[New post] Night Moves: Gene Hackman’s Brown Suede Jacket
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Gene Hackman as Harry Moseby in Night Moves (1975)
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Gene Hackman as Harry Moseby, private detective and former professional football player
Los Angeles to New Mexico, Fall 1973
Film:Night Moves Release Date: June 11, 1975 Director: Arthur Penn Costumer: Arnie Lipin Costume Supervisor: Rita Riggs
Background
He may wear rollnecks and drive a green '68 Mustang, but Harry Moseby ain't no Frank Bullitt. Five years earlier, this type of character may have been styled in the manner of the cooler-than-cool Steve McQueen archetype, but the tumultuous half-decade that passed between the production of Bullitt and Night Moves saw waves of political assassinations, civil unrest, disillusionment in Vietnam, and post-Watergate paranoia that shifted the zeitgeist to a pessimistic cynicism that permeated much of '70s cinema.
A decade after his career with the Oakland Raiders, Harry Moseby's best days are well behind him as he continues eking out a living as a shabby Hollywood private eye, entertaining himself by playing chess on the passenger seat of his Mustang. Continue reading "Night Moves: Gene Hackman's Brown Suede Jacket"
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