Watched it again on Mubi (with ads, reasonable), really enjoyed this trip down memory lane for me. Great pairing with a young Willem Dafoe. Great actor, love his films.
Who'd have known that it was Gene Hackman playing the blind hermit in Young Frankenstein? please log in to view this image
Joey Molland, guitarist for Bad Finger, dead at 77…… One of mine all time favourite bands, Bad Finger, No Matter What, Baby Blue, Day After Day….. https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=no matter what you do&tbm=&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5#ebo=0 https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=no matter what you do&tbm=&source=sh/x/gs/m2/5#ebo=0 https://ew.com/joey-molland-dead-badfinger-guitarist-last-surviving-member-11689160
Natural causes apparently- very sad... We've just been hearing from officials in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with an update about the investigation into the deaths of actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa. Here's what we learned: Hackman probably died about a week after his wife, autopsies performed on the couple found Officials believe Arakawa died on 11 February from complications caused by hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare but serious respiratory illness caused by exposure to infected rodents Hackman is believed to have died a week later on 18 February, according to cardiac data obtained from his pacemaker The actor is believed to have died from "significant heart disease", the medical examiner said He was also in the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, she added, and it's "quite possible" he was not aware that his wife died in the days after The results from an autopsy on their dog, which was also found dead with them, are still pending
Sad way to go for this loving couple, a week apart of natural causes, she 30 years his junior of a rodent related ailment, poor Gene was probably a lost soul that last week all on his own. We have started watching Gene Hackman movies, Mississippi Burning and last night The Package, such a great actor. On our Rogers TV remote if you voice search "Gene Hackman" many of his movies magically appear, those two on Tubii that only has minimal ads, a minor inconvenience.
Took another trip down memory lane, watched "Crimson Tide" starting Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington, really enjoying watching these movies, both are great actors.
Another cracking film that, if you get the chance, try and watch Scarecrow . It's a hard one to find and rather bleak, but the chemistry between him and a young Al Pacino is mesmerising !
On our Gene Hackman movie oddessy we started "Scarecrow" (only 20 mins, need to return to it). Last night we watched "Eureka" seeing him in a very different role with some rather weird and horrific scenes. Still such a great actor with his strong personality always shining through. His last film was 2004, here is a 2002 rare Guardian interview. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2002/jan/27/1 This also interesting:- https://www.theguardian.com/film/20...m-the-conversations-walter-murch-pays-tribute
The last of "The Few" has passed away. RIP John... https://news.sky.com/story/john-pad...attle-of-britain-pilot-dies-aged-105-13330998
Thanks for posting, Sooper .................. The Hawker Hurricane, the Spitfires poor sister, actually shot down more enemy aircraft the the Spitfire. ( during the Battle of Britain )
Eddie Jordan, former F1 team owner has passed away. One of the best pundits on the sport and some big names given their chance in his team which always punched above it's weight. RIP... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/cj92g79pelkt
Boxing heavyweight legend George Foreman has died aged 76, according to his family. Known as Big George in the ring, the American built one of the most remarkable and enduring careers in the sport, winning Olympic gold in 1968 and claiming the world heavyweight title twice, 21 years apart - the second making him the oldest champion in history aged 45. He lost his first title to Muhammad Ali in their famous Rumble in the Jungle fight in 1974. But Foreman's professional boxing career boasted an astonishing total of 76 wins including 68 knockouts, almost double that of Ali. He retired from the sport in 1997 but not before he agreed to put his name to a best-selling grill - a decision that went on to bring him fortunes that dwarfed his boxing earnings. RIP
Watched a biography of him on Sky or maybe Netflix and found out a lot about him I’d never have known as before my time. I think it was just called ‘Foreman’ but could be wrong. Anyway, sounded a good bloke from very humble beginnings.
George Foreman was from the greatest era of heavyweight boxing, after the 'fight of the century' between Ali & Frazier he burst onto the scene with spectacular KO wins and was viewed with the same fear-factor Mike Tyson had in the 80s. He took out Frazier in two brutal rounds in 1973 to win the title and several more crushing wins brought about the famous 'rumble in the jungle' against Ali. No one gave Ali a hope against the powerful Foreman but his 'rope-a-dope' tactic letting Foreman punch himself out worked and Ali scored a shock KO win in the 8th. Foreman's air of invincibility had gone and he eventually retired and became a preacher. He made a comeback in 1987 and was never as fearsome as in his prime but was given a World title shot against Michael Moorer in 1994 at 45 years old and regained the title by knockout. He rightly is remembered as one of the greatest in that division. RIP...
