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    Clint Eastwood was born on May 31st, 1930 in San Francisco, California making him 87 years old this year. Eastwood began his career as an actor which contributed to his success as a director. His earliest breakthrough was in the television series, Rawhide where Eastwood began filming as a secondary character and finished the show as the lead actor. This television series began Eastwood’s career and proved that Eastwood could work his way towards success if given the chance. Eastwood took part in

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    Violent 1900’s Clint Eastwood, one of the most famous actor and directors of all time born on May 31, 1930. He has been known for a long time in Hollywood and around the world. He has been especially known for “For a few Dollars More” and “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly” which are all played by him. Bounty Hunting was one of the roles that was most played by him in all the movies that were either directed by him or was the protagonist himself. All the Clint Eastwood movies show revenge

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    Research Paper: Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood is one of the biggest hollywood movies makers in the movie making industry. He has influenced his viewers in america as well as other directors. “You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a film director.” (Film & Television). Eastwood explained to the media how he has been passionate and determined during his movie-making career. Eastwood has made an impact on contemporary american culture for sixty years now, and he still

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    Before Clint Eastwood became a famous western actor, this could have been the typical stereotype for a cowboy. With over 40 movies under his belt, Eastwood has completely changed the common “western” movie (Columbia 1). He has been involved in many different jobs and organizations, making him popular to many people. Although Clint Eastwood has played as a lone, strange character in his movies, he has reshaped the way people look at the American cowboy and masculinity. Clint Eastwood Jr. was born

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    Clint Eastwood was born on May 31, 1930, in San Francisco, California, as Clinton Eastwood Jr. to Clinton Sr. and Ruth Eastwood, with an older sister named Jean. After looking for work in California during the Depression, the family settled in Oakland, where he graduated from Oakland Technical High School in 1948. Clint worked odd jobs, including as a hay baler, logger, truck driver and steel-furnace stoker. In 1950, he joined the military with the Army Special Services, based at Fort Ord in Monterey

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    Movie icon Clint Eastwood, has always been known for his no-nonsense, loner, and tough guy character he portrays on screen. As you follow Eastwood’s career you will find he started in TV, then moved to acting and directing movies. Clint Eastwood had a meager attempt at acting while in high school, however, eventually he found himself acting, directing movies for the big screen and has become a highly regarded director in the film making business. Eastwood was raised during the depression era

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    Before he lost it and had a “conversation” with a chair, Clint Eastwood was one of my favorite actors. Clint was the man and he had memorable lines in his movies. I don’t need to list them because we know them. I was reading about Philando Castile who like Alton Sterling had his life stolen by a trigger-happy pig cop and as I felt anger, sadness, disgust, torment…every miserable emotion known to man I thought of Absolute Power which Clint Eastwood starred as a thief who witnessed a murder and the President

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    Clint Eastwood I have chosen Clint Eastwood as the director I wanted to research. Clint Eastwood was not only a talented director, but he was also an exceptional actor and producer. He was born on May 31, 1930, in San Francisco, California. His father was Clinton Sr. and his mother was Ruth Eastwood. He also had an older sister named Jean. Clint Eastwood has been married only twice, but had a number of relationships and fathered several children out of wedlock. He was married to Maggie Johnson between

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    Spurious Miscreant While many revere Clint Eastwood as an artistic wonder when it comes to directing, and having remarkable acumen when he pours himself into a role, not everyone shares such positive sentiments. There have been claims that Clint Eastwood’s vigilant protection of his privacy is because he is a volatile, ill-tempered man; who mirrors the violence and complete disregard of others in the roles he’s undertaken. Some just have blatant disgust for his movies, the violence, the nasty treatment

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    'Sometimes, the most unexpected events enable individuals to grow.' How is this shown in Gran Torino? The key point in Clint Eastwood’s film, “Gran Torino” is all about the necessities of becoming a man and being important to society. The characters in “Gran Torino” undergo changes within the film that were caused by traumatic events that occur in the film. Thao gains confidence and becomes a man, finally realising his usefulness in the world. Walt gains new views and perceptions of the world around

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