And there’s a deeper movie reference to the hat also. According to vocal.media , narcotics detective Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) wears a pork pie hat in the 1971 movie The French Connection .

Idris Elba rocks a pork pie hat and leather jacket for gala screening of Disney's Zootropolis in Hackney. By DAN CAIN FOR MAILONLINE . Published: 17:40 EDT, 7 March 2016 | Updated: 22:52 EDT, 7 ...

The furthest reaches of his imagination couldn't fathom that he would one day voice a bouncy, happy guy who's equal parts cat, dolphin and elephant with a pork-pie hat, hobo gloves and a body made ...

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Birmingham native Fannie Flagg, who now lives in California, says she watches all of Alabama's football games on TV. (Photo by Suze Lanier, courtesy of the Alabama Writers' Forum) BIRMINGHAM ...

One of those songs was “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat.” The song was originally composed by Mingus as a tribute to his friend, the great tenor sax player Lester Young, “The Prez.” ...