Posts tagged Gene Hackman
There Are More Respectful Ways to Honor Gene Hackman's Death Than By Re-Running This Piece on 1990's Loose Cannons, But It's the One We're Going With
There Are More Respectful Ways to Honor Gene Hackman's Death Than By Re-Running This Piece on 1990's Loose Cannons, But It's the One We're Going With

Mismatched Buddy Cop Movie Month begins with the 1990 dud Loose Cannons, a mental illness-themed action comedy about a traumatized cop with an outrageous case of Dissociative identity disorder

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My World Of Flops, Mismatched Buddy CopsNathan RabinDan Aykroyd, Gene Hackman, Bob Clark, Richard Matheson, Mismatched buddy cops, cops, action comedy
Like So Many Great Directors of the Seventies, Michael Ritchie’s Career Got Off to a Great Start With a Classic Debut (1969’s Downhill Racer) and Ended With a Muddled Dud (The Fantastiks)
Like So Many Great Directors of the Seventies, Michael Ritchie’s Career Got Off to a Great Start With a Classic Debut (1969’s Downhill Racer) and Ended With a Muddled Dud (The Fantastiks)

Like so many great directors of the 1970s, satire and sports specialist Michael Ritchie’s career got off to a great start with a classic debut (1969’s Downhill Racer) and a muddled dud of a final film (The Fantastiks)

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First and Last 2.0Nathan RabinMichael Ritchie, Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, skiing