A child of a broken home, Gene Hackman left home at 16 for a three-year hitch with the Marines. Moving to New York after being discharged, he worked in a number of menial jobs before studying journalism and television production on the G.I. Bill at the University of Illinois. Hackman would be over 30 years old when he finally decided to take his chance at acting by enrolling at the Pasadena Playho ... show all
A child of a broken home, Gene Hackman left home at 16 for a three-year hitch with the Marines. Moving to New York after being discharged, he worked in a number of menial jobs before studying journalism and television production on the G.I. Bill at the University of Illinois. Hackman would be over 30 years old when he finally decided to take his chance at acting by enrolling at the Pasadena Playhouse in California (legend says that Hackman and Dustin Hoffman were voted "least likely to succeed"). Hackman next moved back to New York, where he worked in summer stock and off-Broadway. In 1964 he was cast as the young suitor in the Broadway stage play "Any Wednesday." This role would lead to him being cast in the small role of Norman in "The Lilith (1964)", starring Warren Beatty. When Beatty was casting for "Bonnie and Clyde (1967)", he cast Hackman as Buck Barrow, Clyde's brother. That role earned Hackman a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, an award for which he would again be nominated in "I Never Sang for My Father (1970)". In 1972 he won the Oscar for his role as Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle in "French Connection (1971)". At 40 years old, Hackman was a Hollywood star whose work would rise to the heights with "The Night Moves (1975)" and "Bite the Bullet (1975)" or fall to the depths with "Poseidon Adventure (1972)" and "The Eureka (1984)". Hackman is a versatile actor who can play comedy (the blind man in "Young Frankenstein (1974)") or villainy t(he evil Lex Luthor in "Superman (1978)"). He is the doctor who puts his work above people in "Extreme Measures (1996)" and the captain on the edge of nuclear destruction in "Crimson Tide (1995)". After initially turning down the role of Little Bill Daggett in Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven (1992)", Hackman finally accepted it as a different slant on the western that interested him. For his performance he won the Oscar and Golden Globe and decided that he wasn't tired of westerns after all. He has since appeared in "Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)", "Wyatt Earp (1994)" and "Quick and the Dead (1995)". hide
Genres:Crime | Drama | Thriller Countries:France | USA Directors:Stephen Hopkins Actors:Thomas Jane | Monica Bellucci | Gene Hackman | Morgan Freeman | Nydia Caro | Miguel Ángel Suárez
While San Juan celebrates San Sebastian's Feast, recently-divorced and world-weary police captain Victor Benezet calls in prominent attorney Henry Hearst to clarify his statement about discovering the body of a girl of about 12, the second such murder in two weeks. As Hearst answers unconvincingly, Benezet reveals circumstantial evidence: the lawyer is under suspicion. The interrogation strips away Hearst's dignity, public persona, and even his toupee, exposing a breech with his beautiful and much younger wife, questionable sexual predilections and a damning hobby. Then, Hearst's wife volunteers information that confirms police suspicions. Is Hearst finally at the breaking point? Download:
Genres:Crime | Drama | Thriller Countries:France | USA Directors:Stephen Hopkins Actors:Thomas Jane | Monica Bellucci | Gene Hackman | Morgan Freeman | Nydia Caro | Miguel Ángel Suárez
While San Juan celebrates San Sebastian's Feast, recently-divorced and world-weary police captain Victor Benezet calls in prominent attorney Henry Hearst to clarify his statement about discovering the body of a girl of about 12, the second such murder in two weeks. As Hearst answers unconvincingly, Benezet reveals circumstantial evidence: the lawyer is under suspicion. The interrogation strips away Hearst's dignity, public persona, and even his toupee, exposing a breech with his beautiful and much younger wife, questionable sexual predilections and a damning hobby. Then, Hearst's wife volunteers information that confirms police suspicions. Is Hearst finally at the breaking point? Download:
Genres:Drama | Thriller Countries:USA Directors:Gary Fleder Actors:John Cusack | Gene Hackman | Dustin Hoffman | Rachel Weisz | Bruce Davison | Bruce McGill | Jeremy Piven | Nick Searcy | Stanley Anderson | Cliff Curtis | Nestor Serrano | Leland Orser | Jennifer Beals | Gerry Bamman | Joanna Going
When a day trader is shot in cold blood at his workplace, his widow sues a major gun manufacturer. Holding them responsible for his death, she dispatches idealistic lawyer Wendell Rohr to oversee the case. A good man of principle, Wendell takes charge. On the defense team, another man will take charge: Rankin Fitch, a powerful and ruthless jury consultant riding high on his frequent successes. But in the middle of it all is the jury, which both Wendell and Rankin are determined to sway. But what they're about to discover, is that one man and one woman stand in their way. Nicholas Easter is one of the jurors and he's the one collaborating with Marlee, his girlfriend, on the final outcome of the case. But as the case progresses, questions arise as to what the motives are of all those involved, and what some will do to secure the final outcome. Download:
