Is Gene Hackman retired?
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Is Gene Hackman retired?
I mean, his last movie was Welcome to Mooseport (2004). We can't allow that to be his final film. Anyone know anything? I hear his voice in Lowe's commercials still, but that's about it.
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Together with undersea archaeologist Daniel Lenihan, Hackman has written three novels: Wake of the Perdido Star (1999), Justice for None (2004), and Escape from Andersonville (2008).
On July 7, 2004, Hackman gave a rare interview to Larry King, in which Hackman announced that he had no future film projects lined up, and believes his acting career is over. In 2008, while promoting his third novel, Hackman confirmed that he had retired from acting.[7] His final film to date was Welcome to Mooseport (2004), a comedy with Ray Romano in which Hackman portrayed a former President of the United States.
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Together with undersea archaeologist Daniel Lenihan, Hackman has written three novels: Wake of the Perdido Star (1999), Justice for None (2004), and Escape from Andersonville (2008).
On July 7, 2004, Hackman gave a rare interview to Larry King, in which Hackman announced that he had no future film projects lined up, and believes his acting career is over. In 2008, while promoting his third novel, Hackman confirmed that he had retired from acting.[7] His final film to date was Welcome to Mooseport (2004), a comedy with Ray Romano in which Hackman portrayed a former President of the United States.
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Re: Is Gene Hackman okay?
So Sean Connery goes out with "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" and Hackman bows out with "Welcome to Mooseport"? Now that's sad. Although, I think Hackman is 10x the actor Connery was.
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Just recently saw a magazine ad for some brand of watch with Connery. He hasn't aged a day since we last saw him.
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Judging by some of the responses in this thread you'd think people are unhappy that Hackman is okay.
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Actually, Sean Connery is voicing the titular character in the forthcoming Sir Billi, Scotland's first animated feature. It's not live action, of course, but it's something on his resume. Orson Wells's final feature was voicing Unicron in The Transformers: The Movie. No causal relationship, of course; just a favorite bit of trivia I like to bring up every now and again.
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Actually, Sean Connery is voicing the titular character in the forthcoming Sir Billi, Scotland's first animated feature. It's not live action, of course, but it's something on his resume. Orson Wells's final feature was voicing Unicron in The Transformers: The Movie. No causal relationship, of course; just a favorite bit of trivia I like to bring up every now and again.
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Old men should not voice animated films. It typically ends up being the last feature film they make!
(Welles, Paul Newman, Jim Varney, Roddy McDowall... there's more)
(Welles, Paul Newman, Jim Varney, Roddy McDowall... there's more)