"Actor: Gene HACKMAN"

• Bonnie And Clyde | Blu Ray | (05/05/2008) from £7.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (212.77%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Bonnie and Clyde balances itself on a knife-edge of laughter and terror thanks to vivid title role performances by Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway and superb support from Michael J. Pollard Gene Hackman and Estelle Parsons. Director Arthur Penn keeps the film's sensibilities tough but never cruel. It continually dazzles especially in the work of cinematographer Burnett Guffey and editor Dede Allen. And as film lovers since have discovered it's no ordinary gangster movie.

• The Conversation Limited Collectors Edition 4K UHD | Blu Ray | (15/07/2024) from £59.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 seminal neo-noir thriller THE CONVERSATION symbolises theuneasy line between technology and privacy - a topic more relevant than ever today. Nominatedfor 3 Academy Awards® and winner of the prestigious 1974 Cannes Film Festival Palme D'orTHE CONVERSATION is a tense, paranoid thriller, regarded as one of Coppola's greatest films.Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) is an expert surveillance expert in San Francisco. His routinewiretapping job turns into a nightmare when he hears something disturbing in his recording ofa couple; he may have captured something a lot more important than adulterous goings-on. Hisinvestigation of the tape and how it might be used sends Harry spiralling into a web of secrecy,murder and paranoia.THE CONVERSATION is a harrowing psychological thriller that co-stars Cindy Williams,Frederic Forrest and Harrison Ford. Brand new artwork by Laurent Durieux. 2- disc Collector's edition. Rigid box packaging with magnetic closing. 64-page booklet with 4 new essays. Original soundtrack cassette tape. Orignal and new posters. EXTRAS - Q&A with Walter Murch, filmed at Curzon Soho, 2017. Behind the Scenes Stills Gallery. 50th Anniversary trailer. Feature commentary with writer/director Francis Ford Coppola. Feature Commentary with Editor Walter Murch Close-up on 'The Conversation'. Coppola dictates script- Opening Sequence- The Life of Harry Caul- The Convention- Introduction to Frank Lovista- Jack Tar Hotel- Police Station Ending. Harrison Ford screen test. Composer David Shire interviewed by Francis Ford Coppola. Interview with Gene Hackman (1973). Harry Caul's San Francisco: Locations Then & Now. No Cigar (1956 short, Francis Ford Coppola). Theatrical Trailer

• Postcards from the Edge | DVD | (14/07/2008) from £12.98   |  Saving you £-2.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine star as daughter and mother in this wickedly witty expos of life in the Hollywood fast lane based on the autobiographical book by Carrie Fisher.

• Target | Blu Ray | (27/02/2023) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Gene Hackman (Behind Enemy Lines) and Matt Dillon (There's Something About Mary) are the distant father and son suddenly swept into a world of international intrigue in this action-packed spy drama directed by Arthur Penn (Little Big Man).Texas teenager Chris Lloyd (Dillon) finds his father Walter (Hackman) unremarkable, ordinary and sometimes exasperating. But with his mother's (Gayle Hunnicutt) mysterious disappearance in Paris, Chris finds himself entangled in an incredible web of danger, suspense and deception. Determined to find her, father and son must put aside their differences and begin a deadly race against time in an odyssey across Europe. Twists and turns abound in this fast-paced, action-adventure thriller.

• The Birdcage | DVD | (01/02/2000) from £11.26   |  Saving you £4.73 (42.01%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The great improvisational comedy team of Mike Nichols and Elaine May reunited to (respectively) direct and write this update of the French comedy La Cage Aux Folles. Robin Williams stars as a gay Miami nightclub owner who is forced to play it straight and ask his drag-queen partner (Nathan Lane) to hide out when Williams's son invites his prospective--and highly conservative--in-laws and fiancée to a meet-and-greet dinner party. Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest play the straight-laced senator and his wife, and Calista Flockhart (from television's Ally McBeal) plays their daughter in a culture-clash with outrageous consequences. May's witty screenplay incorporates some pointed observations about the political landscape of the 1990s and takes a sensitive approach to the comedy's underlying drama. Topping off the action is Hank Azaria in a scene-stealing role as Williams's and Lane's flamboyant housekeeper, "Agador Spartacus." --Jeff Shannon

