Eastwood envisaged the use of multiple-arch dams in the construction of the Big Creek project, but these hopes were dashed when, in November 1910, he was dismissed from all association with the project.

In 1997, Eastwood directed and starred in the political thriller Absolute Power, alongside Gene Hackman ( with whom he had appeared in Unforgiven ).

In 1992, Eastwood acknowledged to writer David Breskin that his political views represented a fusion of Milton Friedman and Noam Chomsky.

" Robbins later said that Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, and Jack Valenti were the only major Hollywood figures that stood up for his free speech rights in this case and noted that all three men are either Republicans or very conservative Democrats, adding that he felt there could be common ground between individuals with different political beliefs.

Eastwood felt that the issue of victims ' rights was being overshadowed by the political atmosphere of the time.

After political moves, and potential engineering difficulties with hills south of Eastwood station in the 1930s, the terminus was changed to Epping, where the line became known as the " Epping-St Leonards Railway ".

A threatening visit in 1995 to the protesters of ' Pollok Free State ' by the Conservative Member of Parliament Allan Stewart ( then the MP for Eastwood the constituency including Newton Mearns ), accompanied by his airgun-wielding son, resulted in a political shot in the foot, contributing to his subsequent resignation, and a fine for his son in Paisley Sheriff Court.

Secondly, the demographic has changed as well: since the early 1990s, Eastwood and surrounding suburbs have seen an influx of migrants from China, Hong Kong, South Korea and India, who are relatively affluent and conservative, but are sensitive towards political policies on immigration and multiculturalism.

As technical secretary to the civil and political rights committee of President Kennedy's Commission on the Status of Women ( PCSW ), Eastwood researched decisions involving women and the Fourteenth Amendment, and became increasingly interested in the women's movement.

Once filming of Breezy had finished, Warner Brothers announced that Eastwood had agreed to reprise his role as Detective Harry Callahan in Magnum Force ( 1973 ), a sequel to Dirty Harry, about a group of rogue young officers ( among them David Soul, Robert Urich and Tim Matheson ) in the San Francisco Police Force who systematically exterminate the city's worst criminals.

Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first outing as San Francisco Police Department Inspector " Dirty " Harry Callahan.

SFPD Inspector Harry Callahan ( Clint Eastwood ) finds a ransom message demanding the city pay him $ 100, 000.

* Clint Eastwood as SFPD Homicide Inspector Harry Callahan

Sinatra was 55 at the time and since the character of Harry Callahan was originally written as a man in his mid to late 50s ( and Eastwood only then 41 ), Sinatra fit the character profile.

Eastwood has claimed that he took the role of Harry Callahan because of the character's obsessive concern with the victims of violent crime.

Eastwood initially did not want to toss the badge, believing it indicated that Callahan was quitting the police department.

Although Eastwood was able to convince Siegel not to have Callahan toss the badge, when the scene was filmed, Eastwood changed his mind and went with the current ending.

One evening Eastwood and Siegel had been watching the San Francisco 49ers in the Kezar Stadium in the last game of the season and thought the eerie Greek amphitheater-like setting would be an excellent location for shooting one of the scenes where Callahan encounters the psychopathic killer Scorpio.

Some of which include ; Calvin Klein, Darth Vader of the Planet Vulcan ( Back to the Future ), Clint Eastwood ( Back to the Future Part III ), and Sonny Crockett / Harry Callahan / Michael Corleone ( 2011 video game only ).

Magnum Force is a 1973 American police thriller film and the second to feature Clint Eastwood as maverick cop Harry Callahan after the 1971 film Dirty Harry.

Inspector Harry Callahan ( Clint Eastwood ) and his partner Earlington " Early " Smith ( Felton Perry ) visit the crime scene despite them being loaned to stakeout by their Lieutenant.

* Clint Eastwood as SFPD Homicide Inspector Harry Callahan

Clint Eastwood specifically wanted the story to show that despite the 1971's film perceived view of Inspector Callahan, Harry was not a complete vigilante.

It was made famous by and is still most often associated with the fictional character " Dirty " Harry Callahan from the Dirty Harry series of films starring Clint Eastwood.

Directed by James Fargo, it stars Clint Eastwood as Inspector " Dirty " Harry Callahan, Tyne Daly as Inspector Kate Moore and DeVeren Bookwalter as terrorist leader / main antagonist Bobby Maxwell.

