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Gene Hackman Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Gene Hackman.

Results 1 - 20 of 534 in Gene Hackman

  1. Crime drama with a difference: It's aimed at intelligent viewersRead the original story

    17 hrs ago | Ottawa Citizen

    ... of Life on Mars was directed by the feature filmmaker Gary Fleder, the director of Runaway Jury, starring Gene Hackman and based on the John Grisham novel, and the 1995 cult flick Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead. Tonight's episode, The ...

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    Related Topix: Life on Mars, Entertainment, Television, Hyde Park, NY, Crime Movies, Mean Streets, Drama

  2. 'Mars' pushes the boundaries

    17 hrs ago | Regina Leader Post

    ... of Life on Mars was directed by the feature filmmaker Gary Fleder, the director of Runaway Jury, starring Gene Hackman and based on the John Grisham novel, and the 1995 cult flick Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead. Tonight's episode, "The ...

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    Related Topix: Life on Mars, Entertainment, Television, Hyde Park, NY, Crime Movies, Mean Streets, Drama

  3. Flick Picks for the weekend of October 17-19

    20 hrs ago | New York City's Hometown Newspaper - NY Daily News

    8:00 p.m. (MAX) "Heist" (2001). Gene Hackman , Danny DeVito . While writer/director David Mamet doesn't reach the heights of his earlier "House of Games" or "The Spanish Prisoner," he succeeds in crafting a solid caper flick further hoisted by ...

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    Related Topix: Heist, Thriller, Crime Movies, Drama, Action, Danny DeVito, Edward Fox, Horror, Comedy Movies, Mystery Movies, The Stepford Wives, Science Fiction Movies, Entertainment, Television

  4. DVD ReviewRead the original story

    16 hrs ago | Metroactive

    Reviewed by Michael S. Gant Gene Hackman's detective in Night Moves joked that an Eric Rohmer movie is like watching paint dry.

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  5. Roy Moore; led FBI cases against Klan in MississippiRead the original story

    Yesterday | The Boston Globe

    ... were dug out of an earthen dam in Neshoba County. "Mississippi Burning," a movie released in 1988 and starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, was loosely based on the case. Bill Minor, a veteran Mississippi journalist who covered the civil rights ...

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  6. Past 10 Years

    Tuesday | Turkish Daily News

    ... who worked on it." Robert Altman was picked as best director for his satiric murder mystery "Gosford Park." Gene Hackman of "The Royal Tenenbaums" and Jennifer Connelly of "A Beautiful Mind" earned supporting-actor honors. Hackman won for his role ...

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    Related Topix: In the Bedroom, Drama, Music!, Coal Miner's Daughter, Biography Movies, Sissy Spacek, Black Entertainment, Denzel Washington, Alternative

  7. The French Connection I & II (Uk BD) in DecemberRead the original story

    Tuesday | DVD Times

    ... Ellis. Special Features: The French Connection Disc 1: Audio Commentary by William Friedkin Audio Commentary by Gene Hackman and Roy Schieder Trivia Track Isolated Score Track Theatrical Trailer 9 Deleted Scenes with Optional Audio Commentary by ...

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    Related Topix: Don Ellis, Jazz

  8. Roy K. Moore, FBI agent who led probes into infamous killings of civil rights eraRead the original story

    Tuesday | Buffalo News

    ... bodies were dug out of an earthen dam in Neshoba County. "Mississippi Burning," released in 1988 and starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, was based on the case. Nineteen men were indicted in 1967 on federal charges of violating the civil rights ...

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  9. Runaway Jury

    Tuesday | Tbs.com

    Drama, Based-on, Thriller, Adaptation John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman When a young widow in New Orleans brings a civil suit against the powerful corporate consortium she holds responsible for her ...

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    Related Topix: John Cusack, Dustin Hoffman, Movies, Entertainment

  10. FBI agent probed 'Mississippi Burning' deathsRead the original story

    Tuesday | MiamiHerald.com - Miami & Ft. Lauderdale News, Weather, Dolphins & More

    ... bodies were dug out of an earthen dam in Neshoba County. Mississippi Burning , released in 1988 and starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, was based on the case. `BULLDOG' Bill Minor, a veteran Mississippi journalist who covered the civil-rights ...

