His 2008 drama gran torino is vaguely anti korean war. She manages to get him back to the school, and at first, the allfemale staff and pupils are scared. Clint eastwood plays gant, a vietnam veteran and pilot whos assigned to sneak into the soviet union and steal the most advanced fighter aircraft ever built. Why superhero movies cant escape how the west was won civil war is to superhero movies what something like the searchers or. Clint eastwoods latest film is american sniper, which is based on chris kyles memoir about his service in iraq. Kellys heroes 1970 official trailer clint eastwood. Wales becomes an outlaw after his family is murdered by the union militants during the civil war and he is pursued by bounty hunters and union. The film follows three deadly men who cross paths on a dangerous journey to uncover hidden gold during the civil war. This time there are three gunslingers clint, lee van cleef and eli wallach competing against each other to find a hidden buried cache of confederate gold during the chaos of the civil war. A satirical comedy wrapped around a war movie, kellys heroes was a smash hit that featured an allstar cast including don rickles, donald sutherland, telly savalas. During the civil war an injured corporal, clint eastwood, is taken by the women of a girls school to recuperate himself. Coppola won best director at the cannes film festival for her film starring nicole kidman and colin farrell, an update on the 1971 movie with clint eastwood. The mule, opening friday, continues an astonishing career that all began with blowing up a giant spider with a jet missile in tarantula. Though not as iconic as the films that john wayne made with john ford, or the westerns clint eastwood made with don siegel, the cycle of films that director anthony mann made with james stewart stand out as some of the finest westerns ever made.
Clint eastwood points a stern finger at fbi investigators and the media in the first trailer for his new factbased drama richard jewell, which explores the security guard who reported. Nicole kidman and colin farrell in the beguiled, 2017 left, and geraldine page and clint eastwood in the beguiled, 1971 right. The outlaw josey wales 1976 is a western civil war era based film centered on a man who is hellbent on vengeance against irregular union militants red legs who murdered his family in. Diablo, starring scott eastwood, is an action western about a young civil war veteran with ptsd who meets another troubled veteran in an epic journey. As the southern school is run by a housekeeper, geraldine page, and there appears a teacher. Academy award winner clint eastwood stars in and directs this fastpaced western about the fight for vengeance by a missouri farmer whose family. One of the all time best american actors and directors, clint eastwood started his acting career with revenge of the creature, a low budget 1955 bfilm. Find out which clint eastwood movie is the best of all time and which is the worst. In a short time, joseys family is massacred and his house is burned down by a yankee captain, terril randolph, and his gang. Here are clint eastwoods best and worst movies, according to imdb. The setting of the civil war only adds to the chaos of the movie. With clint eastwood, geraldine page, elizabeth hartman, jo ann harris.
So when clint eastwoods good antihero and eli wallachs notsogood, ugly bandit are captured by union troops, they are tortured within an inch of their lives. The civil war gets personal for clint eastwood in this. The beguiled is a 1971 american southern gothic film directed by don siegel, starring clint eastwood and geraldine page. He is a former usaf prisoner of war who was held captive in. Scott eastwoods latest movie is a western that will make. Clint eastwood is not dirty harry or a cowboy here. The outlaw josey wales is a 1976 american revisionist western deluxe color and panavision film set during and after the american civil war. Clint eastwoods nameless hero, the inventive direction by sergio leone and an unforgettable score from the great ennio morricone are all instantly iconic. Clint eastwood makes a huge antiwar statement with 2006s letters from iwo jima, fox news reported. Clint eastwood directs and stars in this elegiac revisionist civil war western, playing a missouri farmer who joins a confederate guerrilla group after his family is murdered by union militias. Great actors clint eastwood, geraldine page and elizabeth hartmann star in this the 5th film produced by malpaso films. After appearing in for a few dollars more in 1965, clint eastwood became the face of the modern cowboy. List of the best clint eastwood movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Saw this on hbo, then the remake was on directky afterward.
