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— Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood entry at Wikipedia
Clint Eastwood credits [since 1955] at Internet Movie Database

        
actor-director Clint Eastwood won five Oscars:
two Oscars® in 1993 for "Unforgiven" {Best Picture & Best Director}
and two Oscars® in 2005 for "Million Dollar Baby" {Best Picture & Best Director}
— out of thirteen Oscar nominations (1993-2015)
and the Irving Thalberg Memorial Award in 1995

He also received
five shared Western Heritage Bronze Wrangler Awards (1961, 1962, 1963 & two in 1993)
footprints in the forecourt at Grauman's Chinese Theatre {21 Aug 1984}
five Golden Palm nominations (1985-2008) at Cannes
two Directors Guild of America Awards (1993 & 2005)
11 Kinema Junpo Awards (1994-2007) in Japan
American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award (1996)
an Honorary César (1998) & two César Awards (2004 & 2006) in France
P.G.A. Lifetime Achievement Award (1998)
Career Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival (2000)
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award (2003)
won Golden Coach Award (2003) & Special Award (2008) at Cannes
Opus Award from A.S.C.A.P. (2004)
D.G.A. Lifetime Achievement Award (2006) Milestone Award (2006)
listing as #31 (tied) on "100 Most Influential Living Americans" Atlantic Monthly Magazine (2006)
Spirit of Independence Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival (2007)

L i n k s

Clint Eastwood entry at Wikipedia
Clint Eastwood credits [since 1955] at Internet Movie Database
all videos/DVDs directed by Clint Eastwood
browse Clint Eastwood Store at Amazon

CA's Clint Eastwood fansite
DC's Clint Eastwood fansite {in French, some English}
MT's Clint Eastwood fansite: Polish-language • English-language
http://www.theclinteastwoodarchive.blogspot.com

Movies & TV of Clint Eastwood
{ in chronological order }
Clint Eastwood credits [since 1955] at Internet Movie Database
all videos/DVDs directed by Clint Eastwood
all videos/DVDs starring Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood Westerns on DVD
Clint Eastwood Westerns on VHS

"Clint Eastwood: 35 Films, 35 Years at Warner Bros." [2010]

Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD set [11/2010] 20 disks for $119.99 Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD set [2/2010] 19 disks - out of prodn/used DVD Box Set contains 34/35 feature films, plus the short "The Eastwood Factor" from film critic Richard Schickel: "Where Eagles Dare" [1968]; "Kelly's Heroes" [1970]; "Dirty Harry" [1971]; "Magnum Force" [1973]; "The Enforcer" [1975]; "The Outlaw Josey Wales" [1976]; "The Gauntlet" [1977]; "Every Which Way But Loose" [1978]; "Bronco Billy" [1980]; "Any Which Way You Can" [1980]; "Honkytonk Man" [1982]; "Firefox" [1982]; "Sudden Impact" [1983]; "City Heat" [1984]; "Tightrope" [1984]; "Pale Rider" [1985]; "Heartbreak Ridge" [1986]; "Bird" [1988]; "The Dead Pool" [1988]; "Pink Cadillac" [1989]; "White Hunter, Black Heart" [1990]; "The Rookie" [1990]; "Unforgiven" [1992]; "A Perfect World" [1993]; "The Bridges of Madison County" [1995]; "Absolute Power" [1997]; "Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil" [1997]; "True Crime" [1999]; "Space Cowboys" [2000]; "Blood Work" [2002]; "Mystic River" [2003]; "Million Dollar Baby" [2004]; "Letters From Iwo Jima" [2006]; and "Gran Torino" [2008]; the newer DVD set includes "Invictus" [2009]; extras include booklet, photo gallery, commentaries & featurettes

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"Francis In The Navy"  [1955]

"Lafayette Escadrille"  [1958]
Co-written & directed by William A. Wellman; starring Tab Hunter, David Janssen, Will Hutchins
& Clint Eastwood; full credits at IMDb

"Ambush At Cimarron Pass"  [1958]