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  11. FBI head during civil rights era dead at 94Read the original story

    Monday | The South Mississippi Sun Herald

    ... bodies were dug out of an earthen dam in Neshoba County. "Mississippi Burning," released in 1988 and starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, was based on the case. Bill Minor, a veteran Mississippi journalist who covered the civil rights struggles, ...

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    Related Topix: Obituaries

  12. Mississippi FBI chief from civil rights era dies at age 94Read the original story

    Monday | Penticton Herald

    ... bodies were dug out of an earthen dam in Neshoba County. "Mississippi Burning," released in 1988 and starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, was based on the case. Bill Minor, a veteran Mississippi journalist who covered the civil rights struggles, ...

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    Related Topix: Crime Movies, Mississippi Burning, Drama, Thriller, Madison, MS

  13. Intensity bonds Crowe, DiCaprioRead the original story

    Sunday Oct 12 | The Cincinnati Enquirer

    ... disparate in demeanor and acting styles, they still remember a time when they bonded as outcasts. 'You had Gene Hackman and Sharon Stone and these actors who had been in the business for 30 years,' Crowe says. 'We had only done a couple of small ...

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    Related Topix: Body of Lies, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sharon Stone

  14. Steals & Deals: The French ConnectionRead the original story

    Saturday Oct 11 | National Post

    ... for details: the last Hadassah-Wizo bazaar is at the end of the month. ["Go, go to the French Connection sale," Gene Hackman seems to be saying. "I'll just have a turkey nap until you come back."]

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  15. Superstar club of two: Friends DiCaprio and Crowe remain a study in constrastsRead the original story

    Saturday Oct 11 | WisInfo

    ... a time when they bonded as outcasts. 'It was a strange dynamic,' Crowe says over tea with DiCaprio. 'You had Gene Hackman and Sharon Stone and these actors who had been in the business for 30 years. We had only done a couple of small movies, and we ...

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    Related Topix: Body of Lies, Revolutionary Road, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio

  16. Crowe devours weighty role in a BodyaRead the original story

    Friday Oct 10 | Boston Herald

    ... in our ages, but we were both in the same sort of position where the people above us in the cast were Gene Hackman and Sharon and everyone below us in a casting position were all these pretty famous character actors. They were looking at the two of ...

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    Related Topix: Body of Lies, Russell Crowe, Movies, Entertainment

  17. Crowe and DiCaprio: They've come a long wayRead the original story

    Friday Oct 10 | Reno Gazette-Journal

    ... a time when they bonded as outcasts. "It was a strange dynamic," Crowe says over tea with DiCaprio. "You had Gene Hackman and Sharon Stone and these actors who had been in the business for 30 years. We had only done a couple of small movies, and we ...

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    Related Topix: Body of Lies, Revolutionary Road, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio

  18. Retirement is hard choice for many actors

    Thursday Oct 9 | Deseret Morning News

    ... tend to remember the good. Today, Olivier's memory is largely connected to his best work. Which brings us to Gene Hackman. Now 78, the great American actor (and two-time Oscar-winner for "The French Connection" and "Unforgiven") has chosen to ...

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    Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Walk Don't Run, Cary Grant, The Jazz Singer, Music!, Drama, Laurence Olivier, Open Range, Western

  19. Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio are great friendsRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 9 | This is Hull

    ... with Leonardo DiCaprio. The two actors were in 1995's The Quick And The Dead, where they took a backseat to Gene Hackman and Sharon Stone, and are now back starring in Ridley Scott's spy thriller Body Of Lies. "We had a friendship back then, which ...

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    Related Topix: Body of Lies, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sharon Stone

  20. Crowe and DiCaprio: They've come a long wayRead the original story

    Thursday Oct 9 | Reno Gazette-Journal

    ... a time when they bonded as outcasts. 'It was a strange dynamic,' Crowe says over tea with DiCaprio. 'You had Gene Hackman and Sharon Stone and these actors who had been in the business for 30 years. We had only done a couple of small movies, and we ...

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    Related Topix: Body of Lies, Revolutionary Road, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio