Gene Hackman, The two-time Oscar winner (”The French Connection,” “Unforgiven”) last made a movie in 2004—”Welcome to Mooseport.” It was so bad that he simply walked away from the business. Now 79 years old, Hackman makes big bucks doing commercial voiceovers for outfits like Lowe’s.

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Gene Hackman is one of the greatest actors ever. His work will continue to live on.

Wow, I never knew he'd retired from acting.

Yea I heard that he retired. It's too bad that he didn't go out with a great movie. He deserves it. I agree, his movies will live on forever.

Yea I heard that he retired. It's too bad that he didn't go out with a great movie. He deserves it. I agree, his movies will live on forever.
I remember reading that he was one of the candidates for the Mike Brady role on The Brady Bunch. How different things would've been had he been the Brady dad.

I remember reading that he was one of the candidates for the Mike Brady role on The Brady Bunch. How different things would've been had he been the Brady dad.
Oh yea I remember reading about that. I think he would have been good in it. I'm sure he wouldn't have had the problems that Robert Reed had on the show. :lol: But I think things turned out for the best. Gene Hackman went on to become a great movie star and Robert Reed was a great Mike Brady. It's just too bad that he didn't realize how loved he was across America. He was a perfect TV Dad. :)

He should get together with Clint Eastwood and make a movie.

Gene Hackman is a remarkable character actor. It would be nice to see him do another Oscar worthy movie. I think that movie "Welcome to Mooseport" sucked the passion out of him.

Gene is one of my favorite older actors. I have only seen parts of Welcome to Mooseport and it was awful. I do hope Gene does some work here and there in the future.

Gene Hackman is one of the greatest actors ever. His work will continue to live on.



RIGHT ON :thumbsup:

Gene Hackman is a remarkable character actor. It would be nice to see him do another Oscar worthy movie. I think that movie "Welcome to Mooseport" sucked the passion out of him.
Never saw it. I don't think it did Ray Romano any favors, either.

I like Gene Hackman's Lowe's commericals. I recognized his voice instantly. I think if the right movie came along, he would take the bait. My guess (or hope, rather, since I really like him) is that he didn't retire permanently.

I didn't know he retired. He was a good actor. I saw a movie of his with Morgan Freeman and Monica Bellucci that was disappointing called Under Suspicion. I also saw him recently in Bonnie And Clyde movie with Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway. I really liked him in Mississippi Burning. I was surprised he wanted to find out who killed that black guy that was a civil rights activist because i thought he might've been racist. Back in those days, whites didn't care about blacks so it was nice to see Gene wanting to find out who killed that black guy.

Gene Hackman's cameo in Young Frankenstein was hilarious. LOVED IT!! :rofl: :brent

I'd have to say my favorite of his is The French Connection. I love the famous car chase; the scene was great for its time.

Also, it's another "neighborhood movie" for me. I watch it and like looking at how my area has changed from 30+ years ago.

His "Little Bill" Daggett in "Unforgiven" was one of the screen's all time great villains. That movie can still bring chills up my spine.

If "Mooseport" sucked it was probably Ray Romano's fault not Gene Hackman's.

If "Mooseport" sucked it was probably Ray Romano's fault not Gene Hackman's.
:clap

Gene was in a movie called "Twice in A Lifetime" with Ally Sheedy and a bunch of other stars. I think Ann Margaret was in it as well as Ellen Burstyn. It takes place in Seattle, and I find it funny watching it now since I live here. It's a good movie, although I didn't really like it much when I first saw it. It's a drama about this married man who falls in love with a younger woman just as his daughter is about to get married.

I found this article about Gene Hackman's retirement. I tried to post the link 3 times but it's not working, so I'm just going to copy and paste it.

From Lifetyle Reuters

By Iain Blair

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Two-time Oscar winner Gene Hackman, who is considered one of the finest actors of his generation, says his acting days are over.

The 78-year-old star of movies including "The French Connection" and "Unforgiven," who hasn't made a film in over four years, has reinvented himself as an author.

Hackman and co-writer Daniel Lenihan just published their third novel, a Civil War thriller titled "Escape from Andersonville." The two talked to Reuters about writing the book and how their partnership works.

Q: Gene, have you now officially retired from movies?

HACKMAN: "I haven't held a press conference to announce retirement, but yes, I'm not going to act any longer. I've been told not to say that over the last few years, in case some real wonderful part comes up, but I really don't want to do it any longer."

Q: Do you miss it?

HACKMAN: "Yes, I do. I miss the actual acting part of it, as it's what I did for almost 60 years, and I really loved that. But the business for me is very stressful. The compromises that you have to make in films are just part of the beast, and it had gotten to a point where I just didn't feel like I wanted to do it anymore."

Q: What do you like about writing so much?

HACKMAN: "I like the loneliness of it, actually. It's similar in some ways to acting, but it's more private and I feel like I have more control over what I'm trying to say and do. There's always a compromise in acting and in film, you work with so many people and everyone has an opinion (laughs). But with the books, it's just Dan and I and our opinions. I don't know that I like it better than acting, it's just different. I find it relaxing and comforting."

Q: Dan, how did you and Gene first team up?

LENIHAN: "It was over diving which is a big part of my profession, doing underwater archeology. Gene was doing "The Firm" and was referred to me, and we became friends. Then a couple of years later we decided to try and write together."

Q: Do you ever fight and argue when you're writing? How does the partnership work?

HACKMAN: "No, we discuss the work heatedly and how something might go, but I don't think we've ever had a knock-down fight."

LENIHAN: "We each appreciate what the other's contributing. Often we'll reach an impasse and we've actually tossed out several books that didn't work out, so we pretty much agree."

Q: Dan, what surprised you most about Gene when you began working together?

LENIHAN: "First, that he was so interested in writing and that he could write so well. And I was surprised that he takes so many risks in the writing. He's also very attentive to complexity of character and I've learned from that."

Q: You always said you never read your reviews as an actor. What about book reviews?

HACKMAN: (laughs) "I try to ignore them. We've never been reviewed by, for instance, the New York Times and their book review section, and I think it might be devastating."

Q: Is there a fourth book on the way?

HACKMAN: "We've started a couple. We threw out about 170 pages of a contemporary novel that we were working on. We just got to a point where neither of us was very interested in it. So we'll probably do another historical fictional account. We're just not sure what yet."

Q: Having written three books now, what advice would you give a neophyte?

HACKMAN: "Write what's in your heart. To be fulfilled as a writer, you have to write something that you care about."

(Editing by Bob Tourtellotte and Patricia Reaney)

Gene Hackman is a remarkable character actor. It would be nice to see him do another Oscar worthy movie. I think that movie "Welcome to Mooseport" sucked the passion out of him.that movie sucked period