"Rawhide" television series  [1959-1966] as Rowdy Yates

"A Fistful of Dollars"  [1964]
listen to Ennio Moriccone's music for "A Fistful of Dollars" [1:07:12] at YouTube

"For A Few Dollars More"  [1965]

"The Good, The Bad and The Ugly"  [1966]
http://www.amazon.com/Good-Bad-Ugly-Blu-ray/dp/B001U6YI92/

"The Man With No Name Trilogy" [2010] M.G.M. Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [6/2010] 3 disks for $54.99 M.G.M. Home Video widescreen color DVD [10/99] 3 disks for $15.99 contains the three feature films above; extras unknown

"The Witches"  [1967] Charlie (segment "Una sera come le altre")

"Hang 'Em High"  [1968]

"Coogan's Bluff"  [1968]

"Where Eagles Dare"  [1968]

"Paint Your Wagon" Western musical featutre  [1969]
starring Lee Marvin, Jean Seburg & Clint Eastwood

"Two Mules For Sister Sara"  [1970]

"Kelly's Heroes"  [1970]

"The Beguiled"  [1971]

"Play Misty For Me"  [Malpaso/Universal Nov 1971]
Directed by & starring Clint Eastwood; full credits from IMDb

"Dirty Harry"  [1971] {see Dirty Harry section}

"Joe Kidd"  [1972]

"High Plains Drifter"  [1973]

"Magnum Force"  [1973] {see Dirty Harry section}

"Breezy"  [1973]

"Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"  [1974]

"The Eiger Sanction"  [1975]

"The Outlaw Josey Wales"  [1976]

"The Enforcer"  [1976] {see Dirty Harry section}

"The Gauntlet"  [1977]
http://www.amazon.com/Gauntlet-Blu-ray-Clint-Eastwood/dp/B001CT876W/

"Every Which Way But Loose"  [1978]
http://www.amazon.com/Every-Which-Way-Loose-Blu-ray/dp/B001CT8776/

"Escape From Alcatraz"  [1979]

"Bronco Billy"  [1980]

"Any Which Way You Can"  [1980]

"Firefox"  [1982]

"Honkytonk Man"  [1982]

"Sudden Impact"  [1983] {see Dirty Harry section}

"Tightrope"  [1984]

"City Heat"  [1984]

"Pale Rider"  [1985]
http://www.amazon.com/Pale-Rider-Blu-ray-Clint-Eastwood/dp/B0018TNMC0/

"Heartbreak Ridge"  [1986]

"The Dead Pool"  [1988] {see Dirty Harry section}

"Bird"  [1988]

"Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser"  [1989]

"Pink Cadillac"  [1989]

"White Hunter, Black Heart"
[Malpaso/Warner Bros. May & Sept 1990]

A world-famous movie director on location in Africa neglects the production of his movie for an obsession with hunting and killing one particular elephant. The main character is modeled after John Huston, the movie being filmed is "The African Queen" [1951], the movie stars are Humphrey Bogart & Kate Hepburn. Co-produced & directed by & starring Clint Eastwood; co-written by Peter Viertel, based on his novel; co-written by James Bridges & Burt Kennedy; also starring Jeff Fahey, Charlotte Cornwell, Norman Lumsden, George Dzundza, Marisa Berenson, Richard Vanstone, Jamie Koss & Mel Martin Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [9/2003] for $17.99 Warner Home Video color VHS [6/99] out of prodn/used 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia

"White Hunter, Black Heart" novel [Doubleday 1953] by Peter Viertel Penguin mass pb [8/90] out of print/used Laurel mass pb [8/87] out of print/used see also Magic Lantern's "The African Queen" 1951 Movie Page

"The Rookie"  [1990]

"Unforgiven"  [Warner Bros Aug 1992]

