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In Hollywood, there is a man who is known as the living fossil of the film industry, who has won two Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, some people say that he is Hollywood's "last cowboy", and some people say that he is a god-level movie tough guy, he is Clint Eastwood.
Today is The 90th birthday of Clint, and although he has reached the age of retirement, he is still active on the big screen and exerts his talents for the film career he loves.
Today we've compiled 12 of Clint Eastwood's most iconic films as a tribute to the tough guy who sees cinema as life.
NO.12
Escape from Yakara
Escape from Alcatraz
Director: Don Siegel
Writers: Richard Tagle
Starring: Clint Eastwood / Patrick McGohan
Douban score: 7.9
Frank Morris, a bank robber, was imprisoned in Yakara on a rainy night. After being imprisoned, he befriended Lemtus, who domesticated rats, and met a talented painter nicknamed "The Doctor".
Maurice, who has a superior IQ, is sent by the warden to work in the prison library. At the library, they befriended the black prisoner leader Ingraz, as well as the Escaped Repeat Offender Brothers Angelin.
As the warden's brutal nature gradually revealed, he decided to escape from prison with a very high IQ. In this prison that was considered impossible to escape, could he become the first person to successfully escape?
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Yakala Prison once held al-Capone, a prominent gang leader. Surrounded by water and airtight, it is known as the most difficult prison in the world to escape. This film is modeled after Yakala Prison, and the whole process is filmed in the prison, which has a strong sense of realism.
NO.11
Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry
Writers: Harry Julian Fink
Starring: Clint Eastwood / Harry Gutino
Douban score: 7.7
Harry is a veteran police officer in San Francisco, the police always throw some difficult cases to him, and he does not hesitate to use some illegal means to solve the case, so he got a nickname - "Dirty Harry".
An indiscriminate shooter appeared in San Francisco, and while the first victim was killed, the killer left a threatening letter demanding $100,000 in cash, or else he would shoot a citizen every 2 hours.
As the number of victims increased, the incompetent government decided to compromise with the killer, but Harry could not accept such a compromise, and he acted arbitrarily to arrest the murderer, but also led to the death of the hostages.
To his surprise, the murderer who had managed to catch the case escaped justice because of a mental illness, and then intensified the hijacking of a school bus full of children.
This time, the angry Harry couldn't stand it any longer...
Eastwood's avatar as "City Cowboy" this time has a clean plot and is one of the most iconic works.
NO.10
Red Dead Redemption
A Fistful of Dollars
Director: Sergio Leone
Writers: Seljo Leone
Starring: Clint Eastwood
Douban score: 8.4
A big darter came to the border town of West Brothers, and when he learned that the two major gangs in the town, the Rojo brothers and the mayor of the town, Baxter, had been fighting for a long time, he decided to mediate with the two factions to get rid of the evil forces in the town and restore the calm of the town.
He witnesses the Rojo brothers robbing and killing a group of soldiers and stealing gold, so he uses the bodies of two soldiers to lure Baxter to find evidence of the Rojo brothers' crimes. At the same time, he revealed the news to the Rojo brothers, leading to a fierce gun battle between the two sides.
Who wins or loses the two gangs, and can the big man who acts as an intermediary realize the plan to restore peace to the town?
Defeating hollywood traditions and taking the "macaroni" Western to the extreme, it is interesting that the film was accused of plagiarism by director Selcho's idol Akira Kurosawa, and finally gave half of the film's proceeds.
NO.9
Twilight Double Darts
For a Few Dollars More
Starring: Clint Eastwood / Lee Van Cliff
Douban score: 8.8
Indio is a vicious and wanted criminal who has committed repeated crimes with his gang and looks at pictures of women on the watch before each killing. Bounty hunter Monco is hunting down Indio, while another bounty hunter, Douglas Modimer, is also hunting the same target. Both looked at each other unfavorably at first, and later decided to join hands in the hunt.
After learning that Indio was going to rob the bank, the two made a plan to get Monco to join Indio's team, and then joinEdimer. Can the two get rid of Indio, and what is the connection between the woman in Indio's pocket watch and all this?
The film allows Sergio Leone to break through doubts and use the contradictions between the characters to highlight the aesthetics of violence.
NO.8
Unforgivable
The Cut Whore Killings
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: David Webb Pipples
Starring: Clint Eastwood / Morgan Freeman
Douban score: 8.5
William, a Farmer in Kansas, was a well-known killer in his youth, but when he met Claudia, his life began to change completely.
After William and Claudia got married and had children, the golden basin washed their hands, and the family lived a happy life, but the good times did not last long, and Claudia died soon after.
At this time, a vicious incident of cowboys drunkenly beating and disfiguring prostitutes in the area, the bad guy Police Officer Daggett only hastily closed the matter, and the murderer is still at large. Local prostitutes donated money and demanded $1,000 in red for the killer to do justice.
The "Scottfield Kid" approached William and asked to do the deal, and in order to give the children a happy and rich family, William finally agreed to go out again.
It's hard to imagine that the Oscar-winning best picture took just 39 days to shoot, and Empire magazine praised it as "the last great Western, and it will never be surpassed." ”
NO.7
Classic cars
Gran Torino
Writers: Nick Schenck
Starring: Clint Eastwood / Christopher Cali
Douban score: 8.6
Walter, a retired veteran for the Ford Depot who fought in the Korean War, lives alone in a low-income Asian immigrant area in a small city in Michigan after his wife's death.
The neighbors are a large Hmong family, and one of the siblings catches Walter's attention. Sister Sue is humorous and talkative, and gradually becomes friends with the stubborn and somewhat racist old Walter;
His taciturn younger brother Tao was forced by his distant cousin to join a local Hmong gang and was assigned to steal Walter's 1972 Classic Ford car on his first mission.
