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The French Connection (1971)
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12.36%
Scarecrow (1973)
0
0%
The Conversation (1974)
20
22.47%
Under Fire (1983)
0
0%
No Way Out (1987)
1
1.12%
Mississippi Burning (1988)
5
5.62%
Unforgiven (1992)
24
26.97%
Get Shorty (1995)
2
2.25%
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
16
17.98%
Other
10
11.24%
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Old 06-25-04 | 03:56 PM
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best Gene Hackman performance

Which is the best performance?
Old 06-25-04 | 04:09 PM
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Gotta go with Mississippi Burning. He should had won Best Actor award instead of Dustin Hoffman.
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Old 06-25-04 | 04:25 PM
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What about Lex Luther in Superman?
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What about Lex Luther in Superman?
"Best", not "favorite". That clearly is not his best performance.

IMO, Unforgiven is the best work of his career.
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Unforgiven
Old 06-25-04 | 05:03 PM
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Old 06-25-04 | 05:14 PM
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Other: The Birdcage. He looks very sexy at the end as a drag queen lol.
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Unforgiven would be my pick
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I really liked him in "The Firm" subtle and subdued, but when he realizes he's done to Jeanine Tripplehorn...that was pure acting.
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Love him in The Royal Tenenbaums.
Old 06-25-04 | 08:19 PM
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Love him in The Royal Tenenbaums.
Absolutely. Hard to beat this performance. In fact, everyone is great in this film. But Hackman is good in just about everything I've seen him in.
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For me its tied between Tennenbaums and Mississippi Burning.
Old 06-25-04 | 09:23 PM
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He rocked in Unforgiven
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He was pretty good in Crimson Tide.
Old 06-25-04 | 09:42 PM
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FC all the way!
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It's really tough between The French Connection and The Conversation, but I have to give it to Harry Caul.
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He was pretty good in Crimson Tide.
Agree.
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I just watched Heist, he is pretty darn good in it too!
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"All right! You put a shiv in my partner. You know what that means? Goddammit! All winter long I got to listen to him gripe about his bowling scores. Now I'm gonna bust your ass for those three bags and I'm gonna nail you for picking your feet in Poughkeepsie. "
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He's great in The French Connection (haven't seen The Conversation yet, but I think I'll pick The Royal Tenenbaums.
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How does Hoosiers not make this list ? That' his best.

From this list its Unforgiven, followed very closely by French Connection and The Conversation
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Actually, French Connection II should be up there, on that list... I was surprised these wasn't an Oscar nod for the sequel as well...


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