Politics and cinema have always been uneasy bedfellows, a sentiment that dates back to the advent of the moving image. Few high-profile Hollywood heavyweights have ever...
SUMMARY Though set in the Wild West, the resonant quotes and timeless themes found in classic Westerns continue to echo meaningfully for modern audiences. From meditations on...
The Longest Day producer Darryl F Zanuck had managed to negotiate $25,000 fees from his ensemble cast for what was mostly cameos. However, Wayne demanded $250,000...
The legendary Clint Eastwood turns 92 this year, and it seems like after one of the longest careers in Hollywood, he’s finally settling down. It’s ironic...
Throughout the 20th century, John Wayne burned himself into the minds of America with remarkable portrayals of the cowboy archetype. A true hero of the films of the...
John Ford was a legendary filmmaker and Hollywood icon who directed some of the greatest movies of all time including The Searchers, The Grapes of Wrath, and The Man Who Shot...
At 91 years old, Clint Eastwood continues to be one of Hollywood’s most prolific directors. Eastwood often puts projects together quickly; Richard Jewell began filming in June and hit its...
Western actor John Wayne was in for quite the change of scenery when Clint Eastwood stepped onto the scene. They will forever be compared for the type of...
I feel a little bad for Clint Eastwood. What do you do after you become a legend? Post-Unforgiven, a film in which Eastwood wrestles with his own...
The scene of Gardner being pushed into a mud pool by a baby elephant was only captured because Ford ignored the actress’ cries for help as...
