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Hollywood icon and legend Clint Eastwood has touched generations of filmgoers for over half a century. In honor of Eastwood’s longstanding 35-year relationship with Warner Bros through Malpaso Productions, WHV is releasing this definitive DVD collection containing 34 classic Clint Eastwood films from the Warner library and highlighting the breadth and depth of his work — from Where Eagles Dare through Gran Torino. Included are his “Dirty Harry” movies, Best Picture Oscar® dramas and nominees, Westerns, war movies, comedies, and more – plus commentaries, featurettes, and extras on many of his films. The 35th film is an all-new documentary The Eastwood Factor, which offers a rare and personal look at the actor … More >>
Clint Eastwood: 35 Films 35 Years at Warner Bros.
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Looks great…my husband is a HUGE Clint Eastwood fan…I’m just curious as to WHAT this “collection” holds…Is it a biogrophy? A collection of movies? A book with some pictures? Hmmmmmmmmmmm. A bit more detail would be nice before paying $125.00 and not knowing what you’re getting…
Rating: 1 / 5
He’s a big star, but Clint Eastwood’s place in Hollywood is about to get bigger . . . while Warner Home Video will pocket some big change.
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Coming on February 16, 2010: Clint Eastwood: 35 Films 35 Years at Warner Bros., which the studio flaks are promising will be “a salute to a true motion picture legend . . . the largest single artist box set ever.”
Were you expecting anything else from the studio who gushes Eastwood’s “illustrious motion picture career has spanned more than a half century and has touched generations of filmgoers.” And, oh yes, a man who’s films have grossed nearly $2 billion at the domestic box office.
The collection, considered the largest feature film box set ever released for a single artist, contains 34 Eastwood films from the Warner library, including ( of course, or you wouldn’t reading this) the Dirty Harry movies. And please keep in mind that these are WB flicks only . . . no Paint Your Wagon here.
The 35th film is The Eastwood Factor, an intimate short film from Time critic and film historian Richard Schickel, which, the flaks insist “presents Eastwood in a way he’s rarely seen—visiting film locations or sites where his movies were created, and on the Warner lot visiting the costume department and Eastwood Scoring Stage, as well as at his home. Eastwood’s candid, intelligent and often humorous interviews about his body of work and the choices he made, along with Schickel’s selection of scenes from his movies (including his upcoming Invictus), results in an up-close and personal portrait of one of the great icons of our era.”
Here’s the icon with one of his most famous co-stars:
Adds Schickel: “I’ve known Clint for most of the time he’s been at Warner Bros. I was fortunate to be able to wander around the Warner lot with him and hear his reminiscences. To be able to show him in the places where he works and lives and feels most comfortable is, I think, a unique opportunity.”
To make sure fans are willing to shell out the $179.98 for the set, a sampling of the documentary is scheduled to run “on a minimum of 10,000 screens” nationwide in the first quarter of 2010.
To make sure things don’t head south, the Eastwood event will coincide with the publication of a 288-page book (also from Richard Schickel), ingenuously entitled Clint: A Retrospective. The book will shine as example of cross-marketing: A 20-minute version of the full-length documentary will accompany each book.
In a perfect world, all would be unforgiven.
Rating: 3 / 5
This would be a pretty sweet collection if I didn’t already have most of these and the others I don’t want. Others have wondered about the absence of certain popular Eastwood films films. Very simple: they weren’t released on DVD by Warner Home Video. A nice collection, though you can probably get all these films separately and not pay as much.
Rating: 5 / 5
While this looks like a pretty sweet collection, and Clint will always hold a special place in my heart, it would be nice if they made a collection that included different studio’s films. Because, a true Clint collection is not complete without Escape From Alcatraz, Play Misty for Me, the Man With No Name trilogy, High Plains Drifter, and maybe a couple of others. Might still get this though when it’s on sale.
Rating: 3 / 5
CLINT is the best… there is no match to him…must own for all clint lovers….
Rating: 5 / 5