Achieving the mythic grandeur that he also strove for, and fell just shy of, with 1973s high plains drifter and. During the civil war, injured yankee soldier corporal john mcburney clint eastwood is rescued on the verge of death by a teenage girl from a southern boarding school. With nicole kidman, kirsten dunst, elle fanning, colin farrell. Take a look at all his starring movies by tomatometer. A 1976 american revisionist film set during and after the american civil war, high plains drifter is a movie directed by and starring clint eastwood who features as josey wales, a missouri farmer. The film tells the story of josey wales, a missouri farmer whose family is murdered by union militants. Part actionadventure, part spy thriller, firefox may not wow you today, but the character of mitchell gant is a fun one. The unexpected arrival of a wounded union soldier at a girls school in virginia during the american civil war leads to jealousy and betrayal. Not only the greatest civil war movie of all time, but one of the greatest movies, period. Interesting movie about a soldier from the north during the american civil war 186165 that is given refuge in a girls academy in the south after he is found wounded and things get complex as the plot thickens. Eastwood was nicknamed samson by the hospital nurses because he. The civil war ends at the outset of the outlaw josey wales, but that doesnt stop missouri farmer turned desperado josey wales clint eastwood from continuing his conflict with the north in this superior revisionist western from the legendary star. Eastwood also starred in the crime comedy film thunderbolt and lightfoot 1974, the prison film escape from alcatraz 1979, as well as the drama films the bridges of madison county 1995, gran torino 2008 and the mule 2018.
In this film, clint eastwood plays a wounded union soldier during the civil war who takes refuge in a prim southern girls school overseen by geraldine page. Edgar hoover over several decades, from his beginnings in the justice department to running the fbi. Watch tom hanks as hero pilot in first trailer for clint eastwoods sully news briefs. In the film, eastwood totes an 1851 navy revolver as his main sidearm. Kellys heroes 1970 official trailer clint eastwood, donald sutherland war movie hd a group of u. Dicaprio turned out to be an inspired choice for clint eastwood s biopic, playing j.
Time out ranks all 35 films directed by clint eastwood. The good, the bad, and the ugly 1966 while there were previous two movies in the dollar trilogy fistful of dollars, for a few dollars more, the final film in the series, a threehour epic about competitors chasing after buried treasure in the postcivilwar west, launched eastwood into stardom. During her sons fame, ruth was known by the surname of her second husband, john belden wood 192004, whom she married after the death of clinton sr. The movie will open december 25th in select major cities and january 16th all over the usa. Clint eastwood is an american film actor, director, producer, and composer. Its a gothic tale set in the civil war and as such all the films action, or lack thereof, takes place inside a house populated by southern belles of all ages and shapes. The 15 best civil war westerns of all time screenrant. Clint eastwoods 5 worst and 5 best movies as a director, from the rookie to unforgiven photos with richard jewell landing in theaters, we look back at the oscar winners highlights and. Eastwood starred as the titular kelly, a demoted army officer who learns about a cache of gold bars worth millions just sitting in a bank waiting to be picked up.
Eastwood is instantly iconic in one of his most famous roles and the film around him is equally brilliant. During the great depression, eastwood moved with his family a number of times before they finally settled. Elizabeth hartman and six students and an africanamerican servant. Has some odd stuff to it, but seems true to the time period, which it depicts.
Plot civil war has just finished and josey wales decides to retire to a quiet life, working at his farm with his wife and son. The story of the battle of iwo jima between the united states and imperial japan during world war ii, as told from the perspective of the japanese who fought it. It was directed by and starred clint eastwood as the eponymous josey wales, with chief dan george, sondra locke, sam bottoms, and geraldine keams. Clint eastwoods highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. Clint eastwood guns in movies what did he shoot in that. All clint eastwood movies ranked movie and tv news. The script was written by albert maltz and is based on the 1966 novel written by thomas p. Together with an old cherokee, a young navajo woman and an old widow with her daughter laura, josey begins his battle against bounty. Starting from a small role, the multiple times oscarwinning actor went on to star in many successful films such as the first travelling saleslady and escapade in japan. The movie s appeal comes from its careful manipulation of atmosphere and theme. The outlaw josey wales quotes, movie quotes movie quotes. While imprisoned in a confederate girls boarding school, an injured union soldier cons his way into each of the lonely womens hearts, causing them to turn on each other, and eventually, on him.