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Entries from May 2010

We Got Us the Josey Wales

May 29th, 2010 · No Comments

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976) Directed by Clint Eastwood Screenplay by Philip Kaufman (as Phil Kaufman) and Sonia Chernus, based on the novel Gone To Texas by Forrest Carter Produced by Robert Daley 135 minutes Paul Newman is Cool Hand Luke, Steve McQueen is Bullitt and Clint Eastwood’s screen persona is personified by Josey Wales. [...]

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Tags: Based on novel · Crooked officer · Dreams and visions · Famous line · Master and pupil · Military · Prostitute · Road trip · Small town · Western

Handcuffs in The Big Easy

May 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Tightrope (1984) Directed by Richard Tuggle* Written by Richard Tuggle Produced by Clint Eastwood, Fritz Manes 114 minutes Like a quarter shining in the gutter, Tightrope could stand a polish, but if you catch it on a rainy afternoon or late at night, this unabashed B-movie offers spills and thrills aplenty. Escape From Alcatraz scribe [...]

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Tags: Bathtub scene · Dreams and visions · Drunk scene · Father/daughter relationship · Forensic evidence · Interrogation · Midlife crisis · Murder mystery · Prostitute · Psycho killer · Psychoanalysis · Woman in jeopardy

On the Road To Nowhere

May 27th, 2010 · 3 Comments

A Perfect World (1993) Directed by Clint Eastwood Written by John Lee Hancock Produced by Mark Johnson, David Valdes 138 minutes Thrown into theaters over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in a bid to exploit the then box office popularity of its star Kevin Costner, A Perfect World wasn’t the movie that families who’d gobbled snowflake [...]

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Tags: Gangsters and hoodlums · Master and pupil · No opening credits · Road trip · Shot In Texas · Small town