• The Firm | Blu Ray | (14/11/2011) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three-time Oscar nominee Tom Cruise delivers the most electrifying performance of his career in this riveting film based on the international best-seller. Cruise plays Mitch McDeere a brilliant and ambitious Harvard Law grad. Driven by a fierce desire to bury his working class past Mitch joins a small prosperous Memphis firm that affords Mitch and his wife (Jeanne Tripplehorn) an affluent lifestyle beyond their wildest dreams. But when FBI agents confront him with evidence of corruption and murder within the firm Mitch sets out to find the truth in a deadly crossfire between the FBI the Mob and a force that will stop at nothing to protect its interests - The Firm.

• The Mexican | DVD | (04/02/2002) from £6.05   |  Saving you £13.94 (230.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Jerry Welbach (Brad Pitt) is a reluctant bagman who has a score to settle with a crime kingpin and his even more dangerous girlfriend (Julia Roberts).

• Absolute Power | DVD | (03/04/2000) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £13.99

  Director Clint Eastwood's 1997 box-office hit stars himself as Luther Whitney, a highly skilled thief who finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, witnessing the murder of a woman involved in a secret tryst with the US president (played by Gene Hackman). Determined to clear his name, Whitney cleverly eludes a tenacious detective (Ed Harris) while investigating a corruption of power reaching to the highest level of government. Adapted by veteran screenwriter William Goldman from David Baldacci's novel, this thriller balances expert suspense with well-drawn characters and an intelligent plot that's just a pounding heartbeat away from real White House headlines. Absolute Power features the great Judy Davis in a memorable supporting role as the White House chief of staff who desperately attempts to cover up the crime. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

• Get Shorty | Blu Ray | (19/03/2012) from £8.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (14.17%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Drug smuggling. Racketeering. Loan sharking. Welcome to Hollywood! Golden Globe winner John Travolta leads an all-star cast in the hysterical comedy that insists it doesn't take much to make it in the movies...just a background with the Mob.Loan shark Chili Palmer (Travolta) is bored with the business. So when he arrives in LA to collect a debt from down-and-out filmmaker Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), Chili talks tough...and then pitches Harry a script idea. Immediately, Chili is swept into the Hollywood scene: He schmoozes film star Martin Weir (Danny DeVito), romances B-movie queen Karen Flores (Rene Russo) and even gets reservations at the hottest restaurants in town. In fact, all would be smooth for this cool new producer, if it weren't for the drug smugglers and the angry mobster who won't leave him alone!

• Enemy Of The State | DVD | (11/03/2002) from £5.43   |  Saving you £12.56 (231.31%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Robert Clayton Dean (Will Smith) is a lawyer with a wife and family whose happily normal life is turned upside down after a chance meeting with a college buddy (Jason Lee) at a lingerie shop. Unbeknownst to the lawyer, he's just been burdened with a videotape of a congressman's assassination. Hot on the tail of this tape is a ruthless group of National Security Agents commanded by a belligerently ambitious fed named Reynolds (Jon Voight). Using surveillance from satellites, bugs and other sophisticated snooping devices, the NSA infiltrates every facet of Dean's existence, tracing each physical and digital footprint he leaves. Driven by acute paranoia, Dean enlists the help of a clandestine former NSA operative named Brill (Gene Hackman) and Enemy of the State kicks into high-intensity hyperdrive. Teaming up once again with producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Top Gun director Tony Scott demonstrates his glossy style with clever cinematography and breakneck pacing. Will Smith proves that there's more to his success than a brash sense of humour, giving a versatile performance that plausibly illustrates a man cracking under the strain of paranoid turmoil. Hackman steals the show by essentially reprising his role from The Conversation--just imagine his memorable character Harry Caul some 20 years later. Most of all, the film's depiction of high-tech surveillance is highly convincing and dramatically compelling, making this a cautionary tale with more substance than you'd normally expect from a Scott-Bruckheimer action extravaganza. --Jeremy Storey

