For example: an apparition of John Wayne is a recurring character and serves as a sort of spiritual guide or conscience for Custer ; Monument Valley and The Alamo serve as backdrops to various legs of the journey ; for a time, Jesse acts as the sheriff of a small town in Texas, and must protect the inhabitants from harm ; the image of the Saint of Killers, a reformed bounty hunter-turned-killer-once-more in the tradition of Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven character, William Munny, is a nod to the classic Western notion of nemesis, straight and true and terrible.

Among these are the. 22 rimfire, a caliber popular for target shooting and teaching novice shooters ;. 38 Special and. 357 Magnum, known for its police use ; the. 44 Magnum, famous from Clint Eastwood's " Dirty Harry " films ; and the. 45 Colt, used in the Colt revolver of the Wild West.

Clint Eastwood's High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales and Unforgiven also take up Peckinpah's themes of the dangers of revenge, the nature of human violence, and men seeking to be honorable in dishonorable surroundings.

Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that film was " the best and funniest Clint Eastwood movie in quite a while ", and praised Eastwood's directing and the way he intricately juxtaposes the old West and the new.

The film met with generally positive reviews ; Roger Ebert gave it three and a half stars and described it as a " very good film ... with moments evoking great emotion ", while Variety Todd McCarthy wrote, " Inspirational on the face of it, Clint Eastwood's film has a predictable trajectory, but every scene brims with surprising details that accumulate into a rich fabric of history, cultural impressions and emotion.

Hereafter received mixed reviews from critics, with the consensus at Rotten Tomatoes being, " Despite a thought-provoking premise and Clint Eastwood's typical flair as director, Hereafter fails to generate much compelling drama, straddling the line between poignant sentimentality and hokey tedium.

Bulloch based his performance on Clint Eastwood's portrayal of the Man with No Name in A Fistful of Dollars ; similar to the Western character, Bulloch cradled the gun prop, made the character seem ready to shoot, slightly tilted his head, and stood a particular way.

In 2011, DiCaprio starred in Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar, a biopic about J. Edgar Hoover, the controversial first director of the FBI.

The Western typically takes these elements and uses them to tell simple morality tales, although some notable examples ( e. g. the later Westerns of John Ford or Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven ) are more morally ambiguous.

Nishi would later die in 1945 as an officer stationed in the defense of the island of Iwo Jima, and as such is a main character in Clint Eastwood's film, Letters from Iwo Jima.

The final scenes of Clint Eastwood's " Dirty Harry " were filmed in Larkspur at the old Hutchison Gravel Quarry ( now Larkspur Landing )

* In the 1986 war film Heartbreak Ridge, Clint Eastwood's character, Sgt.

He followed this with Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves ( 1991 ), the Oliver Stone-directed JFK ( 1991 ), The Bodyguard ( 1992 ), and Clint Eastwood's A Perfect World ( 1993 ), all of which provided box office or critical acclaim.

The Washington Times obituary of Spillane said of Hammer, " In a manner similar to Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry, Hammer was a cynical loner contemptuous of the ' tedious process ' of the legal system, choosing instead to enforce the law on his own terms.

They are also used by sport shooters and have been featured in numerous Hollywood movies, particularly Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry.

One of the first films about a fan being disturbingly obsessed with their idol was Clint Eastwood's directorial debut film, Play Misty for Me ( 1971 ), about a California disc jockey pursued by a disturbed female listener ( Jessica Walter ).

Australian actor Damon Herriman played Hauptmann in Clint Eastwood's Hoover biopic J. Edgar.

Although Dirty Harry is arguably Clint Eastwood's signature role, he was not a top contender for the part.

* Tadamichi Kuribayashi and Takeichi Nishi in Clint Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima ( 2006 ).

* Walt Kowalski in Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino ( 2008 ).

In Episode XXVI, Jack confronts a gang who destroyed his sandals, using Clint Eastwood's lines from A Fistful of Dollars, but substituting ' footwear ' for ' donkey.

The South African a cappella group Overtone recorded the song for director Clint Eastwood's movie Invictus ( 2009 ).

Some film critics, including Roger Ebert and Jim Emerson, criticized Medved for mentioning the " right to die / assisted suicide " theme in Clint Eastwood's Oscar-winning Million Dollar Baby and these critics viewed Medved's statements as a plot spoiler.

In early 2011, Watts was cast in Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the starring role.

Warner Bros. produced a film adaptation of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil in 1997, directed by Clint Eastwood.

Lewis has worked frequently with actor-director Clint Eastwood in several films including Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Pink Cadillac, Any Which Way You Can, Bronco Billy, Every Which Way but Loose, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot and High Plains Drifter.

Midnight was adapted into a 1997 film, directed by Clint Eastwood, receiving mixed reviews.

The most popular Spaghetti Westerns were those of Sergio Leone, whose Dollars Trilogy ( A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ), featuring Clint Eastwood and scores by Ennio Morricone, came to define the genre along with Once Upon a Time in the West.

Leone then chose Van Cleef to appear with Clint Eastwood again, this time as the primary villain in the classic The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

A song from the band Gorillaz is named " Clint Eastwood ", and features references to the actor, with the iconic yell featured in The Good, the Bad and the Uglys score heard at the beginning of the video.

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.

According to rumor, Leone offered the parts of the three bad guys to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly stars Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach.

