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. 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. Find out which clint eastwood movie is the best of all time and which is the worst. The script was written by albert maltz and is based on the 1966 novel written by thomas p. Has some odd stuff to it, but seems true to the time period, which it depicts. Here are clint eastwoods best and worst movies, according to imdb. Eastwood is instantly iconic in one of his most famous roles and the film around him is equally brilliant. His 2008 drama gran torino is vaguely anti korean war. As the southern school is run by a housekeeper, geraldine page, and there appears a teacher. Not only the greatest civil war movie of all time, but one of the greatest movies, period. Clint eastwood is an american film actor, director, producer, and composer. 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. With nicole kidman, kirsten dunst, elle fanning, colin farrell. She manages to get him back to the school, and at first, the allfemale staff and pupils are scared.
The film follows three deadly men who cross paths on a dangerous journey to uncover hidden gold during the civil war. Edgar hoover over several decades, from his beginnings in the justice department to running the fbi. The unexpected arrival of a wounded union soldier at a girls school in virginia during the american civil war leads to jealousy and betrayal. 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. Watch tom hanks as hero pilot in first trailer for clint eastwoods sully news briefs. 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. With clint eastwood, geraldine page, elizabeth hartman, jo ann harris. 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. Great actors clint eastwood, geraldine page and elizabeth hartmann star in this the 5th film produced by malpaso films. All clint eastwood movies ranked movie and tv news. 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.
Together with an old cherokee, a young navajo woman and an old widow with her daughter laura, josey begins his battle against bounty. Saw this on hbo, then the remake was on directky afterward. Clint eastwoods highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. 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.
Clint eastwoods nameless hero, the inventive direction by sergio leone and an unforgettable score from the great ennio morricone are all instantly iconic. During the civil war an injured corporal, clint eastwood, is taken by the women of a girls school to recuperate himself. 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. In a short time, joseys family is massacred and his house is burned down by a yankee captain, terril randolph, and his gang. 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. The outlaw josey wales is a 1976 american revisionist western deluxe color and panavision film set during and after the american civil war. The film tells the story of josey wales, a missouri farmer whose family is murdered by union militants. 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. Scott eastwoods latest movie is a western that will make. 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. Clint eastwood guns in movies what did he shoot in that. Clint eastwood is not dirty harry or a cowboy here. He is a former usaf prisoner of war who was held captive in.
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. 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. 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. 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. Take a look at all his starring movies by tomatometer. 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. Dicaprio turned out to be an inspired choice for clint eastwood s biopic, playing j. 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. During the great depression, eastwood moved with his family a number of times before they finally settled. The movie s appeal comes from its careful manipulation of atmosphere and theme. Kellys heroes 1970 official trailer clint eastwood, donald sutherland war movie hd a group of u. 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.
Why superhero movies cant escape how the west was won civil war is to superhero movies what something like the searchers or. 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. 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. The mule, opening friday, continues an astonishing career that all began with blowing up a giant spider with a jet missile in tarantula. 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. Time out ranks all 35 films directed by clint eastwood. Achieving the mythic grandeur that he also strove for, and fell just shy of, with 1973s high plains drifter and. 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. 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 quotes, movie quotes movie quotes. Kellys heroes 1970 official trailer clint eastwood. List of the best clint eastwood movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. 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.
In the film, eastwood totes an 1851 navy revolver as his main sidearm. Clint eastwoods latest film is american sniper, which is based on chris kyles memoir about his service in iraq. The movie will open december 25th in select major cities and january 16th all over the usa. After appearing in for a few dollars more in 1965, clint eastwood became the face of the modern cowboy. 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. Part actionadventure, part spy thriller, firefox may not wow you today, but the character of mitchell gant is a fun one. Academy award winner clint eastwood stars in and directs this fastpaced western about the fight for vengeance by a missouri farmer whose family. 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. Eastwood was nicknamed samson by the hospital nurses because he. 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.
Elizabeth hartman and six students and an africanamerican servant. The setting of the civil war only adds to the chaos of the movie. 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 eastwood makes a huge antiwar statement with 2006s letters from iwo jima, fox news reported.