Illinois film festival to honor Gene Hackman

Published October 23, 2012 11:03am ET



CHARLESTON, Ill. (AP) — Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman’s career will be the focus of the Embarras (EM’-brah) Valley Film Festival in the eastern Illinois town of Charleston.

The festival will feature five Hackman movies: “Bonnie and Clyde,” ”Unforgiven,” ”The Royal Tenenbaums,” ”Hoosiers” and “The French Connection.” Events start Saturday with a film workshop for middle school children. “The Versatile Gene Hackman” festival runs Nov. 1-3 at the Doudna Fine Arts Center.

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