Which record-breaking film marked Clint Eastwood's directorial debut?
"would be widely screened in France later and is considered one of Eastwood's finest works by the French. According to Eastwood and Lang, the film, aside from being poorly publicized, flopped due to Clint being ""emasculated in the film"". Eastwood said about his role: 1971 was a professional turning point in Eastwood's career. Before his professional financial adviser and president of Malpaso Productions Irving Leonard died, the last film they discussed was ""Play Misty for Me"". The goal was to give Eastwood the artistic control that he desired and make it his directorial debut. The rights to the song ""Misty"""
"Clint Eastwood in the 1980s Clint Eastwood directed his first television episode in the 1980s and made several of his most notable films. In 1985, Eastwood directed his first television production in the ""Vanessa In The Garden"", an episode of""Amazing Stories"". It starred Harvey Keitel and Sondra Locke. This was Eastwood's first collaboration with writer/executive producer Steven Spielberg. (Spielberg later produced ""Flags of Our Fathers"" and ""Letters from Iwo Jima""). Released on Wednesday, June 11, 1980, Eastwood directed and played the role of the main attraction in a traveling Wild West Show in the comedy film, ""Bronco Billy"". Biographer Richard"
"$2.7 billion. ""American Sniper"" was released on January 16, 2015. The film had the biggest opening weekend ever for a film released in the month of January and was also the biggest opening ever for an Eastwood film. At the early stages of his acting career, Eastwood played several small roles in episodes for several television shows. This list includes appearances in various episodes of fictional shows, and excludes appearances as himself on talk shows, interview shows, ceremonies, and other related media. Clint Eastwood filmography Clint Eastwood is an American film actor, director, producer, and composer. After beginning his acting"
"and Bernadette Peters."" (""New York Times"", May 26, 1989.) Clint Eastwood in the 1980s Clint Eastwood directed his first television episode in the 1980s and made several of his most notable films. In 1985, Eastwood directed his first television production in the ""Vanessa In The Garden"", an episode of""Amazing Stories"". It starred Harvey Keitel and Sondra Locke. This was Eastwood's first collaboration with writer/executive producer Steven Spielberg. (Spielberg later produced ""Flags of Our Fathers"" and ""Letters from Iwo Jima""). Released on Wednesday, June 11, 1980, Eastwood directed and played the role of the main attraction in a traveling Wild West"
"Alcatraz"", ""Tightrope"", ""The Bridges of Madison County"", and ""Gran Torino"". Eastwood started directing in 1971, and in 1982, his debut as a producer began with two films, ""Firefox"" and ""Honkytonk Man"". Eastwood also has contributed music to his films, either through performing or composing. He has starred in western, action, comedy, and drama films. Eastwood has been a primary character in two film franchises: as the Man with No Name in the ""Dollars"" Trilogy and as Harry Callahan in the ""Dirty Harry"" series. Other notable roles include Josey Wales in ""The Outlaw Josey Wales"", the Stranger in ""High Plains Drifter"","
"Clint Eastwood in the 1960s In the 1960s, Clint Eastwood rose to fame in the Dollars Trilogy which would break him into mainstream cinema in the United States. In late 1963, a relatively unknown director Italian named Sergio Leone followed the advice of Claudia Sartori, an agent working at the William Morris Agency in Rome. He watched ""Rawhide"" episode 91, ""Incident of the Black Sheep"", dubbed into Italian. He concentrated on Eric Fleming's performance, but later admitted he was distracted by Eastwood's performance. Leone said, ""What fascinated me about Clint, above all, was his external appearance. I noticed the lazy,"
"making his directorial debut. The film was ""Play Misty for Me"". Eastwood reflected on his new role: After seventeen years of bouncing my head against the wall, hanging around sets, maybe influencing certain camera set-ups with my own opinions, watching actors go through all kinds of hell without any help, and working with both good directors and bad ones, I'm at the point where I'm ready to make my own pictures. I stored away all the mistakes I made and saved up all the good things I learned, and now I know enough to control my own projects and get"
"Miloš Forman and Francis Ford Coppola) to have directed two Best Picture winners. At the age of 74, he was the oldest recipient of the Academy Award for Best Director to date. Eastwood has directed five actors in Academy Award–winning performances: Gene Hackman in ""Unforgiven"", Tim Robbins and Sean Penn in ""Mystic River"", and Morgan Freeman and Hilary Swank in ""Million Dollar Baby"". On August 22, 1984, Eastwood was honored at a ceremony at Grauman's Chinese theater to record his hand and footprints in cement. Eastwood received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1996, and received an honorary degree from"