After stealing a car, Tao was forced by his family to work for Walter to atone for his sins, but he did not want to establish a deep friendship with Walter.
But the local Hmong gang refused to stop there, for the safety of Su Youtao and the peace of the community, how should the veteran soldier Walter act?
Eastwood quipped, "I'm old enough to play an angry old man." This "anti-heroic" old man gave the tragic hero a perfect ending.
NO.6
Golden Triad
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Writers: Ajanore Incroch
Starring: Clint Eastwood / Eri Wallach
Douban score: 9.1
The story takes place during the American Civil War. Tuco is a fortune-seeking thief who is caught by the cowboy Brandy on the way to the wanted. In the desert, Brandy punishes Tuko for fending for himself, but the devious Tucot escapes and gathers his accomplices to capture Brandi at the inn.
As Tukko tortures Brandi for a tit-for-tat, a soldier leaves the secret of the treasure before dying, and Tuko and Brandi each get half of the information.
Meanwhile, the cunning killer Santanza discovers the treasure's secrets through other sources. Therefore, on the road of treasure hunting, the three people did their best to stage a deadly duel.
Directed by Once Upon a Time in America director Sergio Leone, the ultimate in the "Dart Trilogy".
NO.5
American sniper
American Sniper
Writers: Jason Hall
Starring: Bradley Cooper / Sienna Miller
Originally an ordinary American cowboy, Chris Kyle joined the Navy SEALs at the age of 30 after 9/11 and became a good sniper on the battlefield in Iraq. After joining the army, Chris met Taya, and the two soon married and had children, but as Chris went out to Iraq many times, many problems occurred in the family.
Chris on the battlefield is very good, called "legendary" by his teammates, terrorists ask professional snipers to hunt him with high bonuses, but they have not succeeded many times, but his teammates around him have encountered accidents one by one, although his wife has repeatedly begged him to retire from the army, but he has the belief of revenge for his teammates for the last time...
Adapted from Chris Kyle's autobiography The American Sniper, the film highly recreates the highlight moments of The "Deadliest Marksman in America".
NO.4
mule
The Mule
Starring: Clint Eastwood / Bradley Cooper
Douban score: 8.0
Clint Eastwood plays Earl Stone, a bankrupt and solitary octogenarian.
When the property was seized for auction because of insolvency, Earl was given a job that required only him to drive — a job that was simple enough, but what Earl didn't know was that he became a drug trafficker for a Mexican drug cartel.
He did a great job, in fact, more and more drugs were transported through him, so much so that the drug cartel later equipped him with a docking person.
But it's not just the drug cartel that's spying on Earl, the mysterious new drug carrier who also attracts the attention of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Colin Bates.
Although Earl's financial problems were solved, the various life mistakes he had made gradually began to bring heavy pressure.
Does Earl have enough time to correct his mistakes before he is arrested by law enforcement or poisoned by a drug cartel?
A romantic crime film that was nominated for the Japan Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Clint completed his feelings about his family and time in the most elegant way.
NO.3
Covered Bridge Legacy
The Bridges of Madison County
Writers: Richard La Clevance
Starring: Clint Eastwood / Meryl Streep
Douban score: 8.7
One day in the summer of 1965, The housewife Francesca sent her husband Richard and the children away to do the housework alone. Photographer Robert Kincaid stumbled here by mistake and asked her where the Rossman Bridge was. Her calm heart rippled, so she led him to the bridge.
At the end of the day's work, he gave her a handful of wildflowers to thank her and accepted her invitation to have dinner with her. After he left in the early hours of the next morning, she returned to Roseman Bridge, nailed a note to the head of the bridge, and invited him to dinner again, and he accepted the invitation again.
The two meet at Rossman Bridge, and the flame of love burns in their hearts. He begged her to go with him, but she could not leave her existing family and worldly happiness behind. He left in a daze. More than a decade later, Richard, who was in love with Francesca, died.
Three years later, she received the news of Robert's death...
Douban 8.7 points, Aunt May and Clint's masterpiece, it is said that when the film was released, it set off a wave of divorce frenzy.
NO.2
Million dollar baby
Million Dollar Baby
Writers: Paul Haggis
Starring: Clint Eastwood / Hillary Swank
The elderly Frankie is a well-known boxing coach, but because he is too devoted to the boxing career and ignores the feelings of his family, Frankie's relationship with his daughter has been frozen for a long time, and he has fallen into a long-term self-isolation and repression.
One day, Maggie, a woman with a strong interest in boxing, walked into the training hall and asked Frankie to be a disciple. Frankie's determination softened, and he finally decided to train Maggie to be a good female boxer.
Although the road is very difficult, the tacit understanding between the two in training and competition has made Frankie feel soothed by family affection in his heart, and Maggie has also boarded the boxing ring.
The film won the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actor, and Clint Eastwood's acting skills are always so intriguing.
NO.1
Perfect world
A Perfect World
Writers: John Lee Hancock
Starring: Kevin Costner / Laura Dunn
The mother of the single child Philip Perry disciplined him so strictly that the 8-year-old Philip jr. never even participated in a game of ghost feast begging for candy.
Two convicts from a nearby state prison successfully escaped, took Philip hostage, and fled to the Texas border. On the way, butch, one of the criminals, kills his reckless and stupid accomplice, but takes good care of little Philip.
Meanwhile, Texas Detective Red leads his men and crime expert Sully in a furious hunt for Butch.
The two sides compete in a road race in Texas, and Little Philip experiences a lot of excitement and joy that he never thought before, and develops an unusual relationship with Butch that is similar to father and son.
Directed by Clint Eastwood and ranked 133rd by Douban, this tearful film tells a truth: the world may not be good at all.