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Post by ck100 on Jul 24, 2020 22:27:52 GMT
That's according to Ben Stiller in a new interview who is a big fan of the 1972 film. www.yahoo.com/entertainment/gene-hackman-the-poseidon-adventure-money-job-ben-stiller-211101884.htmlBen talks about telling Hackman on the Royal Tenenbaums set how much of a fan he is of the film and how it inspired him to be in movies and Hackman just simply replied that it was a "Money Job" for him which "shattered" Ben's world. "It was a dream come true for me,” Stiller recalled. “The whole shoot, I was waiting to get up the nerve –because he’s an intimidating guy – to tell him how much Poseidon Adventure meant to me. So, two days before the shoot was over, finally, there’s this quiet moment. I said, ‘Gene, I just want to say it’s just been amazing working with you – and I didn’t say this before, but really for me, Poseidon Adventure is probably one of the most important movies for me, ever, because it really made me want to be a filmmaker, to be in movies, and I saw it multiple times and it just really, really changed my life.” Hackman took a moment, then looked at Stiller. “Oh yeah. Money job,” he told the superfan. “Then he got up and he walked away. My world was shattered,” Stiller said. “Even if it was a money job for Hackman, it was the most incredible money-job performance I’ve ever seen.”" |
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Post by ck100 on Jul 24, 2020 22:29:45 GMT
I know Hackman has done movies before for the money. In the interview below, Chris Reeve talks about how on the Superman 1 set he asked Hackman what was it about the film that appealed to him and Hackman replied "You mean besides the $2 million?".
The story starts at 3:06.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jul 24, 2020 22:45:38 GMT
Two thoughts:
1. Of course it was a money job. He just did French Connection, he wasn't climbing around a boat with Shelly Winters for the artform
2. Poseidon Adventure inspired Stiller to make movies...? Zoolander...?
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Post by OldAussie on Jul 24, 2020 22:59:51 GMT
Of all the Hackman movies in all the world.....The Poseidon Adventure?  |
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Post by claudius on Jul 24, 2020 23:41:05 GMT
While filming the climax of THE CABLE GUY he taped a scene of himself reenacting Hackman’s speech from the film.
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Post by phantomparticle on Jul 25, 2020 2:21:01 GMT
From what I've read Hackman, despite his intimidating stature, is rather shy around people he doesn't know very well. For whatever psychological reason, those types of people are embarrassed by compliments and his brusque response to Stiller may have been his method of escape. If he took The Poseidon Adventure for the money, he certainly delivered one hell of a dynamic performance in return. I hope he is happy in his retirement but, damn, I miss him on screen. Thanx, Mr. Hackman, for the movies you made, and if there aren't to be any more, your career was one hell of a ride for your admiring public.  |
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Post by amyghost on Jul 25, 2020 2:25:25 GMT
All actors do some money jobs if they like eating and keeping a roof over their heads. Doesn't mean they can't be enjoyable or even give one hell of a good performance in so doing. Some actors are simply incapable of giving a bad performance, even on phone-it-in stuff, and Hackman was one of them. It is what it is.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jul 25, 2020 3:46:17 GMT
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Post by ck100 on Jul 25, 2020 4:06:16 GMT
All actors do some money jobs if they like eating and keeping a roof over their heads. Doesn't mean they can't be enjoyable or even give one hell of a good performance in so doing. Some actors are simply incapable of giving a bad performance, even on phone-it-in stuff, and Hackman was one of them. It is what it is. Case in point: |
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Post by ck100 on Jul 25, 2020 4:39:45 GMT
From what I've read Hackman, despite his intimidating stature, is rather shy around people he doesn't know very well. For whatever psychological reason, those types of people are embarrassed by compliments and his brusque response to Stiller may have been his method of escape. What you've said seems to tie into my earlier post of Chris Reeve telling a story on how during the filming of Superman 1 he complimented Hackman and asked him what it was about the movie that made him want to do it. Hackman simply replied "You mean besides the $2 million?" |
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Post by ck100 on Jul 25, 2020 4:43:26 GMT
You're correct about Hackman always giving a good performance in even shitty movies. Too bad Robert De Niro does not share Hackman's dedication to the craft. He phones in his performance for his money movies.  |
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Post by Power Ranger on Jul 25, 2020 5:26:50 GMT
Apparently Hackman didn’t care for the fanaticism that The Poseidon Adventure elicited. The Poseidon Adventure was extremely popular and there used to be annual events where fans and stars would converge but Hackman always ignored it. It’s similar to Harrison Ford’s relationship to Star Wars.
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Post by Power Ranger on Jul 25, 2020 5:34:19 GMT
From what I've read Hackman, despite his intimidating stature, is rather shy around people he doesn't know very well. For whatever psychological reason, those types of people are embarrassed by compliments and his brusque response to Stiller may have been his method of escape. What you've said seems to tie into my earlier post of Chris Reeve telling a story on how during the filming of Superman 1 he complimented Hackman and asked him what it was about the movie that made him want to do it. Hackman simply replied "You mean besides the $2 million?" I wonder how he felt about Superman IV? His asking price may have bankrupted Cannon Films LOL |
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Post by amyghost on Jul 25, 2020 12:13:46 GMT
All actors do some money jobs if they like eating and keeping a roof over their heads. Doesn't mean they can't be enjoyable or even give one hell of a good performance in so doing. Some actors are simply incapable of giving a bad performance, even on phone-it-in stuff, and Hackman was one of them. It is what it is. You're correct about Hackman always giving a good performance in even shitty movies. Too bad Robert De Niro does not share Hackman's dedication to the craft. He phones in his performance for his money movies. Nic Cage has quit trying. De Niro seems to have fallen afoul of believing his own publicity a bit much; I suspect he considers himself such an inviolate legend of filmdom that he no longer needs to be even slightly concerned with the calibre of performance he turns in, much less the material he chooses as vehicles for those performances. |
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Post by politicidal on Jul 25, 2020 12:48:13 GMT
I can see Hackman saying that, but not sure why people are mocking Stiller for liking it so much. Those were the must-see spectacles in their day and people couldn’t get enough of it, like today with superhero movies.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jul 25, 2020 14:21:32 GMT
You're correct about Hackman always giving a good performance in even shitty movies. Too bad Robert De Niro does not share Hackman's dedication to the craft. He phones in his performance for his money movies. Nic Cage has quit trying. De Niro seems to have fallen afoul of believing his own publicity a bit much; I suspect he considers himself such an inviolate legend of filmdom that he no longer needs to be even slightly concerned with the calibre of performance he turns in, much less the material he chooses as vehicles for those performances. Dirty Grandpa would be a testament to that. |
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jul 27, 2020 2:04:42 GMT
Dirty Grandpa would be a testament to that. That was just terrible. I should have walked out....  Agreed. I sure lost a lot of respect for De Niro because of it. |
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