"(2004), Eastwood won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture, as well as receiving nominations for Best Actor. Eastwood's greatest commercial successes have been the adventure comedy ""Every Which Way But Loose"" (1978) and its sequel, the action comedy ""Any Which Way You Can"" (1980), after adjustment for inflation. Other popular films include the Western ""Hang 'Em High"" (1968), the psychological thriller ""Play Misty for Me"" (1971), the crime film ""Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"" (1974), the Western ""The Outlaw Josey Wales"" (1976), the prison film ""Escape from Alcatraz"" (1979), the action film ""Firefox"" (1982), the suspense thriller ""Tightrope"" (1984), the"
"jazz, he directed ""Bird"" (1988), a biopic starring Forest Whitaker as jazz musician Charlie ""Bird"" Parker. Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean and Spike Lee, son of jazz bassist Bill Lee and a long time critic of Eastwood, criticized the characterization of Charlie Parker remarking that it did not capture his true essence and sense of humor. Eastwood received two Golden Globes for the film, the Cecil B. DeMille Award for his lifelong contribution, and the Best Director award. However, ""Bird"" was a commercial failure, earning just $11 million, which Eastwood attributed to the declining interest in jazz among black people. Carrey"
"time to director Clint Eastwood for ""Million Dollar Baby"" (which also won Best Picture). ""No Direction Home"" is a documentary film by Martin Scorsese that tells of the life of Bob Dylan, and his impact on American popular music and culture of the 20th century. The film does not cover Dylan's entire career; it focuses on his beginnings, his rise to fame in the 1960s, his then-controversial transformation from an acoustic guitar–based musician and performer to an electric guitar–influenced sound and his ""retirement"" from touring in 1966 following an infamous motorcycle accident. The film was first presented on television in"
"Oscar nominations, including Best Director and Best Picture for ""Letters from Iwo Jima"". In 2008, Eastwood directed ""Changeling"", based on a true story, starring Angelina Jolie. In 2009, Eastwood directed ""Invictus"", with Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela and Matt Damon as rugby team captain François Pienaar. John Carlin, author of the book on which the film is based, sold the film rights to Freeman. Then in 2011, Clint Eastwood collaborated with Brad Paisley to make the song ""Eastwood"". Clint Eastwood in the 2000s In 2000, Clint Eastwood directed and starred in ""Space Cowboys"" as Frank Corvin, a retired NASA engineer"
"considerable period, with Gene Siskel of the ""Chicago Tribune"" remarking, ""This year (1985) will go down in film history as the moment Clint Eastwood finally earned respect as an artist"". In 1986, Eastwood co-starred with Marsha Mason in the military drama ""Heartbreak Ridge"", about the 1983 United States invasion of Grenada. He portrays a United States Marine Gunnery Sergeant veteran of the Korean War and Vietnam War who realizes he is nearing the end of his military service. Production and filming were marred by internal disagreements between Eastwood and long-time friend and producer Fritz Manes, as well as between Eastwood"
"Western ""Pale Rider"" (1985), the war films ""Where Eagles Dare"" (1968), ""Kelly's Heroes"" (1970), and ""Heartbreak Ridge"" (1986), the action thriller ""In the Line of Fire"" (1993), the romantic drama ""The Bridges of Madison County"" (1995), and the drama ""Gran Torino"" (2008). In addition to directing many of his own star vehicles, Eastwood has also directed films in which he did not appear, such as the mystery drama ""Mystic River"" (2003) and the war film ""Letters from Iwo Jima"" (2006), for which he received Academy Award nominations, the drama ""Changeling"" (2008), and the South African biographical political sports drama ""Invictus"""
"""Rawhide"". He started directing in 1971, and made his debut as a producer in 1982, with ""Firefox"", though he had been functioning as uncredited producer on all of his Malpaso Company films since ""Hang 'Em High"" in 1968. Eastwood also has contributed music to his films, either through performing, writing, or composing. He has mainly starred in western, action, and drama films. According to the box office–revenue tracking website Box Office Mojo, films featuring Eastwood have grossed a total of more than $1.68 billion domestically, with an average of $37 million per film. Eastwood has had numerous casual and serious"
"at the start. His decision to omit opening credits in his films ""Star Wars"" (1977) and ""The Empire Strikes Back"" (1980) led him to resign from the Directors Guild of America after being fined $250,000 for not crediting the director during the opening title sequence. However, Hollywood had been releasing films without opening credits for many years before Lucas came along, most notably ""Citizen Kane"", ""West Side Story"", """" and ""The Godfather"". Nevertheless, ""title-only"" billing became an established form for summer blockbusters in 1989, with ""Ghostbusters II"", ""Lethal Weapon 2"" and ""The Abyss"" following the practice. Clint Eastwood has omitted"
