer
monitor and succeeding? But this fourth installment makes Superman 3 look
l...
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Genres:
Drama
War
Starring:
Nick Nolte,
Ed Harris,
Gene Hackman,
Joanna Cassidy,
Alma Martinez,
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Good films about politics are rare. Films which successfully combine
politics and a love story are even rarer. "Under Fire" manages this
triumphantly.Nick Nolte, Gene Hackman and Joanna Cassidy give superlative performances
as
the trio of journalists caught up in the passion and excitement of the
1979
Sandinista revolution in Nicaragua. That wonderful photographer John
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Genres:
Action
Drama
Thriller
War
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Robert Stack,
Fred Ward,
Reb Brown,
Randall 'Tex' Cobb,
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This movie is not the "true Vietnam" experience. For that, see only 2
films: Apocalypse Now and Hamburger Hill. All the rest are baloney, or
worse. (OK, it's now 2008 and I'm editing this to include We Were
Soldiers as another great Vietnam movie. It captivated me utterly and
took me back, as did Apocalypse Now. When it was over I was unable to
move from my seat until a...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Romance
Sci-Fi
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Christopher Reeve,
Ned Beatty,
Jackie Cooper,
Sarah Douglas,
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This film can be summed up in two words. Superman Trouble. That is the
case.
There are two versions of the film "Superman II." One is the vision of
acclaimed director Richard Donner, full of color flourishes, and camera
work
by the late Geoffrey Unsworth. The second, is the vision put on director
Richard Lester, by choice of the film's producers, Alexander and Ilya
Salk...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Thriller
Family
Starring:
Marlon Brando,
Gene Hackman,
Christopher Reeve,
Ned Beatty,
Jackie Cooper,
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Yes, Superman, the superhero everyone knows about. What is there to
say, that hasn't already been said. This film is superb! Perfect,
outstanding, touching, tear-jerking, and everything else good one could
possibly say! That is because this film was made by people who knew
what they were doing, and they knew how to give us a real story.
Richard Donner has given us this total de...
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Genres:
Action
Drama
History
War
Starring:
Siem Vroom,
Marlies van Alcmaer,
Erik van 't Wout,
Wolfgang Preiss,
Hans von Borsody,
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Genres:
Action
Crime
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Fernando Rey,
Bernard Fresson,
Philippe Léotard,
Ed Lauter,
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I actually saw this one before seeing the first. Now that
I've
seen both several times, I must admit that rarely have I
seen
a better follow up. Gene Hackman is brilliant in this cat
and
mouse chase in the french town of Marseilles. Especially
his
acting in the cold turkey scenes are just amazing. It's a sad fact that
they
don't do these types of movies anym...
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Genres:
Drama
Mystery
Thriller
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
John Cazale,
Allen Garfield,
Frederic Forrest,
Cindy Williams,
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He's supposed to be the leading authority in freelance surveillance,
but from the start there are hints that while he's good, he's also
careless. While his apartment is locked, his landlord leaves him a
Happy Birthday present. His mistress, Amy (Teri Garr in a small role)
tells him she saw him standing in the staircase for an entire hour. He
invites a rival co-worker to his off...
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Genres:
Drama
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Al Pacino,
Dorothy Tristan,
Ann Wedgeworth,
Richard Lynch,
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I saw Scarecrow when it originally came out in 1973. Like so many
movies of that era (late 60's - early 70's) it didn't have the
requisite "happy ending" that Hollywood force feeds us today. Instead,
we're presented with the desolate lives of two drifters searching for
redemption at their respective destinations of Pittsburg and Detroit.
Hackman and Pacino are at their best her...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Ernest Borgnine,
Red Buttons,
Carol Lynley,
Roddy McDowall,
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If you have three and a half hours to kill, do NOT watch Titanic. Take the
three and a half hours and watch the Poseidon Adventure twice. Okay, it's
campy and it's the consummate 70s disaster flick, complete with ensemble
cast.But when you put them up against each other, Poseidon Adventure is just
leagues better than Titanic. Titanic is over three hours, and centers
around tw...
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Genres:
Action
Crime
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Lee Marvin,
Gene Hackman,
Angel Tompkins,
Gregory Walcott,
Sissy Spacek,
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I cannot understand why this film has been so totally ignored by everyone -
fans, critics, the French, you name it. For starters, it has an opening
shot
that is at least equal & in many ways superior to the opening of Touch of
Evil. It alone is worth the price of the video & it will take several
viewings to realize what you're watching: i.e. not a pastiche of an
industrial ...
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Genres:
Action
Adventure
Drama
Thriller
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Ernest Borgnine,
Red Buttons,
Carol Lynley,
Roddy McDowall,
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If you have three and a half hours to kill, do NOT watch Titanic. Take the
three and a half hours and watch the Poseidon Adventure twice. Okay, it's
campy and it's the consummate 70s disaster flick, complete with ensemble
cast.But when you put them up against each other, Poseidon Adventure is just
leagues better than Titanic. Titanic is over three hours, and centers
around tw...
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Genres:
Action
Crime
Thriller
Starring:
Gene Hackman,
Fernando Rey,
Roy Scheider,
Tony Lo Bianco,
Marcel Bozzuffi,
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This is an intense, unremitting, intelligent and incredibly fast-paced
film which blends action, cinematic realism, art and humor into a
masterwork of hard-edged crime drama. But to categorize this film as
drama, suspense or action really does violence to it. This is just a
great film, and it doesn't fit comfortably into any category with which
I am aware. Don't look here for a...
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Genres:
Biography
Crime
Drama
Romance
Thriller
Starring:
Warren Beatty,
Faye Dunaway,
Michael J. Pollard,
Gene Hackman,
Estelle Parsons,
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Besides being an enormously entertaining movie, "Bonnie and Clyde" was an
important 1960's landmark film in a couple of ways. Its violent ending
helped to hasten the end of the old Hayes code, which had been a severe
restrictor of artistic freedom; and it helped shape the '60's image of the
anti-hero. For these things it received a good deal of condemnation as well
as commendat...
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