Cinemaos 20 Essential Movies of Gene Hackman, according to Rolling Stone

He interpreted arrogant police, condemned detectives, corporate figures, kind coaches, and several first -rate American assholes – both amplitude and the general reliability of the gentleman’s work over four decades are amazing. However, the only thing that the deceased Gene Hackmanfound dead at home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on February 26, never did it was to call.

He was an actor of actors, the kind of artist who started in theater and on TV in the 1960s, along with other legends of the future as Dustin Hoffman and Robert Duvallit fits perfectly with the vibrations of temperamental anti-heroes of the 1970s and stood out to interpret powerful men and faults in the era Reagan of the 1980s. There was something so natural in everything that Hackman He made it on the screen, was shouting fury or shyly giving a smile “Ah, what a pity.” Sometimes he could even do both at the same time.

But his body attests attests someone who was committed not only to perfecting the craft but also striving to always locate what made these people work. The question was never if Hackman belongs to Mount Rushmore of Legends of the big screen. It was, to borrow the title of the appreciation of Rob Sheffield: Gene Hackman it was one Great American actor or Largest American actor?

These 20 papers (selected by Rolling Stone USA) represent Hackman at its best – since its discovery as part of the Barrow gang Even an aged patriarch deceiving his way back to his family. There will never be another star like him.

Bonnie and Clyde – a gust of bullets (1967)

Bonnie Parker falls in love with a former convict, Clyde Barrow and decides to accompany him. Together they start a career of crimes stealing cars and assaulting banks until they are chased by police across the country.

Operation France (1971)

Jimmy Popeye ‘Doyle and his Russian Buddy partner are two tough detectives from New York City who discover a drug trafficking network originated in France. When they learn that the organization’s head, Alain Charmier, is in town, nothing will stop them until they attach it. Then the unstable Doyle is completely obsessed with capturing the boss, causing a series of intense and memorable persecution.

Poseidon’s destination (1972)

A submarine earthquake produces a gigantic wave that becomes the Poseidon luxury transatlantic, leaving only 10 survivors. Led by a Reverend, the group has to reach the ship’s hull, its only chance to escape.

The brand of brutality (1972)

Mary Ann is the owner of a slaughterhouse in Kansas City and uses her business as a façade for drug trade and prostitution. He owes a large amount of money to a boss of the Chicago mafia, but refuses to pay and, worse, transforms collectors sent by the Sausage Crime Union (literally)

The Scarecrow (1973)

Two men (Gene Hackman, Al Pacino) face the difficulties and frustrations in search of their dreams together, such as recovering their wife and opening a new business.

The conversation (1974)

Listening expert Harry Caul is hired to follow a couple, recording their conversations. He then believes that the conversation he recorded reveals a plot of a mysterious company director who hired him to murder the couple.

The young Frankenstein (1974)

In a medical school in the United States, Dr. Frederick Frankenstein teaches the central nervous system. One student asks him from the research of Victor Frankenstein, his grandfather, and he says that work was insane. Upon discovering that he received a castle in her inheritance in Transylvania, Frederick travels there, and reads the book left by his predecessor about his experiences in reviving dead. Although skeptical, the doctor decides to put his grandfather’s theory into practice.

BITE THE BULLET (1975)

A heterogeneous group of people enters a horsepower race of almost 1,200 kilometers from the Old West to earn a major cash prize. Competitors include two former military personnel, an old cowboy who refuses to decrease his rhythm, an inexperienced young man, a Mexican, an Englishman and a woman. Throughout the walk, participants begin to launch their prejudices against sex, race and age, and appreciate each other.

A bid in the dark (1975)

Hired to locate the fugitive daughter of a decaying Hollywood star, detective goes to Florida Keys, where what she considered a common case becomes much bigger. Meanwhile, your marriage slowly disintegrating.

Superman – The Movie (1978)

Shortly before the destruction of the planet Krypton, scientist Jor-El sends his little son Kal-El on a spacecraft to Earth. Created by farmers Jonathan and Martha Kent, young Clark discovers the source of his superhuman powers and moves to Metropolis to fight evil. Like Superman, he fights villain Lex Luthor and as a reporter, Clark Kent, tries to win Lois Lane.

Eureka (1983)

Despite living surrounded by luxury in Caribbean Island, Jack McCann is not happy. He has to deal with the whim of his alcoholic wife, the opportunistic son -in -law and the mafia, who wants to take the island to build a casino.

Decisive moments (1986)

A failed university basketball technician gets a chance to redeem himself when he is hired to run the sports department of a high school college in Indiana. After leaving the main player, however, his team begins to face great difficulties. To top it off, he also receives criticism from the community for choosing a notorious alcoholic as his technical assistant.

Upless (1987)

In a moment of anger, the Secretary of Defense David Brice kills his lover. To drown out the scandal, Brice’s faithful assistant invents a more interesting killer, a Russian spy, and then calls commander Tom Farrell to find him. But Farrell also had a strong connection with the victim and now all the clues he was hired to find out are taking straight to himself. In a race against time, Farrell tries to prove the identity of the true killer.

The firm (1988)

A young lawyer enters a prestigious law firm just to find that he has a dark and sinister side.

Mississipi in Flames (1988)

When a group of civil rights workers disappear in a small town of Mississippi, FBI agents Alan Ward and Rupert Anderson are sent to investigate. Local authorities refuse to cooperate and the African American community are afraid to help. The situation becomes increasingly difficult and the direct approach is abandoned in favor of a more aggressive one.

The unforgivable (1992)

When prostitute Delilah Fitzgerald is disfigured and killed, her brothel companions offer a reward for those who find the killers. Local sheriff doesn’t like the idea at all, as it does not allow vigilantism in your city. Two groups of gunmen, one led by former Bandean William Munny and the other by the Englishman Bob, appear to receive the prize, conflict with each other and with the sheriff himself.

Red tide (1995)

A captain and his first officer, aboard a submarine, are on their way to Russia when radical nationalists threaten a World War. Amid a series of intrigue and false information, they should prevent a nuclear holocaust.

Get Shorty (1995)

Passionate about cinema, a dissatisfied gangster with the routine see your chance to change branch – and get a lot of confusion – when you are sent to Los Angeles to charge a debt of a “B” movie producer.

The robbery (2001)

Joe Moore has a job he loves. He is a thief. He gets bad when he is caught by a security camera. Bergman breaks the promise about the money he owes and his wife may be cheating on him with a young lieutenant. Moore and his partners, Bobby Blane and Pinky Pinchus, are out of money, betrayed and blackmailed. Moore is forced to compromise his team to make one last theft.

The eccentric teenbaums (2001)

Royal and his wife Etheline had three very different children from each other, but equally successful. When Etheline decides to marry another, the irresponsible and eccentric Royal decides to fight for his love gathering the whole family.

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