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...inspiration this week, Vinatieri conjures up Hoosiers, the 1986 sports classic where the coach of a small high school basketball team, played by Gene Hackman, pulls out a tape measure before the state championship game and shows his players that the basket?s height is the same in both the spacious arena and the barnyard gym. ?The goalposts are still 18-feet wide,? says Vinatieri, smiling. ?Once we move the ball past the 50-yard line, I?ll just step over to the side and start booting a couple of balls into the net. It?s been easy...
Look closely at this picture. It shows something you have never seen before: Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman occupying the same piece of celluloid. Although the two wily veterans were roommates way back in their struggling-actor days, they have never shared the big screen. Runaway Jury, a legal thriller that opens Oct. 17, will be their first co-starring gig. "Gene's always had the ability to be extremely, almost criminally, honest and natural in his work," says Hoffman. Says Hackman: "Dustin takes big chances, a big bite out of something, which I love." Well, now he does. Probably...
...water sport might try surfing. The beach at Bidart, just south of Biarritz, is considered the most challenging in Europe. Under certain conditions, waves can rise to 21 ft. but more often range from 6 ft. to 10 ft. For lessons or to rent a board, visit the Jeff Hackman Surf School in Biarritz...
...work as a model got her a small, revealing role as a vampire bride opposite Keanu Reeves (her Matrix co-star) in Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula. Soon the actress-model was a model actress in French and Italian films and one American suspense drama, Under Suspicion, as Gene Hackman's wife...
...Moulin Rouge’s Nicole Kidman are good starts. Gosford Park, meanwhile, is hurt by an ensemble cast that doesn’t allow for individual recognition, save Helen Mirren’s outstanding final 15 minutes. Interestingly, The Royal Tenenbaums—with names like Gene Hackman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anjelica Huston and Ben Stiller—was burned by its excess of star power. Memento, with Pearce and two actors with little more than The Matrix on their resumes, was at an instant disadvantage...