All language subtitles for CLINT EASTWOOD - A Cinematic Legacy - Episode 7

what's your name Callahan what are
you police officer all right police

officer this is how we [Music] play the
first time I saw Clint Eastwood police

movies Dirty Harry you know I saw it as
a teenager I thought it was [Applause]

great Clint showed us clearly that when you
want to do an action movie and really portray

a guy in in an interesting way you should make him

multi-dimensional you shouldn't
make the guy just be a straight

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cop that man had rights well I'm
all broken up about that man's

rights I don't think you ever come out of
a a Clint Eastwood film being disappointed

that it didn't have the kind of ending that
you wanted to feel in a movie there's always

that that sense of justice in this film
that I think we like as viewers tell him

I'm coming for him I'm going to nail his ass
to the wall [Music] whether he's portraying a

renegade city cop a washed up journalist with
one last shot at redemption or a New Orleans

detective more than willing to venture into
the city's shadowy underworld clenny Wood's

characters bring order to a world of chaos
Clint used the ancient and convincing and

dependable ethic the good man against evil
moral immoral he was simple direct it was a

man one person you could identify with he's
a hero boy do we need Heroes drop the gun

tree few heroes in cinema history have cast
a longer Shadow than San Francisco Police

Inspector Harry Callahan the character
would become an archetype for countless

films to follow cint Eastwood there created
something that was unlike any else it became

like new standard of action movies it wasn't just
action but it was also certain kind of a comedy

with it very very funny scenes hijackers want an
overseas pilot before they take off may I make a

[Music] suggestion in his very first action
sequence Dirty Harry let audiences know this

was an entirely new kind of police story
of course the scene that sticks out of my

mind is him with the hot dog and in the
beginning of the movie and he's got the

guy on the ground you go to a man eating
a hot dog and he gets sees a robbery in

progress and then he has to he has
to foil it on his [Music] own there

was a little bit of James Kagney
shooting somebody in the trunk of

a car eating a chicken leg at the
same time copy huh I'll give it a

[Music] rare like James Kagney before him Eastwood
brought to the screen something genuinely new a

character no one had ever seen before his whole
attitude as dirty ha very soft spoken he never

screamed like you normally see uh when when
people play cars you know it's doing all the

screaming and then all the fuss and he didn't do
that he was eating his sandwich or his hamburger

he was pulling out the gun and he was doing
his job I know what you're thinking did he

fire six shots or only five well I tell you the
truth in all this excitement I've kind of lost

track myself but Ian this is a 44 magnum the most
powerful handgun in the world and would blow your

head clean off you've got to ask yourself one
question do I feel lucky well do you punk I saw

is a very interesting scene it to me it was
something I'd never played before but that's the

one that sort of kicks it off where people go okay
there this this is going to be a different kind of

ride there's no doubt that Dirty Harry has had
a huge impact on the it's almost a genre in unto

itself which is two cops and one of them is on the
edge you know what happens to the guys that I've

worked with dik's still in the hospital with a
bullet in his gut and fandi's dead so so if I need

partner I'll get me someone who knows what the
hell he's doing you rotten bastard it's not

enough just to have a cop do his job anymore
the cop has to be a little bit crazy now you

know why they call me dirty hairy every dirty
job that comes along and then he had movies

all over Hollywood where it was you know two
cops one of them's a vampire two cops and one

of them's already dead two cops one of them's
a dog but it was always dirty hairy was always

that the guy was on the edge he was going over the
edge finally you get to Lethal Weapon where the

first scene in the movie you don't even have to
say this is two cops and one of them's one guy's

already trying to to shoot himself his films were
very popular with my friends and I as teenagers

and there's very quotable lines from all those
films go ahead make my day go ahead make my day

perhaps more than any film series in movie
history Dirty Harry's Unforgettable dialogue

was an integral part of its success I don't
want any more trouble like you had last year

in the Filmore District understand that's
my policy yeah well when an adult male is

chasing a female with intent to commit rape I
shoot the bastard that's my policy this movie

was quoted I think more often than any movie
that was ever quoted I love love Dirty Harry

because he was better than anyone at delivering
those py lines RS was right you guys don't have

enough experience they didn't sound like he
was trying to be tough they sounded like he

was tough it'll be my word against yours and
who's going to believe you you're a killer

Harry man's got to know his limit ations that
became one of my mantras between me and my

buddies we used to say that on the golf course
all the time you know we used to go play golf on

Saturdays and uh you know can't get over that
water with a three-wood you know or something

like that I would put in the water go man's
got to know his limitations the long shadow

of Dirty Harry also extends to the actors whose
subsequent work followed in Clint Eastwood's

formidable footsteps without question uh the
dirty hairy series of movies influenced every

action adventure enture hero after that including
Schwarzenegger and and Wesley Snipes and and Bruce

Willis his work as an action star did influence
me as an actor and I I kind of like that genre

I like to watch those kinds of films there was
a lot of physicality to what he did and saying

as little as possible cuz I was told very early
on my acting careers you're very interesting to

watch but when you open your mouth you get into
trouble so um I thought uh that's a good note

I'll keep my mouth shut until I have something to

say all of those actors I mean they want
to be cint they want you know that mix of

grit and strength and ryness and a touch of
vulnerability the girl where is she you tried

to kill me if I tried that your head would be
splattered all over this field now where's the

girl my friends and I used to sneak into a movie
theater in Illinois instead of going to school

and watch movies and we climbed in
there one day and we watch Dirty [Music]