• Eureka (1983) | Blu Ray | (23/03/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Eureka Entertainment to release EUREKA, Nicolas Roeg's unsung masterpiece featuring Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell, Rutger Hauer, Joe Pesci and Mickey Rourke, on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK, in a Dual Format edition as part of The Masters of Cinema Series on 28 March 2016. One of the most revered figures in modern cinema; Nicolas Roeg's Eureka was barely released at the time of its making and overlooked by critics. Now, three decades later, it returns to reclaim a place among both the front ranks of Roeg's work and as one of the most extraordinary studio films of the 1980s. Twenty years after uncovering an unimaginable bounty of gold in the Klondike, prospector Jack McCann, now settled in the Caribbean, finds both his wealth and soul at stake amongst a sinister web of nefarious influences, spiritual malaise and criminal elements. A saga of almost cosmic proportions, headlined by an exceptional cast including Gene Hackman, Rutger Hauer, Theresa Russell, Mickey Rourke, Joe Pesci and Joe Spinell, Eureka is as powerfully acted, formally audacious, thematically layered and emotionally complex as any of Roeg's work. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the film in a Dual-Format special edition. He found his fortune but at what cost? Special Features: High-definition digital transfer English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired Isolated music & effects track Original theatrical trailer A booklet with archival interviews, new writing and archival images Click Images to Enlarge

• Postcards From The Edge | DVD | (08/03/2004) from £4.19   |  Saving you £1.80 (30.10%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A film by Mike Nichols of Carrie Fisher's semi-autobiographical novel, Postcards from the Edge is an intermittently hilarious, occasionally tear-stained account of an actress' struggle with addiction and with her competitive star mother. Meryl Streep turns in yet another flawlessly perfect performance as Suzanne, who is coping with cleaning up while making yet another idiot cop film. Shirley Maclaine is effective and overpowering as her hard-drinking Old Hollywood star mother perpetually trying to remould her daughter, singing Sondheim songs at parties, showing off her still-perfect legs and occasionally driving into trees. Among the many guest stars, Dennis Quaid is self-effacingly unpleasant as an unreliable boyfriend, Gene Hackman charismatic as a fatherly director and Annette Benning impressive in a cameo as a starlet rival. Nichols' standard slickness is very much on display here; this is perhaps too obviously manipulative a film in which the emotional detail is never quite as impressive as the central performances and script deserve. On the DVD: The DVD takes the rather subversive risk of giving the commentary role to Carrie Fisher, who discusses entertainingly how the screenplay evolved from her original novel, occasionally making clear that certain sentimentalisations of the characters were not her idea; she argues coherently that the film makes Meryl Streep's character a little too much the martyr. She also gives us a lot of faintly scurrilous Hollywood and family gossip. It also provides the theatrical trailer and filmographies for the director and major players. --Roz Kaveney

• Cisco Pike (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (29/08/2022) from £9.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Starring Kris Kristofferson (The Last Movie) in his first leading role, and boasting an impressive supporting cast including Gene Hackman (The Conversation), Karen Black (Five Easy Pieces), Harry Dean Stanton (Christine) and Warhol superstar Viva (Necropolis) Cisco Pike follows the fortunes of a musician who turns to drug dealing to make ends meet. Product Features High Definition presentation Original mono audio Audio commentary with writer-director Bill L Norton and film historian Elijah Drenner (2020) Walking Contradictions ˜Cisco Pike': Then and Now (2020, 10 mins): documentary revisiting the film's Los Angeles locations Ode to Joy (2020, 43 mins): film programmer and writer Kier-La Janisse explores the life and career of actor Joy Bang Image gallery: publicity and promotional photography Original theatrical trailer TV spot New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

