Tuesday
May312011
Curio: Happy 81st Clint
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at 1:05PM Alexa here. Clint Eastwood turns 81 today, and while last year was a big birthday, once you hit 80 every year deserves to be commemorated, right? Personally, I can't wait until December to see his J. Edgar with Leo in the title role. In the meantime, here are some indie poster designs celebrating a few of Clint's classics.
Dirty Harry poster for Alamo Drafthouse’s 2010 Rolling Roadshow Tour, by Olly Moss
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by Ben Whitesell
Unforgiven and Gran Torino, after the jump...
Unforgiven by Cameron Stevens
Gran Torino by Donal Casey
Reader Comments (5)
You know you're waiting for Beyonce to play Esther Blodgett -- having Clint direct her to another Hilary Swank level upset against____________!
/3rtfull -- bite your tongue!
I don't even love clint eastwood but these posters are choice. especially the lead profile/gun number.
Hmm. Not really a hyper fan of Clint as a performer either, even though he's appeared in some very good movies. John Wayne's probably the same way.
Agree with Volvagia. Unforgiven and The Good, The Bad & The Ugly are such great westerns, probably my favorites along with Once Upon a Time in the West (and No Country for Old Men could be considered a western too I guess). But I don't know about his performances. I think he's better at directing.
He's better at directing, but, as a performer, has a lot of charisma and sometimes he was capable of twisting his persona to so really great performances. The best movie he starred in is probably The Beguiled, a masterpiece of sadism and sexuality that really deserves a remake by Almodovar.