Clint Eastwood by Richard Schickel - ISBN: 9780679749912
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Unmasking the icon: Eastwood’s life, films, and the man within.
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Clint Eastwood

A Biography

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  • Paperback

    576 pages

  • Release Date

    21 October 1997

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Summary

Authoritative … highly nuanced … gives the reader a palpable sense of Mr. Eastwood’s career.–The New York Times

From the moment The Man With No Name first fixed the screen with his murderous squint, from the first time audiences heard Dirty Harry Callahan growl “Make my day,” Clint Eastwood has been an icon of American manhood in all its coolness and ferocity. But that icon is also an actor of surprising subtlety, a filmmaker of vast intelligence and originality–and an intensely priva…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780679749912
ISBN-10:0679749918
Author:Richard Schickel
Publisher:Random House USA Inc
Imprint:Random House Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:576
Release Date:21 October 1997
Weight:459g
Dimensions:38mm x 132mm x 201mm
Series:Vintage Vintage
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Clint Eastwood by Richard Schickel - ISBN: 9780679749912
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About The Author

Richard Schickel

Richard Schickel has been reviewing movies for Life and Time for as long as Clint Eastwood has been starring in them. He is the author of many books about film and filmmakers, including:

  • The Disney Version, a definitive study of Walt Disney and his works.
  • D. W. Griffith: An American Life, which won the British Film Institute Book Prize.
  • The Men Who Made the Movies, focusing on the directors of the classic Hollywood age.

For more than two decades, he has produced television documentaries, primarily on the history of movies. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow and has taught film history and criticism at Yale and USC. He lives in Los Angeles.

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