CrisR Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I think French Connection and The Conversation are certain to be in the line-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I expect them to air I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrisR Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 Oh yes,that's airing on Fathers Day I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 Oh yes,that's airing on Fathers Day I think Yes. It will likely be repeated in September. And it's such a great film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skimpole Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 It would be a good idea to show The Royal Tenenbaums. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrisR Posted June 3, 2016 Author Share Posted June 3, 2016 The Unforgiven is a good one, maybe even the superman films lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lydecker Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Is this real??? Is Gene Hackman really September's SOTM?? If so, INCREDIBLE!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barton_Keyes Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 THE CONVERSATION (1974) is likely to be included. It's a Paramount title and it's scheduled to air on TCM in the overnight hours on July 7 for the Spotlight on America in the '70s. I'm guessing the programmers are planning to do something more with that film. Ditto SCARECROW (1973). THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971), airing at 8:00 tomorrow night, is certain to be repeated. I wouldn't be surprised to see another early '70s 20th Century Fox hit, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972), also return to TCM. Of course TCM will use this to trot out both BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967) and HAWAII (1966) for the umpteenth time. As mentioned already, I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER (1970), airing on Father's Day, will likely be airing once more in September. And depending on how recent TCM decides to go with this festival, I wouldn't be surprised if any one (or all) of MISSISSIPPI BURNING (1988), UNFORGIVEN (1992) and CRIMSON TIDE (1995) are included. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NipkowDisc Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 The Unforgiven is a good one, maybe even the superman films lol marooned. some great acting by Hackman as apollo guidance pilot Buzz Lloyd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawrenceA Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Lilith gets shown occasionally. I think TCM is where I saw Mad Dog Coll, featuring Hackman's blink-and-you'll-miss-it debut. I haven't seen March or Die, so I would like to see that on the schedule, but it's doubtful. Same with 1967's Banning and First to Fight. The Split has been shown in the past, and I think Downhill Racer, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lydecker Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Hoosiers, Hoosiers, Hoosiers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogie56 Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 So many to choose from, but I think French Connection II is one of his best screen acting performances followed by Bonnie and Clyde. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamCasey Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 I wouldn't be surprised if Memorial Day weekend's A Bridge Too Far (1977) airs again that month. Night Moves (1975), Bite The Bullet (1975) and Under Fire (1983) would also be worthwhile additions which don't appear to have been mentioned earlier in this thread. Young Frankenstein (1974) is always a possibility. His role may have been small but it was hilarious. "Wait. Where are you going? I was going to make espresso." And I'd like to second Lawrence's shout out for March or Die (1977). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeem Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Don't be surprised if there's another showing of "The Birdcage"... Hackman with Dianne Wiest and Calista Flockhart in Mike Nichols' 1996 comedy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakeem Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 I also wouldn't mind seeing the 1981 comedy "All Night Long" again, with its offbeat casting of Barbra Streisand in a role originally intended for younger actress Lisa Eichhorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dargo Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Great to see who is probably my favorite actor during the '70s-'90s is being honored. Hope to maybe see a few "newer" and never before shown on TCM films of his such as, CLASS ACTION (1991) and RUNAWAY JURY (2003), his penultimate role in films. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkblue Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 They can't show too many Gene Hackman movies. Fingers crossed for 'March or Die' (1977). That's at the top of my wanna see on TCM list for Gene Hackman. Another rare goody would be 'Prime Cut' (1972) with Gene, Lee Marvin and Sissy Spacek. And yet another would be 'The Hunting Party' (1971) with Gene, Oliver Reed and Candice Bergen. There's a wealth of Gene Hackman films to choose from - that guy was prolific. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewhite2000 Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 OP, would you care to share some sort of confirmation of your assertion? To me, this is just hearsay until official notice, and we may all be getting excited for nothing. But, should there be any chance this is true, here are my guesses, in chronological order of release, of what will air: Lilith (Columbia, 1964) Hawaii (United Artists, 1966) Bonnie and Clyde (Warner Bros., 1967) Marooned (Columbia, 1969) I Never Sang for My Father (Columbia, 1970) The French Connection (20th Century Fox, 1971) The Poseidon Adventure (20th Century Fox, 1972) Scarecrow (Warner Bros., 1973) The Conversation (Paramount, 1974) Young Frankenstein (20th Century Fox, 1974) A Bridge too Far (United Artists, 1977) Reds (Paramount, 1981) Mississippi Burning (Orion, 1988) That's only 13 movies, but that's all Robert Redford got in January of 2015, which may be a concession to reality TCM has to make if they want to occasionally spotlight more modern actors - fewer titles when they're SOTM. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
film lover 293 Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Another vote for "The Split" (1968)--It's one heist movie I haven't seen. And hopes for: "Heartbreakers" (2001)--Hackman didn't do enough comedies. This film was wonderfully funny, and has a killer cast: Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Hackman, Anne Bancroft, etc. "The Gypsy Moths" (1969)--Hackman is third-billed in Barnstorming story set in Kansas(?). Good film. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barton_Keyes Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 OP, would you care to share some sort of confirmation of your assertion? To me, this is just hearsay until official notice, and we may all be getting excited for nothing. This was announced on the TCM Backlot website earlier in the week. TCM has been holding a contest for Backlot members to decide what archival photograph of Hackman will be featured on the cover of the September 2016 issue of Now Playing magazine. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 This was announced on the TCM Backlot website earlier in the week. TCM has been holding a contest for Backlot members to decide what archival photograph of Hackman will be featured on the cover of the September 2016 issue of Now Playing magazine. Are these the four choices, Barton? Or are there more? I haven't joined the Backlot yet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barton_Keyes Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 Are these the four choices, Barton? Or are there more? I haven't joined the Backlot yet... I don't know about how many choices were offered or anything like that. I'm not a member of the TCM Backlot either -- at present membership is not offered to Canadians. This is information I have obtained from some American friends who are Backlot members. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 I don't know about how many choices were offered or anything like that. I'm not a member of the TCM Backlot either -- at present membership is not offered to Canadians. This is information I have obtained from some American friends who are Backlot members. Okay, thanks. Maybe one of our regular message board posters (the OP of this thread?) is a member who'd like to share what images are being voted on for Hackman's magazine cover in September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic aficionado Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 There are five other Gene Hackman films that I'd actually like to see this September: - Crimson Tide (1995), also starring Denzel Washington - The quick and the dead (1995), also starring Sharon Stone and Leonardo DiCaprio - The chamber (1996), also starring Chris O'Donnell and Faye Dunaway - Class action (1991), also starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and last but not least, - Postcards from the edge (1990), starring Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine, and featuring an all-star cast - including Gene Hackman, and also a cast of fine character actors and actresses and then-upcoming stars. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sepiatone Posted June 4, 2016 Share Posted June 4, 2016 They can't show too many Gene Hackman movies. Fingers crossed for 'March or Die' (1977). That's at the top of my wanna see on TCM list for Gene Hackman. Another rare goody would be 'Prime Cut' (1972) with Gene, Lee Marvin and Sissy Spacek. And yet another would be 'The Hunting Party' (1971) with Gene, Oliver Reed and Candice Bergen. There's a wealth of Gene Hackman films to choose from - that guy was prolific. Can't argue with those choices, but wonder at no mention of CISCO PIKE (1972 ) or THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE( 1972) or THE PACKAGE(1989). His role in BONNIE and CLYDE was about as brief as the one in YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, so I think flicks in which his role was more significant are better choices for SOTM. Sepiatone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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