Directed by & starring Clint Eastwood; co-starring Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris & Frances Fisher; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (GH), Best Editing, nominated for Best Script, Best Actor (CE), Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound; also won DGA, nominated for Best Script by WGA; won Western Heritage Bronze Wrangler Award in 1993; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005) Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [10/2006] for $8.99 Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD [8/97] out of prodn/used Warner Home Video color VHS [8/2000] out of prodn/used Warner Home Video widescreen color VHS [3/2001] out of prodn/used Warner Home Video color VHS w/Spanish subtitles [7/2000] out of prodn/used Verese soundtrack CD [8/92] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb

"In The Line of Fire"  [1993]

"A Perfect World"  [1993]

"The Bridges of Madison County"  [1995]

"The Stars Fell On Henrietta"  [1995]

"Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil"  [1997]

"Absolute Power"  [1997]

"True Crime"  [1999]

"Space Cowboys"  [2000]

"Blood Work"  [Warner Bros. Aug 2002]

A beautiful Hispanic woman locates Terry McCaleb, a cop recovering from a heart transplant, to tell him that the police have dropped the investigation of the murder of her sister - the source of Terry's transplanted organ. Directed by & starring Clint Eastwood; co-starring Jeff Daniels, Tina Lifford, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus & Paul Rodriguez Warner widescreen DVD [6/2003] for $11.99 Warner color DVD [12/2002] for $12.99 Warner color VHS [12/2002] out of prodn/many used Warner VHS w/Spanish subtitles [9/2003] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb

based on the 1998 novel by Michael Connolly Warner mass pb [10/98] for $7.99 Little, Brown 10x6½ hardcover [3/98] for $18.68 Hachette ABR audio CD [8/2002] for $11.69 Spanish translation: "Deuda de Sangre" [2002] Punto de Lectura mass pb [6/2002] out of print/used

"Mystic River"  [2003]

      "Million Dollar Baby"  [2004]

"[These two films] stand as a monumental achievement and an enduring one."
— reviewer Stuart Klawans

"Flags of Our Fathers"
[Malpaso/DreamWorks/Warner Oct 2006]

Three of the U.S. Marines in the classic photo of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima are ordered back to America to be used in wartime propaganda. Directed by Clint Eastwood; script by William Broyles Jr. & Paul Haggis, based on the book {below}; starring Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach & John Benjamin Hickey Paramount widescreen color DVD [2/2007] for $16.99 Paramount color DVD [2/2007] for $16.99 full credits from IMDb

"Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima" [2000] by James Bradley, with Ron Powers – tribute book by the son of one participant Bantam mass pb [5/2006] for $7.99 Bantam 9x6 pb [10/2001] for $11.20 Bantam 9x6¼ hardcover [5/2000] for $17.82

"Letters From Iwo Jima"
[Malpaso/DreamWorks/Warner Dec 2006]

The battle for Iwo Jima in February 1945, from the viewpoint of Japanese soldiers making a last stand against U.S. forces, centered on a general and a conscripted baker. Directed by Clint Eastwood; written by Iris Yamashita & Paul Haggis; starring Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase & Shido Nakamura; Oscar nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Script & Best Sound video/DVD not yet released; full credits from IMDb

"Gran Torino" [Malpaso/Warner Bros. Dec 2008] /tt1205489/

"Changeling: A True Story"  [Malpaso/Imagine Nov 2008]

In 1928 Los Angeles, a single mother who works as a telephone operator comes home one day to find that her son is missing. The police are no help, a radio preacher does try to help, and when the authorities bring her a rescued boy, it is not her son. Co-produced, directed & music by Clint Eastwood; written by J. Michael Straczynski; starring Angelina Jolie, Gattlin Griffith, Michael Kelly, Frank Wood, John Malkovich, Colm Feore, Devon Conti & Jeffrey Donovan; Oscar nom & S.A.G. nom for Best Actress, 8 BAFTA noms Universal Studios widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2009] for $11.49 Universal Studios widescreen color DVD [2/2009] for $12.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Invictus"  [Malpaso/Spyglass/Warner Bros. Dec 2009]

