Clint Eastwood
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Biography
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Filmography
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Actor
Director
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Producer
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Musician
Biographie
Born in 1930 in San Francisco, Clint Jr.,
moved around the Pacific coast a lot during
his childhood. He did a lot of odd jobs before
joining the acting school at Universal. Although
he primarily intended to make music. His
recurring role on the TV series RAWHIDE won
him fame and his career was launched ...
Filmography
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His filmography is marked by many films that were loved by the
public. he won the largest,number of award such as the Oscars, the
Golden Globe. The critics gave him a very positive review on his
talent as an actor and this was very imporant :
- In the western « For a handful of dollars » (1964), where he played
the main role ,made him a star in Europe.
-Unforgiven in 1992 was at the hight of his career & the movie won
four Academy awards.
-Eastwood then won many awards for Million Dollar Baby in 2004.
Actor
It was the TV that offered Eastwood his first notoriety with Rawhide. His
first film contract was signed on May 1, 1954. He met Arthur Lubin
who used him as his agent and who offered him his first role in "
Francis join the Wacs ". He enrolled in The Universal Talent School
where he learned to speak to play, and to act. He began his career as a
physical or vocal extra in 1954.
We always associate Clint with Westerns. He refused many scripts. After he
starred in the "Dollars Trilogy", he became a star in the USA. For movies
like " Hang Them high and short " ( T.Post), " A sheriff in New York " (
D.Siegel), " When eagles attack " (B.G. Hutton), and " The western carnival
" ( J.Logan). Clint Eastwood is loved by the critics who recognizes his
great talent.
Director
It was in 1971 when Clint Eastwood directed his first movie, with "Play Misty
for Mrs". Throughout his director's career, he made poetic, nostalgic & sad
movies. So, thanks to the often dark graphics he succeeds creating a style
associating light, music and direction.
His movies which get mass appeal are all his personal work over 35 years of
relentless working rhythm, at the rate of approximately a movie a year.
Producer
He started his own production company, Malpaso,. The name of a small
ravine which runs through his property of Mount Carmel. The first
major movie produced by his company was “Hang ‘em High“. He
created later a music department, Malpaso Records which produced
the soundtracks of his movies, or some other records as the tribute
which was returned to him to Carnégie Hall of New York in 1996.
Malpaso is one of most important and most renowned independent
companies of the American movie industry today.
Malpaso productions :
-Hangs Them high and short on 1968 ;
-Hot Sierra on 1970 ;
-Cowboys 2000 Hereafter on 2011 .
Musician
As you have probably noticed, Clint is fascinated by music, in particular
by Jazz and Country. Two of his movies contain strong references to
music:"Bird" and " Honky Tonk man ". He practised at first the
Fluegelhorn, or Bugle, cousin of the trumpet, then he started on the
cornet, the small copper trunk drilled before discovering the piano
towards the age of 16 years. He even played it for a living at one time,
by playing in bars. Clint also tried singing, without much success but
with a rather beautiful voice. A complete artist, he composes, sings, and
plays along. If he had not been in the cinema, he would have been a
composer and recognized musician. More film-maker passionate about
music, Eastwood is a musician & movie artist.
than a
Clint Eastwood is a great film actor and
even plays Jazz and Country music.
He is a man who wants to try his had
at everything and I must say, he has
been quite successful. It is for this
reason that everyone knows his name,
Clint Eastwood.
Bibliography
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clint
_Eastwoodhttp://www.clinteastwood.fr/clintlalegende.fr/