Clint Eastwood is a true living legend. For over forty years he has dominated Hollywood and his success both in front of and behind the camera has assured his place in cinema history alongside such superstars as Marlon Brando, John Wayne and Robert De Niro…"Clint" reveals the man behind the myth.Bestselling author Douglas Thompson draws on exclusive interviews with the star, to provide the definitive portrait of Clint Eastwood. From his early days as a jobbing actor on $75 a week to his directorial triumph with «Million Dollar Baby», «Clint» reveals the personal highlights of one of the most celebrated careers in cinema history.
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Douglas Thompson. Clint Eastwood - The Biography of Cinema's Greatest Ever Star
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
CONTENTS
PREFACE
PROLOGUE
FAMILY MATTERS
CLINTVILLE, CALIFORNIA
SWIM OR SINK
SHOOTING STAR
TOP GUN
MAGNETIC MAN
RIDING HIGH
HIZZONER
WHITE HAT, GREY HEART
CELEBRITY JUNGLE
CASANOVA CLINT
NOTHING FANCY
THE SECOND MRS EASTWOOD
SELF-PERCEPTION
WALK TALL
FILMOGRAPHY
Revenge of the Creature
Tarantula
Lady Godiva of Coventry
Francis in the Navy
Never Say Goodbye
The First Travelling Saleslady
Star in the Dust
Away All Boats
Escapade in Japan
Lafayette Escadrille
Ambush at Cimarron Pass
A Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Witches
Hang ’Em High
Coogan’s Bluff
Where Eagles Dare
Paint your Wagon
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Kelly’s Heroes
The Beguiled
Play Misty for Me
Dirty Harry
Joe Kidd
High Plains Drifter
Breezy
Magnum Force
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
The Eiger Sanction
The Outlaw Josey Wales
The Enforcer
The Gauntlet
Every Which Way But Loose
Escape from Alcatraz
Bronco Billy
Any Which Way You Can
Honkytonk Man
Firefox
Sudden Impact
Tightrope
City Heat
Pale Rider
Vanessa in the Garden
Heartbreak Ridge
Bird
The Dead Pool
Pink Cadillac
White Hunter, Black Heart
The Rookie
Unforgiven
A Perfect World
In the Line of Fire
The Bridges of Madison County
Absolute Power
True Crime
Space Cowboys
Blood Work
Mystic River
Million Dollar Baby
Flags of Our Fathers
Letters from Iwo Jima
Copyright
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For Lesley, always
I first encountered Clint in 1974. He was a gentleman then and has been ever since, on movie sets, at Hollywood studios, at grand events and in his home town of Carmel, California, which has always been his anchor, his antidote to the worldwide acclaim he has achieved in a unique movie-making career. He’s always been generous with his time.
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‘At school I was never the one in the class to make things go – in the first place I was about a foot taller than the rest of the kids. There were occasions when I’d have lopped myself off at the knees if that had been possible. Then I had to go through this male thing of handing it out as well as taking it. They weren’t tough guys or anything like that: I was just the odd man out – the big, silent guy.’ But, as many a young lady and co-star were to find out, still waters really do run deep. And often dark and secretive.
Eastwood’s career was taking off in 1970 when he was interviewed in Las Vegas by a lady reporter who had been in town for several days. She was introduced and he leaned forward with a handshake but no hello, just: ‘Yeah, I’ve been watching her legs for two days.’ When a blonde woman sitting across from him made a comment he told her: ‘Cool it!’ This other woman was Maggie Johnson Eastwood, his now former wife. In 1970 they had been married for 17 years. It didn’t seem to cramp Eastwood’s style. Over the years, not much has.