Harry it was kind of an indelible memory to be
put in a young man's mind Clint Eastwood was my

inspiration I was a struggling actor and all
of a sudden I saw this movie dirty hairy and

I remember I went to see it not only once but I
saw it five times in a row because it had such a

tremendous impact on me you joining the act too
he was the motivating force for me to to come to

America and to get into acting in the first place
so obviously when you then see your Idol coming up

with a movie like dirty hay and creating a whole
new standard in action movies and also to do it

with a certain style I said myself that's what I
have to do but beneath its tantalizing style and

memorable dialogue the dirty hairy character was
first and foremost a man in pursuit of Justice

the obsession of the of the hero I like the
fact that he was he was obsessed with getting

this guy and they had a background story of
course that he had a very solitary existence

Dirty Harry is God's lonely man he's he's the
the true loner individual he lives in a little

apartment a dirty little apartment with a couple
of plaques on the wall and some you know beer in

the ice box and a half eaten cheeseburger he
really doesn't have any girlfriends he didn't

have a private life that he really cared much
about all he cared about was this particular

victim somebody he'd never met and I thought that
Obsession about somebody you've never met was very

interesting at its core the dirty hairy series
gave audiences a sense of empowerment in a world

beyond their control people in general in the
America and worldwide feel powerless so they see

a guy that all a sudden takes the law into his own
hands and takes care of the job in a very cool way

everyone in the audience felt like wouldn't I love
to be in this situation and solve a crime there's

a man at San Quinton who's going to be executed
tonight I think he's innocent they're going

to kill him at midnight now I can't help out and
this I have the facts in this case not every Clint

Ewood hero solves crimes from behind a police
badge as journalist Steve Everett Eastwood brought

to the screen a vivid portrayal of a man reaching
for Redemption Allan they're going to kill the guy

tonight you're trying to tell me that you want
to turn a routine execution piece into some big

fight for justice story Alan I need this it was
very intriguing to play a journalist I uh haven't

done that he's got the Obstacle of his family
life his drinking past his personal habits and

credibility Factor because he's had this other
case a few years earlier which he went to the

rescue and he got shot down it turned out the guy
was guilty True Crime takes its place alongside

Eastwood films as diverse as Space Cowboys and
Unforgiven in its portrait of a character whose

time has passed in almost every Newsroom there's
a guy kind of like him a guy who who should have

retired years earlier but has still been around
still he's married to the job the job job is his

whole life they're going to kill that man
in less than half an hour we can't get to

the prison in that time you're right lady fasten
your seat Bel and the thing that makes this story

interesting is that Our Hero's tenacity is what
sort of carries him [Music] through tenacity is

the Hallmark of many Eastwood Heroes not least
of which is FBI profiler Terry MCB whose own

physical frailties prove the key to tracking
down a serial killer it was an opportunity to

do a little bit different slant on detective
work of which I've been associated with over

the years your heart Mr michen it was my sisters
don't you understand she wants me to find out who

did it she wants me to solve her sister's murder
blood work gave Eastwood the opportunity to play

opposite Angelica Houston who has the unenviable
task of being mb's cardiologist you are 60 days

post transplant Terry as your doctor I'm ordering
you not to do this she takes care of him through

his operation and posttop and since he's a rather
impetuous character she has her work cut out for

her um so I get to tell Clint what to do oh come
on man you're mine forever Terry what do you want

I want you to live as his neighbor and Nemesis
Jeff Daniels learned a few lessons about what

it means to share the screen with Clint
Eastwood you know they say less is more

but when you're opposite Clint if you're
going big if you're going more man you

feel it cuz Clint's just like a rock he's just
there doing that thing that that we all know

and love but if you're up here you're going
whoa come back come back come back come back

you need me remember how you said I was
your friend and I could tell you the

truth well I don't need you at

all I saved

you it's a story how lost redefines a person
MB loses a previous life a career and he is in

a transitional period as to what to do next with
his life as he has throughout his career Eastwood

embraced the opportunity to play a character
defined by his weakness as much as his strength

at this particular stage in my maturity um I I
felt that it was time to take on some roles that

maybe had different obstacles than they would
say if I was a a young man in my 30s or 40s

doing these kind of jobs never one to shy away
from the darkness Eastwood ventured down to New

Orleans to play a vice squad detective whose own
obsessions mirror those of the killer he's chasing

it's about a guy who's dealing in a almost an
occult World down in Louisiana and the police

work and everything is has affected his marriage
but yet he has C of his kids so there's a little

bit of a dichotomy there which unusual he has to
on one hand be a good father on the other hand

he delves in a little bit of the opportunities
that he is able to procure as a police officer

Eastwood's counterpart on his journey into the
Shadows is a rape counselor played by Jean aiv

Bol she's more of coming from a more conventional
line and all of a sudden she finds he's got sort

of a bizarre side to him and uh it sort of shocks
her at first but then it she's also intrigued

by it I'd like to find out what's underneath
the front you put on maybe you wouldn't like

what you'd find it was a fascinating script but
Richard Tule wrote it and the provocativeness of

of it I liked because it uh anytime you can you
know take yourself into other dimensions it's

much more fun as an actor than playing just being
conventional and doing your routine or your genre

or whatever you're well known for so you keep
pushing the envelope and then I think it's a

secret to longevity I'd have been satisfied with
just hanging with the genra it might have been

The Westerns or it might have been detectives
but it I would have probably burned out long

ago nothing wrong with shooting
long as the right people get shot

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