Yet his final landmark performance was a very different affair though no less weighty in a modern alt-comedy classic.
Any one of these threeroles may have been Hackmans bestoverall.
His final film roles inRunaway JuryandWelcome to Mooseportwere relatively insignificant by comparison.
Playing Royal Tenenbaum wasthe perfect way for Gene Hackman to bow out of the limelight.
Hes a sympathetically selfish character whos hero, antihero and villain all rolled into one.
Hackmans character is the only one whos impossible to pin down.
Hes everything and nothing at once, and, fundamentally, intensely, human.
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