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You've got to ask yourself a question: 'do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk? Dirty Harry provoked a critical uproar in 1971 for its fascist message about the power of one, as it also elevated Clint Eastwood to superstar status through his most enduring screen persona. Harry Callahan (Eastwood, in a role meant for Frank Sinatra) .. Read more

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  Eastwood set for 80th birthday movie marathon

  • 12 Mar 2010

  Clint Eastwood's upcoming 80th birthday will be celebrated in America with a marathon of his movies. Bosses at the Turner Classic Movies channel will show Eastwood's movies back to back for 24 hours, and debut The Eastwood Factor, a new documentary about the actor/director's career, narrated by Morgan Freeman. Films like Dirty Harry, Magnum Force (1973), Where Eagles Dare, Kellys Heroes and Hang Em High will be aired throughout the day from 6am on 31 May (10). Read more

  

  Directors Guild makes Eastwood's day

  • 05 Dec 2005

  Clint Eastwood is to receive the highest honour from the Directors Guild of America (DGA). The actor and director will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at a ceremony on January 28th for his work behind the camera over three decades that has included Play Misty For Me, High Plains Drifter, A Perfect World and The Bridges Of Madison County. DGA president Michael Apted said: "Clint Eastwood is the consummate filmmaker. "As one of the most prolific, versatile directors in the... Read more

  

  Changeling

  • 24 Nov 2008

  Los Angeles, 1928: “Everybody knows women are fragile…” Carol Dexter (Amy Ryan) tells Christine Collins (Angelina Jolie) as she explains how Code 12 patients are processed in the psychiatric ward of the Los Angeles County General Hospital. See, Code 12s have been committed directly by the LAPD, and naturally the hospital staff ask no questions. No matter that Carol’s mental lapse was filing a complaint against a “john” who beat her. He was a cop. Christine Read more

  

  McQueen still the king of cool

  • 03 Dec 2004

  Steve McQueen's Bullitt has topped a poll of the coolest films of all time. The top ten, compiled by the TV Times, put the 1968 hit ahead of Paul Newman's Cool Hand Luke and early James Bond offering Goldfinger. Bullitt sees McQueen play hard-nosed cop Frank Bullitt chasing corrupt city officials and crime bosses through the streets of San Francisco after a witness in his protection is murdered. The film also features one of the most memorable car chases in cinematic history. Only three modern... Read more

  

  You talkin' to me?

  • 17 Aug 2004

  Robert De Niro's portrayal of the brooding Vietnam veteran Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver has topped a poll of movie fans' favourite alternative screen idols. The film that saw De Niro utter the legendary line "you talkin' to me?" also produced the best anti-hero, according to the readers of Total Film. Cinemagoers have long rooted for the bad guy in films, with the so-called anti-hero becoming something of a cult figure in movie history. De Niro's character is followed in the list by... Read more

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    A tremendously controversial film, both decried as an apologia for fascism and hailed as the solution to a decade of rising crime, DIRTY HARRY propelled Clint Eastwood's career into the stratosphere while adding another archetype to join his Man with No Name in film iconography. Clint stars as ...

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    You've got to ask yourself a question: 'do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk? Dirty Harry provoked a critical uproar in 1971 for its fascist message about the power of one, as it also elevated Clint Eastwood to superstar status through his most enduring screen persona. Harry Callahan (Eastwood, in a ...

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