Working title was "The Human Factor"; the true story of Nelson Mandela's use of the all-white national rugby team to unite post-apartheid South Africa. Co-produced & directed by Clint Eastwood; script by Anthony Peckham, based on a book by John Carlin {below}; co-produced by & starring Morgan Freeman; also starring Matt Damon DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Playing The Enemy: Nelson Mandela & The Game That Made A Nation" [2008] by John Carlin Penguin 8¼x5½ movie tie-in pb [11/2009] for $10.88 Penguin 8¼x5½ pb [7/2009] for $10.88 Penguin Press 9x6¼ hardcover [8/2008] for $14.58 author's official website

"Hereafter" [Malpaso/Warner Bros. Oct 2010 release]
Directed by Clint Eastwood; starring Matt Damon • latest info at IMDb

"J. Edgar" [Malpaso/Warner Bros. Nov 2011]

The life and times of J. Edgar Hoover, the longtime director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation division of the U.S. Justice Department Co-produced & directed by Clint Eastwood; script by Dustin Lance Black; starring Leonardo DiCaprio {as Hoover}, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench, Gunner Wright, David A. Cooper, Jeffrey Donovan, Josh Lucas, Emily Alyn Lind, Jamie LaBarber & Lea Thompson DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site

"Trouble With The Curve" [Malpaso/Warner Bros. Sept 2012]

Filmed in Georgia (USA); the eyesight of baseball scout Gus is failing, so his daughter agrees to tag along on what could be his last scouting trip. Co-produced & directed by longtime producing partner Robert Lorenz; written by Randy Brown; co-produced by and starring semi-retired Clint Eastwood; also starring Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, John Goodman, Matthew Lillard, Robert Patrick DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site see also Magic Lantern's Baseball Movies Film Festival Page

"A Star Is Born" remake [Warner/Malpaso - shelved 2012]
Announced 2012: The story of a young artist who marries a fading star and then surpasses the spouse in fame. This version is
being developed as a starring vehicle for singer Beyoncé Knowles, set in the world of rock music; co-produced by Eastwood &
Robert Lorenz; to be directed by Clint Eastwood; script by Will Fetters • latest info at IMDb

details on prior films (synopses, videos & DVDs, posters, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on
Magic Lantern's "A Star Is Born" Movies Page

"Jersey Boys" musical feature [Warner/Malpaso for late 2013? release]
Rumored 4/2013: A high-profile adaptation of the mega-hit Tony-winning Broadway musical, from Eastwood and G.K. Films
and Warner Bros., as yet unconfirmed • latest info at IMDb

"The 15:17 To Paris" [Warner/Malpaso Feb 2018?]  

In the early evening of 21 August 2015, the world watched in stunned silence as the media reported a thwarted terrorist attack on Thalys train #9364 bound for Paris, an attempt prevented by three courageous young Americans traveling through Europe Co-produced & directed by Clint Eastwood; written by Dorothy Blyskal, based on the book; starring Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone, Jenna Fischer, Judy Greer, Ray Corasani, Paul-Mikél Williams, Bryce Gheisar, William Jennings DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 12/2017 official trailer [2:09] at YouTube

"The 15:17 To Paris: The True Story of A Terrorist, A Train, and Three American Heroes" [2016] by Anthony Sadler, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone & Jeffrey E. Stern movie tie-in Kindle Edition from PublicAffairs/Hachette [8/2016] for $9.99 PublicAffairs 8¼x5½ movie tie-in pb [1/2018] for $15.00 PublicAffairs 9½x6¼ hardcover [8/2016] for $15.00

"Cry Macho" [Malpaso Prodns/Warner Bros. DUE 2021]  

