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Gene Hackman rides his bike *backwards!*

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Uploaded by on Oct 12, 2009

This is a deleted scene from 'The French Connection,' showcasing Gene Hackman's ability to ride a bicycle backwards. Yeah, yeah - it was cut for pacing and didn't bring anything to the film that couldn't be taken out. But look at it! That's a forty year old Gene Hackman riding *backwards*!

(In the commentary for this, the director William Friedkin says that it was added by Hackman on the spot. He had asked Hackman if there was anything interesting he could add to the scene and Hackman said "Sure. How about this?" God damn, that's a cool guy.)

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  • Great post. I love this scene. I remember a behind-the -scenes photo on the set of MISSISSIPPI BURNING showing Hackman also riding a bike backwards.

    Was this taken from the DVD or Blu-Ray edition?

  • @mandolindley Standard DVD. I used Mac the RIpper to strip the encryption and Mpeg Streamclip for the H.264 encode.

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  • oooh, so that's how the girl on the bike got to his apartment. Yeah, kind of a distracting backstory, I can see why they cut it.

  • I've got this one on my DVD.

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