Inspector Harry Callahan ( Clint Eastwood ) and his partner Frank DiGiorgio ( John Mitchum ), after dealing with a chronic fainter, arrive at a liquor store where robbers have taken hostages.

The Dead Pool is a 1988 American action-thriller film directed by Buddy Van Horn, written by Steve Sharon and starring Clint Eastwood as Inspector " Dirty " Harry Callahan.

* Clint Eastwood as Inspector Harry Callahan

* Harry Callahan / Clint Eastwood: Something Special in Films ( 1975 ), documentary, writer

Eastwood has been a primary character in two film franchises: as the Man with No Name in the Dollars Trilogy and as Harry Callahan in the Dirty Harry series.

The game was to continue the story of the 1971 motion picture of the same name starring Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan, the main protagonist.

" Working with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Clint Eastwood to create a compelling, state-of-the-art game that brings Dirty Harry Callahan to life on next generation consoles is very exciting ", said Doug Hare, co-founder and Vice President of Production for The Collective.

Initially, Raimi invited Scott Spiegel to co-write Army of Darkness because he had done a good job on Evil Dead II, but he was busy on rewrites for the Clint Eastwood film The Rookie.

In September 1893 Potter was on holiday at Eastwood in Dunkeld, Perthshire.

Actor Clint Eastwood recalled seeing Wills when he was 18 or 19 ( 1948 or 1949 ) and working at a pulp mill in Springfield, Oregon.

He remarked that it was an honor to work with Clint Eastwood, whom he praised for his professionalism.

Marvin was originally cast as Pike Bishop ( later played by William Holden ) in The Wild Bunch ( 1969 ), but fell out with director Sam Peckinpah and pulled out in order to star in the Western musical Paint Your Wagon ( 1969 ), in which he was top-billed over a singing Clint Eastwood.

His career revival began when the young Italian director Sergio Leone boldly cast Van Cleef, whose career was still in the doldrums, as one of the two protagonists, alongside Clint Eastwood, in Leone's second western, For a Few Dollars More.

She was perhaps best known for her film roles such as Minnie Castevet, Rosemary's overly solicitous neighbor in Rosemary's Baby, as the eccentric Maude in Harold and Maude and as the mother of Orville Boggs in the Clint Eastwood film Every Which Way but Loose.

The typical Spaghetti Western team was made up of an Italian director, Italo-Spanish technical staff, and a cast of Italian, Spanish, German and American actors, sometimes a fading Hollywood star and sometimes a rising one like the young Clint Eastwood in three of Sergio Leone's films.

The story was eventually adapted and directed by Clint Eastwood as the Oscar-winning film, Million Dollar Baby ( 2004 ).

Another example is the Dollars Trilogy by Sergio Leone ; no continuity between the three movies was intended by Leone, but American marketers advertised the Clint Eastwood character in each film as being the same " Man with No Name ".

Yojimbo was also the origin of the " Man with No Name " trend which included Sergio Leone's For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, The Bad and The Ugly both also starring Clint Eastwood, and arguably continued through his 1968 opus Once Upon a Time in the West, starring Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, and Jason Robards.

When Leone directed Once Upon a Time in America, he commented that Robert De Niro was a real actor, unlike Eastwood.

Leone was one of the two directors whom Eastwood dedicated his award to, the other was Don Siegel who directed Eastwood in a string of movies in the 1970s, including Dirty Harry.

He was best known for the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers ( 1956 ) and five films with Clint Eastwood, including Dirty Harry ( 1971 ) and Escape from Alcatraz ( 1979 ).

The film was directed by Clint Eastwood, since originally slated director Ron Howard declined due to scheduling conflicts.

Eastwood was born in San Francisco, to Clinton Eastwood, Sr. ( 1906 – 70 ), a steelworker and migrant worker, and Margaret Ruth ( Runner ) Eastwood ( 1909 – 2006 ), a factory worker.

Eastwood is of English, Irish, Scottish, and Dutch ancestry, and was raised in a working class home with his younger sister, Jeanne ( born 1934 ).

However, Eastwood was not interested.

In 1951, Eastwood entered the United States Army during the Korean War and was assigned to Fort Ord in California, where he worked as a lifeguard.