Good in so many things. For most of us, Coach Norman Dale. 4 passes before shooting next game in his honor.
RIP.
Both he and his wife found dead in their home...foul play not suspected.
The dog, too. CO poisoning?
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/oscar-winning-actor-gene-hackman-wife-found-dead-santa-fe-home
Quote from: tower912 on February 27, 2025, 05:54:22 AMThe dog, too. CO poisoning?
This seems like the most logical thing.
In honor of Gene Hackman, in my late teens and early 20's my friends and I used to play a "game" we called Narrow Margin where we tried to avoid paying for the late night train ticket back to Connecticut from New York City.
Crazy that it seems like it wasn't even natural causes that took him out at 95
Who knows how long he woulda trucked along without the probable CO poisoning
All I know about basketball is that you don't let the paint dry on the picket fence.
Although that wisdom came from Dennis Hopper.
Rest in Peace, coach Norman Dale.
I learned that when you have a great scorer, you give him the ball.
Coach Norman Dale was such a believable character, and Hackman was the reason why.
My favorite scene in the movie- the hotshot player ignores coach's instruction to pass, takes the shot himself and makes it. Benched for the game, even when they had only 4 players left due to fouling out.
Coach's reply to the ref when told to get his team on the floor was as classic as "...an offer you can't refuse" in the Godfather- "My team is on the floor."
Quote from: tower912 on February 27, 2025, 07:55:18 AMI learned that when you have a great scorer, you give him the ball.
Line from Wojo's response letter to the Hausers?
Quote from: tower912 on February 27, 2025, 07:55:18 AMI learned that when you have a great scorer, you give him the ball.
I learned that you can't score if you don't shoot.
Still time to get Gene in the Oscars' dead people montage?
Quote from: tower912 on February 27, 2025, 07:55:18 AMI learned that when you have a great scorer, you give him the ball.
and yet for the final play in the state title game, he was going to use Jimmy as a decoy and have Merle take the last shot on the Picket Fence.
I've always interpreted the players' response to running the Picket Fence in that game as "No, that's Shooter's play."
But the players were more interested in winning.
One of my favorite actors. Good in every role, whether dramatic, comedic, schmaltzy, etc. I mean, he was great as the preacher in The Poseidon Adventure and tremendous as Lex Luthor, roles that would have been ruined by less-talented actors.
Quote from: tower912 on February 27, 2025, 05:54:22 AMThe dog, too. CO poisoning?
Maybe not: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/02/27/gene-hackman-wife-betty-awakara-death-suspicious-search-warrant/80714103007/
WTH????
Hackman was one of the very best to lace them up. He was really good in everything even if the script or movie sucked. That's the mark of a tremendous actor. He also had great comedic chops as well. He's on my Mt. Rushmore with DDL, Jack, and the 4th is debatable.
Quote from: MuggsyB on February 27, 2025, 01:50:44 PMWTH????
Hackman was one of the very best to lace them up. He was really good in everything even if the script or movie sucked. That's the mark of a tremendous actor. He also had great comedic chops as well. He's on my Mt. Rushmore with DDL, Jack, and the 4th is debatable.
I think Jack Quaid has a lot more to prove tbh.
I see loose pills were found on the floor near his wife who passed out in the bathroom. Police have no idea why yet.
Quote from: MuggsyB on February 27, 2025, 01:50:44 PMWTH????
Hackman was one of the very best to lace them up. He was really good in everything even if the script or movie sucked. That's the mark of a tremendous actor. He also had great comedic chops as well. He's on my Mt. Rushmore with DDL, Jack, and the 4th is debatable.
The Royal Tenenbaums, 'nuff said.
Quote from: MuggsyB on February 27, 2025, 01:50:44 PMWTH????
He's on my Mt. Rushmore with DDL, Jack, and the 4th is debatable.
Sure, Jack Black was great in Shallow Hal, and Nacho Libre's a classic, but Mount Rushmore? I think he's got to do more...
Quote from: mu_hilltopper on February 27, 2025, 07:50:51 AMAll I know about basketball is that you don't let the paint dry on the picket fence.
Now we know why Tom Sawyer never made the NBA.
Quote from: BrewCity83 on February 27, 2025, 04:35:34 PMSure, Jack Black was great in Shallow Hal, and Nacho Libre's a classic, but Mount Rushmore? I think he's got to do more...
Pretty sure he meant Palance.
For an underrated Hackman movie, check out The French Connection 2. Directed by John Frankenheimer, it's a really good fish-out-of-water movie where Popeye Doyle goes to France to try and catch the Fernando Rey character. Hackman's detox scene is classic, and there's a great chase at the end.
Quote from: WhiteTrash on February 27, 2025, 03:33:36 PMThe Royal Tenenbaums, 'nuff said.
The guy was really good in some mediocre movies too. Look at his list of ficks. He was always enjoyable to watch. Masterclass. And in a perfect world, his character of Agent Rupert Anderson, would be part of my security team.
Quote from: Billy Hoyle on February 27, 2025, 01:15:46 PMMaybe not: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2025/02/27/gene-hackman-wife-betty-awakara-death-suspicious-search-warrant/80714103007/
Vaxxed?!
What a crazy situation. I guess the autopsies will tell us a lot.
Hackman spent a good chunk of his youth and early HS years in Danville, IL. Crazy to think that in the late 30s and early 40s, a rust belt town of 30K odd people in the middle of farm land nowhere had both Hackman and Dick Van Dyke roaming around as kids a few years apart.
Vaxxed?
Quote from: MuggsyB on February 27, 2025, 06:14:27 PMThe guy was really good in some mediocre movies too. Look at his list of ficks. He was always enjoyable to watch. Masterclass. And in a perfect world, his character of Agent Rupert Anderson, would be part of my security team.
Muggsy, "ya know what I like about you? You're (not) tall!"
Here's hoping we take an NCAA page out of UCONN's book and win multiple games by more than a NARROW MARGIN!
Hentavirus for Mrs. Hackman. Gene from Alzheimers, being unable to care for himself after she died.