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  1. DarthTunick

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  2. Luke02

    Luke02 Chosen One star 6

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    @gezvader28 They still are but things are looking odd right now.


    And Hackman was great in everything he did because he always played the same character....himself. It didn't matter if he was Popeye Doyle, Norman Dale, Lex Luthor, Little Bill Daggert, Royal Tenenbaum, Jimmy McGinty, etc...or even Harold the Blind Man. He always was himself and that authenticity just bled through the screen. And no matter how often I hear this story, it still makes me laugh:

    https://bsky.app/profile/carlquintanilla.bsky.social/post/3lj64o25ryk2v

    I must admit, however, as much as I am saddened about Hackman's death (he played a huge part in my life as a wanna be movie buff), it's the death of Michelle Trachtenberg that is ringing much harder for me due to several reasons including it's not helping my semi existential crisis that I am currently going through.
     
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  3. Rogue1-and-a-half

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    Yeah, Hackman was one of the all-time greats. The French Connection, Unforgiven and The Royal Tenenbaums are three of my favorites. But he would give these incredible, iconic, multi-layered performances in some films and then he would just turn up for one scene in Young Frankenstein and absolutely steal the movie for that scene. Nobody really like him.
     
  4. Ghost

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    On Gene Hackman, only only him and his wife and one dog found dead, other dogs around, and no gas leak, they're also saying now that they found the house with the door open but that they had been dead for days.
     
  5. Todd the Jedi

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    He was definitely a legend. Even at 95 some sort of accident is terrible, if it's just that.

    I consider The Conversation essential viewing, just a masterclass in filmmaking and writing, and IMO more satisfying than Coppola's other films, a lot of that is due to Hackman's performance.
     
  6. nilzo antonio

    nilzo antonio Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Yep. It seems their death will occupy the media/tabloids for months to come. There are weird reports that his wife had signs of mummification and a lot of suspicious pills around her.
     
  7. darth_gersh

    darth_gersh Force Ghost star 7

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    Bummed about this news. #1 fav. actor all time.
     
  8. jcgoble3

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  9. Darth Punk

    Darth Punk JCC Manager star 7 Staff Member Manager

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    Rough knight?
     
  10. vin

    vin Chosen One star 6

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    Better call the Bishop and set up a funeral mass.
     
  11. TiniTinyTony

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    I have to stop Checking this thread Mates.
     
  12. timmoishere

    timmoishere Force Ghost star 6

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    They should play Queen at his funeral.
     
  13. Lowbacca_1977

    Lowbacca_1977 Chosen One star 7

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    Better yet, play One Night in Bangkok
     
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  14. The Regular Mustache

    The Regular Mustache Force Ghost star 6

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    I give it six weeks before this is a Netflix documentary.
     
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    Master_Lok Chosen One star 6

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    Sorry to hear about Gene Hackman and his wife and dog. Ugh. My favorite roles of his are Young Frankenstein, and The Quick and The Dead. I hope the cause is not as sinister as it sounds. Terrible.
     
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  16. Sarge

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    Spassky was tired of being a pawn of the state.
     
  17. Adam of Nuchtern

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  18. Lowbacca_1977

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    Hypothetically, if someone had both Hacman and Trachtenberg, would they get the bonus because the stories broke the same day, or would it be based on time of death?
     
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  20. DarthTunick

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    After pondering this for nearly 5-minutes, this would be a no-bonus situation… the actual deaths have to occur within the same 24-48 hour period.
     
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  21. Jabba-wocky

    Jabba-wocky Chosen One star 10

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    So if it is discovered that Hackman actually died the month prior, would the points be rewarded retroactively.

    Also, new entry: Any degree of American dignity/diplomacy on the world stage
     
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  22. DarthTunick

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    It’s the other way around… points would be taken away. As to your second point… no. :p
     
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  23. Kenneth Morgan

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    No disrespect intended, but I get the feeling Bill O'Reilly will eventually do a book called, Killing Hackman.
     
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  24. Rogue1-and-a-half

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    Liev Schreiber gives a great supporting performance as Spassky in Pawn Sacrifice, the movie that stars Tobey Maguire as Bobby Fischer. It's a movie I really like a lot. Has Peter Sarsgaard and Michael Stuhlbarg too. The climactic sequence of the movie is, of course, the so-called Match of the Century when Spassky and Fischer faced off in 1972 for the title of World Champion. It's honestly a really great movie and not enough people have seen it.
     
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