"sloppy editing, but praised Eastwood's performance (see box). Eastwood had now starred in an astonishing ten films in a four-year period and a headline published in the ""Motion Picture Herald"" in 1972 read, 'Eastwood Topples John Wayne', who only had one release that year; ""The Cowboys"". 1973 proved another benchmark to Eastwood when he directed his first western, ""High Plains Drifter"". Under a joint production between Malpaso and Universal, the script was created by Ernest Tidyman, an acclaimed writer who had won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for ""The French Connection"". Dean Riesner collaborated and came up with the final"
"The screenplay was initially brought to Eastwood's attention around 1969 by Jennings Lang. Warner Bros offered him the part while still in post-production for his directorial debut film ""Play Misty for Me"". By December 17, 1970, a Warner Brothers studio press release announced that Clint Eastwood would star in as well as produce the film through his company, Malpaso. Eastwood was given a number of scripts, but he ultimately reverted to the original as the best vehicle for him. In a 2009 MTV interview, Eastwood said ""So I said, 'I'll do it,' but since they had initially talked to me,"
"wrote that the film was ""a haunting masterpiece and probably [Eastwood's] best film to date"". The film earned $156,822,020 worldwide with $90,135,191 in the United States and $66,686,829 in the international box office, which is significantly higher than the film's $30 million budget. Mystic River (film) Mystic River is a 2003 American mystery drama film directed and scored by Clint Eastwood. It stars Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney. The screenplay, written by Brian Helgeland, was based on the novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane. The film was produced by"
"The film earned a total domestic box office gross of $50,068,310, barely recouping its $50 million budget. The soundtrack to ""Absolute Power"" was released on March 11, 1997. Absolute Power (film) Absolute Power is a 1997 American political thriller film produced by, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood as a master jewel thief who witnesses the killing of a woman by Secret Service agents. The screenplay by William Goldman is based on the 1996 novel ""Absolute Power"" by David Baldacci. Screened at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, the film also stars Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis, Scott"
"""Silent Running"" and Eastwood's second Dirty Harry film, ""Magnum Force"") before moving on to directing. Cimino's work on ""Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"" impressed Eastwood enough to ask him to work on the script for ""Magnum Force"" before ""Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"" began production. Cimino moved up to directing on the feature ""Thunderbolt and Lightfoot"" (1974). The film stars Clint Eastwood as a Korean War vet named ""Thunderbolt"" who takes a young drifter named ""Lightfoot"", played by Jeff Bridges, under his wing. When Thunderbolt's old partners try to find him, he and Lightfoot make a pact with them to pull one last big"
"be around $60,000 for the violation. Symbolically, this resulted in the Director's Guild passing new legislation, known as 'the Clint Eastwood Rule' in which they reserved the right to impose a major fine on a producer for discharging a director and replacing him with himself. From then on the film was directed by Eastwood himself with Daley second in command, but with Kaufman's planning already in place, the team were able to finish making the film efficiently. Upon its release in August 1976, ""The Outlaw Josey Wales"" was widely acclaimed by critics. Many critics and viewers saw Eastwood's role as"
"of the director's career (Joshua Logan) was in doubt. It was extremely high budget for this period, and eventually exceeded $20 million. Although the film received mixed reviews, it was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Shortly before Christmas 1969, Eastwood's longtime business manager Irving Leonard died, aged 53. This came as a shock. He was replaced at Malpaso by an old friend. Bob Daley became important in production and under the terms of Leonard's will, Roy Kaufman and Howard Bernstein would assume responsibility of the company finances. Clint Eastwood in the"
"life. Eastwood first received the script in the spring of 1992 and remarked that ""Its almost as if it's written for me"". As of 2012, it is the last time he acted in a film he did not direct himself. The film was among the top 10 box office performers in that year, earning $102 million in North American ticket sales. In 1997, Eastwood directed ""Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil"" Eastwood's daughter, Alison Eastwood played John Cusack's love interest. In 1999, Eastwood directed ""True Crime"". He portrayed journalist and alcoholic Steve Everett who is covering the convicted"
