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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Gene was a larger-than-life talent, so it's not surprising that we're still hearing new stories from those who worked with ...

Gene Hackman, left, with director Francis Ford Coppola on the set of Coppola's movie, "The Conversation." (Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images) Though he’d largely appeared in ...

Filmmaker Wes Anderson reflected on working with Gene Hackman in a recent interview with The Times. In 2001, Anderson’s film ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — Gene Hackman’s friend ... and Hackman spoke was before the COVID-19 pandemic, and the gap in conversation is one he regrets. "It was before COVID, and it reminded me of ...

"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 ...

"Hackman was a true genius of film who brought ... The Megalopolis director, who directed Gene in The Conversation, shared a touching tribute shortly after news of Gene’s death broke. “ ...