• Narrow Margin | DVD | (12/02/2007) from £4.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (160.32%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A Los Angeles District Attorney (Hackman) is attempting to take an unwilling murder witness (Acher) back to the United States to testify against a top-level mob boss. Frantically attempting to escape two deadly hitmen sent to silence her they board a Vancouver-bound train only to find the killers are onboard with them. For the next 20 hours as the train hurls through the beautiful but solated Canadian wilderness a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues in which their ability to tell friend from foe is a matter of life and death...

• French Connection 2 | DVD | (19/05/2003) from £12.97   |  Saving you £10.01 (100.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Gene Hackman reprises his Oscar-winning role as Popeye Doyle the hard-nosed New York detective determined to break a French narcotics ring. Kidnapped by heroin Kingpin Alain Charier (Fernando Rey) in Marseilles Doyle is mercilessly forced to become a junkie himself. Upon his release Doyle must kick his habit and join forces with his French police counterpart (Bernard Fresson) to hunt down Charnier. Gritty action riveting performances and a vividly realistic setting make French Con

• Superman Movies Collection | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £26.95   |  Saving you £3.04 (11.28%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Superman The Movie: The movie that makes a legend come to life. You know the story. The planet Krypton is doomed. Only one man Jor-El knows it and rockets his infant son to refuge on a distant world called Earth. As Jor-El''s son grows to manhood he learns he possesses super-powers he must hide from ordinary mortals around him. It takes a big movie to contain the considerable talents of Marlon Brando Gene Hackman Jackie Cooper Glen Ford Margot Kidder Valerie Perrine and at its heart the most human portrayal of the Man of Steel Christopher Reeve. Superman an Academy Award winner (1978) for special achievement in visual effects is more than big enough. Directed by Richard Donner Superman: The Movie makes us believe this epic story all over again. Superman II: A nuclear explosion in outer space has freed rebel General Zod and his evil cohorts from their captivity in a fragment of Kryptonite. Having been banished from Krypton for their treachery against Jor-El they now plot revenge on his son - Superman. Arch villian Lex Luthor offers his services to Zod meanwhile Lois Lane has discovered Clark Kent''s identity. Will Superman surrender his superhuman powers to marry her or will he save the city of Metropolis? Original cast members from Superman create a blend of thrills humour and humanity that makes this sequel great fun for the whole family. Superman III: After Superman: The Movie's epic storytelling and Superman II's awesome battles how could the first two hits be topped? In Superman III meet Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor) a half-witted computer programming natural. For him a keyboard is a weapon and Superman faces the microelectronic menace of his life. Christopher Reeve reprises his most beloved role deepening his character's human side as Clark Kent reunites with an old flame (Annette O'Toole) at a Smallville High class reunion. And when Superman becomes his own worst enemy after Kryptonite exposure Reeve pulls off both roles with dazzling conviction. Incredible visual effects abound - but above all it has heart heroism and high-flying humor. All in superabundance of course. Superman IV: Christopher Reeve not only dons the hero's cape for the fourth time in Superman IV: The Quest For Peace but also helped develop the film's provocative theme: nuclear disarmament. For me it's the most personal of the entire series Reeve says. It directly reflects what Superman should be and should be doing. Superman does a lot this time around. To make the world safe for nuclear arms merchants archvillain Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) creates a new being to challenge the Man of Steel: the radiation-charged Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow). The two foes clash in an explosive extravaganza that sees Superman save the Statue of Liberty plug a volcanic eruption of Mount Etna and rebuild the demolished Great Wall of China. Your quest for superheroic excitement is over!

