Tag: Eastwood
He influenced masters like Clint Eastwood and Sam Peckinpah
A mysterious stranger, a ruthless villain and a director who excelled in just about every genre. This is there George Stevens’ iconic western classic My Big Friend Shane to admire,…
A Clint Eastwood film is even coming for the first time
Western fans will get their money’s worth on TV tonight: First of all, The Magnificent Seven is a remake of a classic western, which is itself a remake, but is…
Clint Eastwood wanted to make a film with Quentin Tarantino – but there was always one reason against it
Clint Eastwood isn’t exactly someone who likes to be told what to do. So it’s perhaps not surprising that in the last few decades he has appeared almost exclusively in…
Clint Eastwood was supposed to film Karate Kid (!) – he angrily refused to work on the Cobra Kai predecessor because of his son
A parallel universe in which Clint Eastwood filmed the teen sports film Karate Kid isn’t as far away as you might think. The Western legend was already in discussion as…
Clint Eastwood saved the Western with this film 39 years ago – and today it is still almost forgotten
Never again westerns. That could have been the attitude of many Hollywood producers in the 80s. Anyone who had any status and name avoided the genre at that time. Because…
The legendary Clint Eastwood western was the start of one of the best trilogies of all time
A lone gunfighter looks grimly across the vast landscape. He pulled his hat low over his face. He is silent but quick with the weapon. Clint Eastwood perfected this anti-hero.…
Clint Eastwood praises the only actor he has always been a fan of
Clint Eastwood has created several iconic film characters, including the nameless gunfighter from the Dollar Trilogy and the callous Inspector Callahan from Dirty Harry. But as he himself admits, he…
One of the best westerns of all time that made Clint Eastwood a mega star
Clint Eastwood has played countless roles in his eight-decade career. But one defined him like no other: The Man Without a Name, the symbol of the Western antihero who, thanks…
A historian explains what makes a Clint Eastwood war film so great
Films On the subject of war, historians often gasp. Battles are depicted incorrectly or inaccurately and lack historical accuracy. However, things are different with a Clint Eastwood film. What film…
It didn’t come from Clint Eastwood, but from another great
With the masterpiece Two Glorious Scoundrels, director Sergio Leone has made one of the best westerns of all time. In addition to mega star Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach was also…