Hackman Movies
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Dont know if I have seen any of his. Looking forward to your recommendation
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We watched The French Connection this week. Good but it seems a little odd in 2025 that such a movie would have swept the Oscars.
Still it was good.
I’m going to watch/rewatch some others of his in the coming weeks. Will report here.
@jon-nyc said in Hackman Movies:
We watched The French Connection this week. Good but it seems a little odd in 2025 that such a movie would have swept the Oscars.
Still it was good.
I’m going to watch/rewatch some others of his in the coming weeks. Will report here.
I had the same reaction when I saw it years ago. It seemed like a standard chase movie - but I’m guessing it pioneered many of the things we think of as tropes.
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I loved his role as the preacher in Poseiden. A real heroic role and the best part near the end when the party he lead went through hell to get almost to safety only to be denied, he let God have an earful before he died a most heroic death. Watching it for the first time as a kid, it's one of those movies that stick with one forever. Like King Kong, Night of the Living Dead, Wizard of Oz. Scary!!