• Welcome To Mooseport | DVD | (06/09/2004) from £2.19   |  Saving you £13.80 (86.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A local plumber (Romano) is plunged into the national spotlight when in a local election he takes on the former President of the United States (Hackman) who can't believe he's running against the man installing his toilet! To make matters worse the former premier is trying to steal the election and the affection of the handyman's girlfriend (Maura Tierney)... Whoever wins one thing's for sure: this town isn't small enough for the both of them!

• Behind Enemy Lines | Blu Ray | (12/03/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.98

  A drama about a pilot and a naval flight officer (Owen Wilson and Gabriel Macht) shot down behind enemy lines in Bosnia, and the clandestine mission their commanding officer (Gene Hackman) sets up to rescue them.

• Superman I-IV Collection | Blu Ray | (30/09/2024) from £59.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Superman: The MovieAt the heart of this Academy Award®-winning*, fan-favorite box-office smash (and for three sequels) is Christopher Reeve's intelligent, affectionate portrayal of a most human Man of Steel. Reeve, Marlon Brando (Jor-El), Gene Hackman (Lex Luthor) and Margot Kidder (Lois Lane) give performances that fuel the film's aura of legend. Watching Superman isn't just like being a kid again. It's better.Superman II: The Richard Donner CutDirector Richard Donner began shooting Superman II while concurrently filming Superman: The Movie, though the theatrical version of the film was ultimately directed by Richard Lester. In 2006, Donner's original unique vision was released for the first time. Jor-El (Marlon Brando in footage cut from the theatrical version) appears in key scenes that amplify Superman lore and deepen the relationship between father and son. Lois Lane plots more schemes to unmask Clark Kent as Superman. With so many changes, large and small, including a different beginning and resolution, this version is an eye-opening alternate experience.Superman II: Theatrical CutUnwittingly released from Phantom Zone imprisonment, three superpowered Planet Krypton criminals (Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas and Jack O'Halloran) plan to enslave Earth just when Superman (Christopher Reeve) decides to show a more romantic side to Lois Lane (Margot Kidder). Gene Hackman also returns as Lex Luthor in this sequel that features a top supporting cast, witty Richard Lester direction, and visuals that astound and delight.Superman III:Meet Gus Gorman (Richard Pryor), a naive computer-programming natural. For him a keyboard is a weapon and, as a result, Superman faces the microelectronic menace of his life. Christopher Reeve reprises his signature role, deepening his character's human side as Clark Kent sees Lana Lang (Annette O'Toole) at a Smallville High class reunion. And when the Man of Steel becomes his own worst enemy after exposure to Kryptonite, Reeve pulls off both roles with dazzling skill. Relive Superman III with all its heart, heroism and high-flying humor.Superman IV: The Quest for PeaceChristopher Reeve not only dons the title hero's cape for the fourth time but also helped develop the movie's provocative theme: nuclear disarmament. To make the world safe for nuclear arms merchants, Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) creates a new being to challenge the Man of Steel: the radiation-charged Nuclear Man (Mark Pillow). The two foes clash in an explosive extravaganza that sees Superman save the Statue ofLiberty, plug the volcanic eruption of Mount Etna and rebuild the demolished Great Wall of China. Superman: The Movie ¢ Commentary by Pierre Spengler & Ilya Salkind Superman II: Theatrical Cut & Donner Cut Theatrical Cut ¢ Commentary by Ilya Salkind & Pierre Spengler Donner Cut ¢ Introduction by Richard Donner ¢ Commentary by Richard Donner & Tom Mankiewicz Superman III ¢ Commentary by Ilya Salkind and Pierre Spengler Superman IV: The Quest for Peace ¢ Commentary by Mark Rosenthal

• Split Decisions | DVD | (03/09/2001) from £5.27   |  Saving you £-2.28 (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  The 'Fighting McGuinns' are a real tough boxing family suffering the pain of family conflict. It is only when the eldest son is murdered for refusing to fix a fight that the family comes together for their salvation lies not in the fate of a boxing match but in the future of their family.