Thankfully, he was mistaken. Gene Hackman famously refused to shave his head to play the bald villain Lex Luthor in Superman: The Movie, but most don't know that Hackman struggled to accept the ...

With the benefit of hindsight, it’s easy to scoff at Gene Hackman being utterly convinced his career was over after starring in a movie he didn’t make with the best of intentions, especially when he ...

Gene Hackman’s reputation precedes itself, with a staggering list of credits that has showcased the true variety and versatility of his talent, playing a restless private investigator, ruthless killer ...

Most cinephiles consider the 1970s a high point for American movies. By the end of the 1960s, the studio system that ...

Think Clint Eastwood, although Law told me that he channeled Gene Hackman and Paul Newman in our ... “There was also this potential for a great genre movie, a thrilling cat-and-mouse drama.

Which is not by the late David Jones? Alan Parker’s stage school musical John Carpenter’s alien romance with Jeff Bridges Andrei Tarkovsky’s last completed feature By Jean Cocteau or Walt ...

Think Clint Eastwood, although Law told me that he channeled Gene Hackman and Paul Newman in our video interview (above ... “There was also this potential for a great genre movie, a thrilling ...