Gene Hackman Movies

Paying homage to two of Hollywood's central icons, the film creates an unparalleled portrait of two very different personalities amidst the demise of...

Behind the scenes of the 1992 film Unforgiven.

The wives of several high-powered doctors feel neglected due to their husbands' focus on their careers, so they embark on a regimen of sex, drugs and...

A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State...

10th Anniversary documentary looking back at Unforgiven (1992)

To celebrate the BFI's Thriller season, filmmaker Daniel Cockburn explores the power of sound to terrify and unsettle. Using sounds from Hollywood's...

Jack is the sole survivor of a Japanese attack on his squad at Guadalcanal. Because of his heroism and the fact that he is still alive, he becomes a...

Documentary on the making of the 1978 film 'Superman.'

The Watergate Caper is an archival documentary, narrated by Harry Shearer (This is Spinal Tap), tracing the rise and fall of Nixon from the...

Revisiting the achievements of Sacheen Littlefeather, the first woman of color to utilize the Academy Awards to make a political statement.

This heartrending documentary tells the story behind the most famous war photograph ever taken.

Short featurette on the making of Scarecrow (1973).

We, the Marines takes viewers on an action-packed adventure into the unparalleled experience of becoming and serving as a member of the U.S. Marine...

The exciting story of the making of William Friedkin's The French Connection (1971), hosted by former NYPD detective Sony Grosso, who inspired the...

A behind-the-scenes, promotional short about the making of the feature film The Gypsy Moths (1969), which extensively features free fall skydiving.

A workaholic father becomes sole parent to his two young sons, and finds it hard to relate to them, consumed as he is with his own grief.

A feature length documentary on legendary acting guru, casting agent and author, Michael Shurtleff. Interviews with actors such as Gene Hackman,...

A look at the mysterious, final weeks of Gene Hackman's life and their aftermath. How did the Hollywood icon die, alongside his wife and dog, far...

In Peruvian Amazonia, for the first time in many years, a Shipibo–Konibo community prepare to perform the Aneshiati ceremony: a time of dance,...

contains on-set interview with Hackman and Coppola and shows the two men rehearsing a key scene.