I never miss an opportunity to see one of his films. Many of which I’ve seen multiple times.

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Fun comedic western. Lee Marvin actually went to number 1 in the UK with Born Under a Wandering Star from Paint Your Wagon.

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For an Army vet, he played the part of an Air Force pilot pretty decently in "Tarantula!".

As a kid I loved Firefox and will still watch it to this day. “Think Russian”. “Are you enjoying your ride Mr. Gant? Like our new toy?” Loved the soundtrack.

Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven, American Sniper, Firefox, Pale Rider, and Every which way but loose and the sequel are my favorites. The actress playing his mother in those, oh my. If it comes on I still laugh to this day, her bitching about Clyde. “GOT DAMN banana eater!” Clyde hides the cash in her mattress. She’s been looking for that money and she is real pissed off when she finds out it was right under her.

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Are the films "Every Which Way but Loose" and "Any Which Way You Can" included?

They do have the quote aspect with "Right turn Clyde".

I got to know the guy who co-wrote Pale Rider and was good friends with Clint. He told me how Every Which Way But Loose came about. He said they wrote another installment of the Dirty Harry movies for Clint. He took one look at the script and said NO. Enough Dirty Harry I want to do something entirely different. They came up with Every Which Way But Loose and Clint jumped on it. It is one of my top five Clint movies. Clint was really in his prime about that time.

Oh that Dirty Harry script was reworked for Chuck Norris but I can't remember which movie it was now.

We just rode downtown (Savannah). I believe they are shooting that film on the east side, near the Pirates House restaurant.
Clint Eastwood is one of a VERY few celebrities I would shake hands with if given the opportunity.
“Don’t let the old man in” is one of his movie quotes that I try to live by.
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High Plains Drifter scared the heck out of me when I was a boy.

Absolute legend. Icon. Irreplaceable. Glad he's still doing well and working on this final film.

Josey Wales and Unforgiven still fight for the top spot in my book. Gran Torino won him an entire new generation of fans.

In my top five Clint movies

Got to (VERY) briefly meet him and shake his hand when he was filming Space Cowboys. It wasn't my favorite film of his. But that was a memorable day.

Favorite "Squint Badwood" film would have to be "The Outlaw Josey Wales". I still want a Walker.

His movies have spanned more than a couple of generations and like most record holders, there's going to be some misses and some hits.

He does surprisingly have put out even more meatier stuff in his old age, Gran Torino, Mule, etc.

A man's got to know his limitations and maybe he's feeling lucky, punk. I'll have to remember to watch this last one of his.

I'll remember him for starting the tv career of Tyne Daly who was his co star and ended up in the TV series Cagney and Lacey.

He is a bad ass in real life too. Great clip from Joe Rogan of Scott Eastwood telling the story of Clint crashing into the pacific and swimming to shore in shark infested waters

^Yep, Clint did survive a plane crash...

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Originally posted by 4.40s1nine:
Are the films "Every Which Way but Loose" and "Any Which Way You Can" included?

They do have the quote aspect with "Right turn Clyde".

I got to know the guy who co-wrote Pale Rider and was good friends with Clint. He told me how Every Which Way But Loose came about. He said they wrote another installment of the Dirty Harry movies for Clint. He took one look at the script and said NO. Enough Dirty Harry I want to do something entirely different. They came up with Every Which Way But Loose and Clint jumped on it. It is one of my top five Clint movies. Clint was really in his prime about that time.

Oh that Dirty Harry script was reworked for Chuck Norris but I can't remember which movie it was now.

Thank you very much for sharing that, I had never heard that. Just adds to those films for me.

" But it wasn't so bad......"

"No Letting the Old Man In"

That's the response the admired nonagenarian actor Clint Eastwood gave to country singer Toby Keith when asked about his secret to staying active and vibrant at his age.
"Every day when I wake up, I don't let the old man in. My secret has been the same since 1959: staying busy. I never let the old man into the house. I've had to drag him out because he was already comfortably settled, bothering me all the time, leaving no space for anything other than nostalgia. You have to stay active, alive, happy, strong, and capable. It's in us, in our intelligence, attitude, and mentality. We are young, regardless of our ID. We must learn to fight to not let the old man in.
That old man awaits us, stationed and tired by the side of the road to discourage us. I don't let the old, critical, hostile, envious spirit in—the one that scrutinizes our past to tie us up with complaints and distant anxieties, or relived traumas and waves of pain.
You have to turn your back on the old murmurer, full of rage and complaints, lacking courage, denying himself that old age can be creative, determined, full of light and projection.
Aging can be pleasant and even fun if you know how to use your time, if you're satisfied with what you've achieved, and if you still maintain enthusiasm," adds Clint Eastwood, a legend with ten Oscar nominations, of which he has won four statues—all after crossing the threshold of sixty. That's called "not letting the old man into the house."
These words resonated so deeply with country singer Toby Keith that they inspired him to compose the song "Don’t Let the Old Man In," dedicated to the legendary actor.

Several of his movies that he starred in and/or directed are in the National Film Registry, e.g., Dirty Harry and Unforgiven (in which he did both, as well as produce).

While everyone enjoys Eastwood's rolls in the Dirty Harry-franchise, the many Westerns and his late-career director success, my favorite is his role as Dr Jonathan Hemlock in The Eiger Sanction. That movie hooked me on mountaineering and going to Europe to go climb; never had a movie before TES had there been principal filming on such a location.

Like most Eastwood movies, there's a number of memorable lines and this one doesn't disappoint. Its definitely a 70's era movie. Clint's hand is all over it as he's the director and a few social issues are laid bare that you'd never see today.

Last couple days I've watched Cry Macho and Trouble With The Curve. In both these movies, the set had pictures of Clint in his younger days to fit the character in each role. Clint Eastwood has turned getting old into a genre unto itself. Can't wait to find out how the heck he made it onto the jury, ha.