"$12,143,484 and marking the lowest point in Eastwood's career in years, causing concern at Warners that Clint had peaked and was now faltering at the box office after three unsuccessful films. ""Pink Cadillac"" received poor reviews. Caryn James wrote: ""When it's time to look back on the strange sweep of Clint Eastwood's career, from his ambitious direction of ""Bird"" to his coarse, classic Dirty Harry character, ""Pink Cadillac"" will probably settle comfortably near the bottom of the list. It is the laziest sort of action comedy, with lumbering chase scenes, a dull-witted script and the charmless pairing of Mr. Eastwood"
"Shot entirely on location in California during the spring of 1990, the film is distinctly remembered for its elaborate pyrotechnics and extravagant stunt work. The film crew's reliance on expensive sets and elaborate stunt equipment outweighed the need for utilizing extensive CGI special effects during production. Because of this, it is generally considered the most over-the-top film directed by Eastwood. ""The Rookie"" premiered in theaters nationwide in the United States and Canada on December 7, 1990, grossing $21,633,874 in ticket receipts, just over twice its budget of $10 million. The film was overshadowed by the continuing success of ""Home Alone"","
"also known as ""Stars in the Dust"". He gained experience behind the set, watching productions and dubbing and editing sessions of other films at Universal Studios, notably the Montgomery Clift/Elizabeth Taylor/Shelley Winters film ""A Place in the Sun"". Universal presented him with his first TV role with a small television debut on NBC's ""Allen in Movieland"" on July 2, 1955, starring actor Tony Curtis and musician Benny Goodman. Although his records at Universal revealed his development, Universal terminated his contract on October 25, 1955, leaving Eastwood gutted and blaming casting director Robert Palmer, on whom he would exact revenge years"
"At age 74 Eastwood became the oldest of eighteen directors to have directed two or more Best Picture winners. He also received a nomination for Best Actor, as well as a Grammy nomination for his score, and won a Golden Globe for Best Director, which was presented to him by daughter Kathryn, who was Miss Golden Globe at the 2005 ceremony. A. O. Scott of ""The New York Times"" lauded the film as a ""masterpiece"" and the best film of the year. In 2006, Eastwood directed two films about World War II's Battle of Iwo Jima. The first, ""Flags of"
"has received Academy Awards, Directors Guild of America Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and People's Choice Awards, among others. Eastwood is one of only two people to have been twice nominated for Best Actor and Best Director for the same film (""Unforgiven"" and ""Million Dollar Baby"") the other being Warren Beatty (""Heaven Can Wait"" and ""Reds""). Along with Beatty, Robert Redford, Richard Attenborough, Kevin Costner, and Mel Gibson, he is one of the few directors best known as an actor to win an Academy Award for directing. On February 27, 2005, he became one of only three living directors (along with"
"Mystic River (film) Mystic River is a 2003 American mystery drama film directed and scored by Clint Eastwood. It stars Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney. The screenplay, written by Brian Helgeland, was based on the novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane. The film was produced by Robert Lorenz, Judie G. Hoyt, and Eastwood. It is the first film on which Eastwood was credited as composer of the score. The film opened to widespread critical acclaim. It was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best"
"Kevin Eastwood Kevin Eastwood is a Canadian film and television producer and director and the founder and president of Optic Nerve Films. He has produced for movies such as ""Fido"", ""Preggoland"" and ""The Delicate Art of Parking"", documentaries like """", ""Oil Sands Karaoke"", and Television works such as """", and ""The Romeo Section"". Eastwood was the director and executive producer for """", an award-winning documentary series about the public healthcare system. ""Emergency Room: Life + Death at VGH"" brought record-breaking audiences to the Knowledge Network and won Leo Awards for Best Documentary Series and The People's Choice Award for Favourite"
"Eastwood movie of the same name. The song also broke the record for highest chart debut, entering at No. 18. Rabbitt held this record until it was shared with Garth Brooks at the debut of Brooks' 2005 single ""Good Ride Cowboy."" The record was broken in 2006 upon the No. 17 chart entrance of Keith Urban's ""Once in a Lifetime."" Rabbitt's next single, the R&B flavored ""Suspicions"" from his 1979 album ""Loveline"", was an even greater crossover success, again reaching number one on Country charts and the top 15 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 and No. 5 on the Adult"
"the same name, and the Tennessee Williams adaptation ""Boom!"" (1968) were critical and commercial failures. In 1969 Burton enjoyed a commercial blockbuster with Clint Eastwood in the World War II action film ""Where Eagles Dare""; he received a $1 million fee plus a share of the film's box office gross. According to his daughter Kate Burton, “He did that one for us kids, because we kept asking him, 'Can you do a fun movie that we can go see?"" Eastwood thought the script ""terrible"" and was ""all exposition and complications"". He asked the film's producer Elliott Kastner and its screenwriter"