In addition to the most important Oscar category, Merciless won the golden boy award in 1993 for best director (Clint Eastwood), best supporting actor (Gene Hackman) and best editing (Joel Cox).
You can currently get them at Amazon best home cinema version of Merciless * in a 2-disc set. The Bonus material includes, among other things, four documentaries, an audio commentary and an episode of the western series Maverick with a young Clint Eastwood.
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That’s what the Western masterpiece Merciless is about
The widower William ‘Bill’ Munny (Clint Eastwood) leads a dreary life as a pig farmer with his children until he becomes short-sighted Wannabe gunslinger Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett) shows up and tells him about a lucrative contract. The prostitute Strawberry Alice (Frances Fisher) has one hefty bounty exposed to two cattle prods who cut the face of her colleague Delilah (Anna Levine).
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Since the sheriff (Gene Hackman) only punishes the crime leniently, the bounty should now call the professionals into action for justice care for. Kid, Bill and his old partner Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman) set out to find the criminals and the Honor the prostitute to restore.
Merciless is one of the best westerns of all time
The Academy was mercilessly convincing and the film is also on Rotten Tomatoes 96 percent. This was made just 11 years after the western was released Japanese remake The Unforgiven, which is also highly rated at 94 percent.
Merciless is also extremely popular in our community and can be found on 5th place among the best westerns and ranked 8th among the best justice dramas. What distinguishes the film from most representatives of its genre is that the role of the lawless hero and depictions of violence are questioned and thus unite Eastwood Anti-Western created. At film releases the review says:
The complexity of the plot and motivations and the consistency with which Eastwood “thinks the western through” make “Unforgiven” one realistic, impressive drama – at a time when no one seemed to be calling for the genre anymore.
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