GENE HACKMAN - LASER MEDIA COVER SIGNED - HFSID 278696

GENE HACKMAN
The Oscar-winning actor who starred in The Conversation signed this laser disc cover in silver felt tip
Laser Disc Cover signed: "Gene/Hackman",12¼x12¼. Laser disc not included. Paramount Home Video Laser Disc cover for the 1974 film The Conversation, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Hackman as a sound surveillance expert in over his head. Disc not included. Gene Hackman (b. 1930) is a prolific stage and screen actor who earned his screen debut in an episode of Tallahassee 7000 in 1961. After winning Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor for Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and I Never Sang For My Father (1973), Hackman won the Best Actor Award for his role as narcotics agent Popeye Doyle in The French Connection (1971). A Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner for the Western Unforgiven (1993), Hackman earned critical acclaim in such films as Mississippi Burning (1989) and The Royal Tenenbaums (2001). Although it did not win any major film awards, Hoosiers (1986), in which he portrayed a high school basketball coach, is considered one of the best sports films of all time. In total, Hackman has won two Oscars (five nominations), four Golden Globes (nine nominations), and two BAFTAs (five nominations).  Since his last screen role in 2004, Hackman has firmly retired from the industry, instead choosing to write and publish novels. Lightly worn at corners and edges. Otherwise, fine condition.