Clint Eastwood

Alcatraz finally closed its doors in 1963 after decades of being the most infamous prison in all of America. After 29 years the prison was just too difficult and expensive to keep running (estimated 3-5 million dollars in security and maintenance allown) and was shut down. Lots of people still believe that the reason for the closure of the prison was due to the escape of the Anglin brothers, the closure of Alcatraz happened years after the escape and had no relevance to the end of Alcatraz. All…

Job # 5017 Jerry Lewis Was funny alone as well in the comedy acts with Dean Martin. They became stars on stage and behind the camera. The comedic duo has had a long history together when they started working as performers at the 500 Club. These young adult actors worked their way up during classic Hollywood. Black and white film was the norm and male comedy duo’s like Abbott and Costello, and Martin and Lewis were all the rage. Lewis and Martin would eventually split making appearances…

The book We Are Soldiers Still by Lt. Gen. Harold Moore and Joseph Galloway connects to the film American Sniper by Clint Eastwood. For example in We are Soldiers Still on page 1 it talks about during the war in Vietnam it was a gruesome and terrifying war and how no one was your friend even if they were a local in Vietnam. In American Sniper this guy named Chris Kyle went to a war over in Iraq to be a sniper for Navy Seals and to protect his comrades and the marines who were checking houses…

INVICTUS FILM TEXT RESPONSE How does the film explore ideas of racial oppression and reconciliation? Discuss by focussing on the use of at least 2 film techniques. Invictus is an American film directed by Clint Eastwood in 2009, starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman. The film centres on Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa during the post-Apartheid period and his ambition of reforming the views of racial discrimination and prejudice. He endeavours to do so with the…

individuals represent within a society, where there is tension between the majority and the individual. The works of “Once Upon A Time”, by Nadine Gordimer, “The Wife’s Story” by Ursula K. Le Guin, and the motion picture Invictus, directed by Clint Eastwood, all share a common underlying theme, or life lesson that is portrayed through a median. The common theme is that although it may be tempting to merge with the remainder of society, you must be who you truly are. To develop this theme, the…

Since the mid-1980s, Spielberg has increased his role as a film producer. He headed up the production team for several cartoons, including the Warner Bros. hits Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Toonsylvania, and Freakazoid!, for which he collaborated with Jean MacCurdy and Tom Ruegger. Due to his work on these series, in the official titles, most of them say, "Steven Spielberg presents" as well as making numerous cameos on the shows. Spielberg also produced the Don Bluth…

Culture Food Film Discussion I watched a movie called Gran Torino. I was fascinated by the drastic difference between the Hmong culture and the standard white American culture. When Walt’s (played by Clint Eastwood) wife dies, he is left all alone with just his dog. His sons suggest him to move to an old age home, but he denies because he knows that his sons are eyeing his property. On the other hand, the Hmong family next door has their grandmother at their home at all times, and she is the…

perhaps as unlikely a Western gunfight (or any gunfight for that matter) as has been committed to film. But ask yourself this: do you really care? Of all the times Clint Eastwood held a gun in his hand, the final shootout of this 1966 Spaghetti Western is perhaps the most memorable. What beats it? Maybe Dirty Harry, maybe. Blondie (Eastwood), Tuco (Eli Wallach) and Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef) square up in the perfect Mexican standoff. The moment is only heightened by one of the most iconic…

Clint Eastwood’s “Pale Rider” is about a mysterious Preacher, played by Eastwood himself, who becomes the hero for the modest people of Carbon Canyon who are under the threat of Coy LaHood, a mining superpower. The film starts with LaHood’s men riding through Carbon Canyon and terrorizing its citizens. After the attack, the town is damaged and devastated. The people of Carbon Canyon are afraid of LaHood because he controls most of the land around them; the only one he doesn’t control is Carbon…

Chris Kyle wrote with the same name. In “American Sniper” Chris Kyle is played by Bradley Copper who has been in movies such as “Hangover”, “Limitless”, and “American Hustle”. “American Sniper” was directed by Clint Eastwood who served in the United States Army from 1951 to 1953. Clint Eastwood has directed films such as “Million Dollar Baby”, and “Unforgiven”. “American Sniper” is able to exquisitely portray the impact war can have on relationships like Chris and Taya Kyle’s. Another thing…