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  1. A discussion about the novel "Wake of the Perdido Star"
    A discussion about the novel "Wake of the Perdido Star"

    with Daniel Lenihan and Gene Hackman on Nov 3, 1999

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Gene Hackman is an Academy Award-winning American actor.

Hackman came to fame in the 1970s, after winning an Academy Award for Best Actor in “The French Connection.” He followed this with leading roles in the disaster film “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972) and Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Conversation” (1974) He later appeared in the star-studded war film “A Bridge Too Far” (1977), and showed a talent for both comedy and the “slow burn” as Lex Luthor in “Superman: The Movie” (1978), “Superman II” (1980), and “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972).

Hackman is unusually versatile, able to play hard-edged roles, such as in “The French Connection” and “Mississippi Burning” (for which he received a Academy Award Supporting Actor nomination) as well as convincing comedic turns in fare such as “The Birdcage” and “The Royal Tenenbaums”. One of Hackman’s most famous comedic roles was his cameo appearance as the Blindman in “Young Frankenstein”.

Together with undersea archaeologist Daniel Lenihan, Hackman also wrote two novels: “Wake of the Perdido Star” (1999) and “Justice for None” (2004).

Source -Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Hackman