Gene Hackman RIP

Uncle Wally One Ball said:
I hope it wasnt a horrible end for him as well. Unfortunately as a 95 year old he will have been very dependant on help that it looks like wouldnt have been available after his mrs took a tumble and died. The dog would die without care as well obviously. Sounds like they were all in a house that was unattended for a long time. A heater was on in a locked and closed up space by the news which explains the mummification and drying out of bodies. Sounds very sad all round
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You always give good insight into these situations.
 
The two French Connection films alone would cement his legacy. But what's striking is how incredibly variable he is in his roles. If De Niro basically always plays himself (not quite true, actually, but often a reproach), Hackman always plays the role and what's specific to it. Think of him in The Conversation, think of him in Enemy of the State. Now think of him in the smallish role he had in Woody Allen's Another Woman.
And Hackman didn't exactly have matinée idol looks going for him.

My absolute favourite line, which I sometimes quote when I'm in an evil mood:
“Not gentle, like before… but baaad!”
 
Lovebitesandeveryfing said:
The two French Connection films alone would cement his legacy. But what's striking is how incredibly variable he is in his roles. If De Niro basically always plays himself (not quite true, actually, but often a reproach), Hackman always plays the role and what's specific to it. Think of him in The Conversation, think of him in Enemy of the State. Now think of him in the smallish role he had in Woody Allen's Another Woman.
And Hackman didn't exactly have matinée idol looks going for him.

My absolute favourite line, which I sometimes quote when I'm in an evil mood:
“Not gentle, like before… but baaad!”
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My favourite from the French Connection was
“still Picking your feet in Poughkeepsie"
What a brilliant film and his portrayal of Popeye Doyle will live long in the memory
 
BigBluey said:
My favourite from the French Connection was
“still Picking your feet in Poughkeepsie"
What a brilliant film and his portrayal of Popeye Doyle will live long in the memory
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That's really nuts. Hackman was apparently improvising lines. It's all the more terrifying for the black guy because he can't even work out what he's talking about!
I also love, from that film “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval…” Having seen the effects of a heroin habit as close up as I cared to, I dislike films that romanticise that drug in any way, but it has to be admitted that is just such a cool scene the way it's filmed, and the dialogue. It almost makes that shit look good…
My line, as you probably recognised, is from “Unforgiven”. He'd been flogging Ned (Morgan Freeman), but that was “gentle” until then!

:-D
 
Read somewhere in quotes that carbon monoxide has been ruled out and it’s suspicious enough to warrant an investigation. I wonder what the fuck has gone on?
 
Millwallawayveteran1988 said:
www.bbc.co.uk

Actor Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa died of natural causes

Authorities say Betsy Arakawa likely died days before Hackman, and it's possible he was not aware because of advanced Alzheimer's.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk

What a sad ending.
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such a sad ending - well thats not sending me to bed in a happy mood. Such an awful end. Reminds me of my mums cousin who passed away at home with stomach cancer and her son didn't say anything for week. Apparently the discovery of the body was not a nice thing for the Police. In his defence they were odd he had been home schooled, was 33 when she died and it turns out he was never issued a social security card never had a doctor nor a dentist and obviously never a job had never signed on or anything - to the UK state he was a non person
 
bluethrunthru said:
such a sad ending - well thats not sending me to bed in a happy mood. Such an awful end. Reminds me of my mums cousin who passed away at home with stomach cancer and her son didn't say anything for week. Apparently the discovery of the body was not a nice thing for the Police. In his defence they were odd he had been home schooled, was 33 when she died and it turns out he was never issued a social security card never had a doctor nor a dentist and obviously never a job had never signed on or anything - to the UK state he was a non person
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:-(
 
bluethrunthru said:
such a sad ending - well thats not sending me to bed in a happy mood. Such an awful end. Reminds me of my mums cousin who passed away at home with stomach cancer and her son didn't say anything for week. Apparently the discovery of the body was not a nice thing for the Police. In his defence they were odd he had been home schooled, was 33 when she died and it turns out he was never issued a social security card never had a doctor nor a dentist and obviously never a job had never signed on or anything - to the UK state he was a non person
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Jesus mate that’s awful..
 
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