Gene Hackman was an actor who carried a heavyweight legacy with him on and off the screen. Whether anybody seriously intended Enemy of the State to reflect The Conversation or not, the later film ...

In Gene Hackman’s case, the phrase is fairly literal ... The private surveillance expert Hackman played in The Conversation — the first of director Francis Ford Coppola’s two 1974 ...

And yet, I’ve long felt that Hackman’s career-defining role — as surveillance wizard Harry Caul in Francis Ford Coppola’s Cannes-winning masterpiece “The Conversation” — matches the ...

Wes Anderson recalled Gene Hackman being 'furious' at his salary for 'The Royal Tenenbaums' ahead of premiering 'The ...

Without a doubt, one of the greatest films of Gene Hackman's career was the 2001 Wes Anderson masterpiece The Royal ...

"He didn't want to do the film anyway," added the director, who didn't stay in touch with the late actor. "I talked him into ...

Jeffrey Mayer/WireImage Daniel and Barbara Lenihan, longtime friends of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa, reveal the last conversation their family had with the actor and his wife. Hackman ...

Gene Hackman, the Oscar-winning actor whose gruff but soulful turns in classics such as “The French Connection,” “The Conversation” and “Unforgiven” made him one of the most respected ...

Coppola, who directed Hackman in 1974’s The Conversation, wrote on Instagram, “The loss of a great artist, always cause for both mourning and celebration: Gene Hackman a great actor ...

Gene Hackman with director, screenwriter and producer Francis Ford Coppola on the set of Coppola’s movie ‘The Conversation.’ Corbis via Getty Images The movie icon appeared in a slew of ...