Genres:Drama | Thriller Countries:USA Directors:James Foley Actors:Chris O'Donnell | Gene Hackman | Faye Dunaway | Robert Prosky | Raymond J. Barry | Bo Jackson | Lela Rochon | David Marshall Grant | Nicholas Pryor | Harve Presnell | Richard Bradford | Greg Goossen | Seth Isler | Millie Perkins
Having survived the hatred and bigotry that was his Klansman grandfather's only legacy, young attorney Adam Hall seeks at the last minute to appeal the old man's death sentence for the murder of two small Jewish boys 30 years before. Only four weeks before Sam Cayhall is to be executed, Adam meets his grandfather for the first time in the Mississippi prison which has held him since the crime. The meeting is predictably tense when the educated, young Mr. "Hall" confronts his venom-spewing elder, Mr. "Cayhall," about the murders. The next day, headlines run proclaiming Adam the grandson who has come to the state to save his grandfather, the infamous Ku Klux Klan bomber. While the old man's life lies in the balance, Adam's motivation in fighting this battle becomes clear as the story unfolds. Not only does he fight for his grandfather, but perhaps for himself as well. He has come to heal the wounds of his own father's suicide, to mitigate the secret shame he has always felt for the genetic fluke which made this man his grandfather, and to bring closure — one way or another — to the suffering the old man seems to have brought to everyone he has ever known. But, would mercy soften his grandfather's heart? Download:DivXiPod
Genres:Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller Countries:USA Directors:Alan Parker Actors:Gene Hackman | Willem Dafoe | Frances McDormand | Brad Dourif | R. Lee Ermey | Gailard Sartain | Stephen Tobolowsky | Michael Rooker | Pruitt Taylor Vince | Badja Djola | Kevin Dunn | Frankie Faison | Tom Mason | Geoffrey Nauffts | Rick Zieff
In 1964, three civil rights workers from the North disappear in a small Mississippi town and the FBI are sent to investigate. Agent in charge Alan Ward does everything by the book. Agent Rupert Anderson however was a Sheriff in Mississippi before joining the FBI and understands the local culture. He's also prepared to bend the rules a bit if it will help in the investigation. They focus on the Sheriff's office and Deputy Clinton Pell in particular as they think he may be the weakest link in the conspiracy. As the investigation intensifies however, the KKK launch a series of attacks against the local African-American population. With no one on either side prepared to talk, Ward agrees to Anderson using his own unorthodox methods to learn what happened that night and who killed the three men. Download:DivXiPod
Genres:Action | Adventure | Western Countries:Japan | USA Directors:Sam Raimi Actors:Sharon Stone | Gene Hackman | Russell Crowe | Leonardo DiCaprio | Tobin Bell | Roberts Blossom | Kevin Conway | Keith David | Lance Henriksen | Pat Hingle | Gary Sinise | Mark Boone Junior | Olivia Burnette | Fay Masterson | Raynor Scheine
Ellen, an unknown female gunslinger rides into a small, dingy and depressing prairie town with a secret as to her reason for showing up. Shortly after her arrival, a local preacher, Cort, is thrown through the saloon doors while townfolk are signing up for a gun competition. The pot is a huge sum of money and the only rule: that you follow the rules of the man that set up the contest, Herod. Herod is also the owner, leader, and "ruler" of the town. Seems he's arranged this little gun-show-off so that the preacher (who use to be an outlaw and rode with Herod) will have to fight again. Cort refuses to ever use a gun to kill again and Herod, acknowledging Cort as one of the best, is determined to alter this line of thinking ... even if it gets someone killed ... Download:
Genres:Action | Crime | Drama Countries:USA Directors:Michael Ritchie Actors:Lee Marvin | Gene Hackman | Angel Tompkins | Gregory Walcott | Sissy Spacek | Janit Baldwin | William Morey | Clint Ellison | Howard Platt | Les Lannom | Eddie Egan | Therese Reinsch | Bob Wilson | Gordon Signer | Gladys Watson
When mob associates turn up dead at the hands of a ruthless businessman, an enforcer is sent down to Kansas to investigate the incidents. What he finds is a man who is turning a seemingly idyllic town into a seething underbelly of corruption: drugs, bootlegging, and female sexual slavery. The very man responsible for the murders is someone who won't stand down and pay a long standing debt that turned those looking for it, dead. The last unfortunate person to do so was ground into sausage, a nasty business run by that man who specializes in cattle. What occurs is a gang war between the men who now dominate this farm locale with an iron fist, and the men trying to put closure on an escalating situation. Download:DivXiPod
Genres:Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller Countries:USA Directors:William Friedkin Actors:Gene Hackman | Fernando Rey | Roy Scheider | Tony Lo Bianco | Marcel Bozzuffi | Frédéric de Pasquale | Bill Hickman | Ann Rebbot | Harold Gary | Arlene Farber | Eddie Egan | André Ernotte | Sonny Grosso
William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed. Download:720pDivXiPod
Genres: Comedy | Drama
