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Gene Hackman

  Sad to hear the news of the passing of Gene Hackman. He was one of those actors who was always very good, no matter which role he played or what the film was. You would be hard-pressed to find a duff role on his CV, I certainly can't think of any. If the film was so-so, he could elevate it and make it good. If the film was good, he could make it great. And if the film was already great, then it was a pleasure to watch his performance. 

  Far too many of his films to list here, but one of my favourites has always been The Poseidon Adventure. To this day it still stands up as a cracking disaster movie, probably the best in that genre. A mention needs to be made for The French Connection films as well.

  Little known fact. In the early 1960's, before any of them were real actors, let alone famous, Gene, Dustin Hoffman & Robert Duvall used to share a tiny apartment in New York. In their acting classes, they were all voted by their classmates as " least likely to succeed ".

  RIP Gene Hackman. 

  " Why were you picking your feet in Poughkeepsie ? "

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