@occupycinema: His voice cracked when he thanked the woman who believed in him first. Gene Hackman won Best Actor for The French Connection in 1972. He joked. He checked the envelope. He thanked his acting teacher. Then his voice broke when he got to the last name on his list. Felippa Maltese. His first wife, the woman who met him when he was nobody in New York and believed in him before anyone else did. That crack in his voice at the podium told you everything about the man underneath. #GeneHackman #TheFrenchConnection #Oscars #AcademyAwards #OccupyCinema

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