Partly filmed on location in Albuquerque, in Socorro County, and in Belén, New Mexico; a washed up rodeo star and horse breeder takes a job to bring a man's young son home from Mexico and away from his alcoholic mother; on their journey, the horseman finds redemption through teaching the boy what it means to be a good man • Co-produced by Albert S. Ruddy; co-produced & directed by and starring Clint Eastwood; screenplay by Nick Schenk, based on prior screenplay and 1975 novel by N. Richard Nash DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia "Cry Macho" novel [1975] by N. Richard Nash [1913-2000] Written first as a screenplay, which was rejected by the studios; so Nash decided to write a novelization (which took two weeks); book received a $10,000 advance, was published in both hardcover & paperback, and was a small hit, so the studios bid for the movie rights; the winning studio asked Nash to write a screenplay, so he handed over the rejected screenplay and got paid for it; worked with screenwriter Schenk before Nash's death in 2000 at age 87 Dell mass pb [1976] out of print/scarce Delacorte Press hardcover [1975] out of print/scarce book entry at Wikipedia

The Dirty Harry Movies
Clint Eastwood starred as S.F.P.D. Inspector 'Dirty' Harry Callahan in five feature films

"Dirty Harry Ultimate Collector's Edition" box sets Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray set [2/2010] 5 disks for $52.49 Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray set [6/2008] 5 disks for $80.99 Warner Home Video widescreen color DVD set [6/2008] 7 disks for $55.99 each set contains 5 features: "Dirty Harry" [1971] (2 disks on DVD), "Magnum Force" [1973], "The Enforcer" [1976], "Sudden Impact" [1983], and "The Dead Pool" [1988]; 4 documentaries "Clint Eastwood: The Man From Malpaso" [1993 TV program], "Clint Eastwood: Out of The Shadows" [American Masters 2000], "Dirty Harry: The Original" [2001], and "The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry" [2008]; plus the 2008 releases above include a 42-page book, interviews, trailers, featurettes, and other extras

"Dirty Harry"  [1971]

"Magnum Force"  [1973]

"The Enforcer"  [1976] co-starring Tyne Daly

"Sudden Impact"  [1983] co-starring Sondra Locke

"The Dead Pool"  [1988] co-starring Patricia Clarkson

"Dirty Harry: The Original" documentary [2001]
"The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry" documentary [2008]

Other  Works  by  Clint  Eastwood
Rawhide's Clint Eastwood Sings Cowboy Favorites (LP)
Eastwood After Hours

"Clint Eastwood Talking To A Chair" [Aug 2012]
Clint's attempt at humor at the Republican Party National Concention in Tampa, Florida got all messed up because he forgot
his glasses; a later rehash of the event included the headline "Eastwood Debates Empty Chair - and Loses!"
watch A.B.C. News video [11:24] on YouTube

Works About Clint Eastwood

"Clint Eastwood: The Man From Malpaso" documentary [1993 TV program]

American Film Institute Lifetimne Achievement Award 1996: Clint Eastwood Republic color VHS [2/98] out of prodn/used show credits from IMDb

Directors DVD: Clint Eastwood [2000]: DVD for $9.98 | VHS for $9.98

"Clint Eastwood: Out of The Shadows" documentary [American Masters 2000]

"Horizons West: Directing The Western From John Ford To Clint Eastwood" [2008] by Jim Kitses examining Western directors Budd Boetticher, Clint Eastwood, John Ford [1894-1973], Sergio Leone, Anthony Mann & Sam Peckinpah [1925-84] British Film Institute 9x6 pb [1/2008] for $27.85 British Film Institute 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2008] for $85.95

"The Evolution of Clint Eastwood" documentary [2008]

Eastwood bio by Richard Schickel

"The Ethical Vision of Clint Eastwood" [10/2011] by Sara Anson Vaux
http://www.amazon.com/Ethical-Vision-Clint-Eastwood/dp/0802862950/

"Conversations With Clint: Paul Nelson's Lost Interviews with Clint Eastwood, 1979-1983" [9/2011]
by Kevin Avery & Jonathan Lethem /144116586X/

Family & Friends

wife Dina Eastwood

daughter Francesca

daughter Morgan

"Mrs. Eastwood & Company" [E! non-reality TV show]
Announced 3/2012: Starring Eastwood’s wife, Dina Eastwood, and his daughters Francesca and Morgan,
as they make their merry way "from their hometown of Carmel, California to Los Angeles and beyond".

Mission Ranch [est. 1800s; purch 1986] in Carmel, California

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