Movie Description
In Clint Eastwood's acclaimed Western, Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman), a sadistic, dictatorial sheriff, enforces gun control on a tiny frontier town, doling out his own brand of due process as he sees fit. When he denies justice to the prostitutes of the town brothel, one of whom has been slashed by a client, the women hire Bill Munny (Eastwood), a reformed gunslinger, to gain vengeance. However, Munny must contend with his new moral code in the face of revisiting the life he left behind. Eastwood's directorial masterpiece also stars Morgan Freeman and Richard Harris.
| Credits | | Producer: | Clint Eastwood | | Cast: | Frances Fisher, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris |
| Details | | Edition: | Clint Eastwood Collection | | Sound: | Stereo Sound, Surround Sound |
Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1- English
Dolby Surround - French
Additional Release Material:
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Interactive Menus
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Production Notes, Filmed in Brooks, Drumheller, Stettler, and Longview, Alberta, Canada, and Sonora California. Shot in Panavision using Technicolor.
Eastwood dedicated UNFORGIVEN "to Sergio [Leone] and Don [Siegel]," two directors who served as his most important mentors.
Released theatrically in the USA August 7, 1992.
Named to the "Top Ten" lists of 243 film critics.
Available to buy in the UK (widescreen version).
Clint Eastwood was awarded the Irving Thalberg Memorial Award at the March 27, 1995, Academy Award Ceremonies. It was presented to him by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Editorial Reviews
"...Time has been good to Clint Eastwood....The cast is splendid..."
New York Times - p.C1 - Vincent Canby (08/07/1992)
"...The film is full of sly or amusing touches....Deftly placed emotional moments..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
USA Today - p.1D - Mike Clark
"...Engaging....Enjoy it for the handsome wide-screen vistas, the interplay of the actors, the classical sweep of its story line..."
Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman (08/14/1993)
"...The screenplay by David Webb Peoples has dialogue as spare and evocative as Hemingway..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (12/27/1992)
"Eastwood's a true icon..."
Total Film - Dan Jolin (03/01/2004)
"[An] intense, complex meditation on the corrupting nature of violence."
Uncut - Michael Bonner (02/01/2003)
Awards
1992Academy AwardsBest DirectorClint Eastwood, 1992Academy AwardsBest Picture, 1992Academy AwardsBest Supporting ActorGene Hackman
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