Movie: Unforgiven(1992)

This was the movie that won Eastwood his maiden Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Movie. The movie won 4 Oscars including one which Gene Hackman picked up for best supporting actor. Hackman first refused this role but later Eastwood convinced him to take it.


Eastwood, who became a macho icon by playing the cigar-chewing ,softspoken 'man-with-no-name' in the Sergio Leone Spagetti Western returns for probably the final time as a retired Bounty Hunter.This is probably one of the greatest Westerns of all time.

It is indeed delightful to see that Clint is courageous enough to polk fun at his own age as one watches him struggle to hop on his horse. Seeking justice for a prostitute who has been disfigured by a rowdy bunch of men, he enlists the help of his old friend.(Morgan Freeman). Together they enter a town with a ruthless sherrif(Hackman) who wants the two out of town and would not hesitate to kill them. The bloody confrontation with the rowdy men is frightfully impacting as is the hard-hitting end.
The film also features a brief but memorable performance of Richard Harris.

In the following years Eastwood's directorial skills would churn out string of award winning actors. I recommend this one unequivocally.Critics and fans alike have hailed this one.

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