The soundtrack also included " Dust in the Wind " by Kansas, " Hungry Like the Wolf ", " Farmer in the Dell ", " Gonna Make You Sweat ", " Louie Louie ", " Chariots of Fire ", " Good Lovin ' Gone Bad ", " Master of Puppets " by Metallica, " Playground in My Mind " by Clint Holmes and " The Sounds of Silence " by Simon & Garfunkel.

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Clint is attached to direct his first directorial piece, the feature horror film The House Of Good And Evil.

" His repertoire also included impressions of celebrities and well-known figures, including Al Gore, Bob Barker, John Kerry, Dr. Phil, Bill O ' Reilly, Maury Povich, Chris Martin, Steve Jobs, Mel Gibson, Chris Hansen, Roy Horn, Ozzy Osbourne, John Ramsey, Freddie Prinze, Jr., J. K. Simmons ( as Mac McGuff, Juno's father ), William Petersen ( as Gil Grissom ), Jack Coleman ( as Noah Bennet ), Hugh Laurie ( as Gregory House ), Hugh Beaumont ( as Ward Cleaver ), Sarah Jessica Parker ( as Carrie Bradshaw ), Dr. Drew, Adam Sandler, Howie Mandel, Dick Cheney, Clint Eastwood, Gray Davis, Simon Cowell, JC Chasez, Bruce Jenner, Michael Richards, Chris Burke, Charlie Sheen ( as Charlie Harper ( Two and a Half Men )), David Schwimmer ( as Ross Geller ), Jeff Probst, Tim Gunn ( Project Runway ), Howard K. Stern, Tommy Lee, Bob Goen, Criss Angel, Jeff Foxworthy, Saddam Hussein, Matthew Good, Daniel Powter, Larry David, Barry Gibb, Eddie Vedder, and Brad Garrett.

A reprise may be expressed in narrative: at the beginning and the end of the movie The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Clint Eastwood's character shoots the noose to save his partner from hanging.

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.

* Black, Clint ; Pyle, Scott Necessary Evil ( Great White Games, 2005 ) ISBN 0-9763601-1-X

In 1992, he played the sadistic sheriff " Little " Bill Daggett in the western Unforgiven directed by Clint Eastwood and written by David Webb Peoples which earned him a second Oscar, this time for Best Supporting Actor.

He played a President of the United States who commits a murder in 1997's Absolute Power, re-teaming with director-star Clint Eastwood.

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.

Chablis played herself in the 1997 movie of the same title, directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Kevin Spacey and John Cusack.

He played an aging yet ready-for-liftoff astronaut in 2000's Space Cowboys, co-starring with director Clint Eastwood.

Clint Eastwood was among the first of many American actors to adopt this persona, which he used to great effect in his Western roles, especially the Spaghetti Westerns made with Sergio Leone, where he played a similar " Man with No Name " character like Mifune did in Yojimbo.

That role went to Clint Walker, but Garner played an Army officer in the pilot.

Garner and Clint Eastwood staged an epic fistfight in an episode entitled " Duel at Sundown ", in which Eastwood played a vicious gunslinger.

In 2000, after an operation to replace both knees, Garner appeared with Clint Eastwood ( who had played a villain in the original Maverick series ) as astronauts in the movie Space Cowboys, also featuring Tommy Lee Jones and Donald Sutherland.

Two more appearances in comedies for Savalas were as Herbie Haseler in Crooks and Coronets ( 1969 ) and opposite Clint Eastwood in Kelly's Heroes ( 1970 ) where he played the no nonsense hard as nails company sergeant " Big Joe ".

The real Balok was a dwarfish cherubic man ( played by Clint Howard ).

In May 2001, a storyline in the Channel 4 TV soap opera Brookside was based on the Tony Martin case ; when Clint Moffat ( played by Greg Pateras ) was shot dead by neighbour Ron Dixon ( Vince Earl ) while burgling his house.

On one play, Quarterback Clint Dolezel threw a game-winning 31-yd touchdown pass to Offensive Specialist Steve Smith ( who hadn't played a down that game until the final play ).

He again played a Mexican, this time a revolutionary named Luis Chama, in 1972, supporting Clint Eastwood and Robert Duvall in Joe Kidd.

The show stars a young Clint Howard as Mark Wedloe, and chronicles his adventures with a lovable 650-pound American black bear named Ben ( played by Bruno the Bear ).

Clint Malarchuk ( born May 1, 1961 in Grande Prairie, Alberta and raised in Edmonton, Alberta ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) between 1981 and 1992, and is currently an assistant coach with the Calgary Flames.

For 2001-the first season under Criner's replacement, Gene Dahlquist and the first home campaign that would be played entirely in Glasgow-the new Scotland quarterback was the Dallas Cowboys ' Clint Stoerner ; however offensive leaders of 2000 like Stecker failed to return.

In a Clint Eastwood's 1982 movie Honkytonk Man, his character meets Bob Wills ( played by Johnny Gimble, an original Texas Playboy ), who is recording in a studio with other former band members.

* For around twenty years, Judge Dredd lived in Rowdy Yates block, named after a character in the TV series Rawhide who was played by Dredd's own inspiration, Clint Eastwood.

In 1988, Whitaker played in the film Bloodsport alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme and he had his first lead role starring as musician Charlie Parker in the Clint Eastwood-directed film, Bird.

Clint Carleton played the younger Mason in the Minutemen flashbacks.

Three NHL Hall of Famers played for the Mohawks — Harry Howell, Buddy O ' Connor and Clint Smith — and from 1952 through 1957, the team won an IHL record five consecutive Turner Cup championships.