"American Masters"
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000)

Director:

Bruce Ricker

Writer:

Dave Kehr (written by)

TV Series:

"American Masters" (1983)

Original Air Date:

29 August 2000

Genre:

Documentary | Biography | Music | Romance

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title | Male Female Relationship

Cast

Richard Burton	...	Himself - Actor (archive footage)
Joel Cox	...	Himself - Film Editor
Clint Eastwood	...	Himself
Dina Eastwood	...	Herself - Wife / TV Journalist (as Dina Ruiz Eastwood)
Morgan Freeman	...	Narrator
James Garner	...	Himself - Actor
William Goldman	...	Himself - Screenwriter / Novelist
Jack N. Green	...	Himself - Director of Photography
Gene Hackman	...	Himself - Actor
Curtis Hanson	...	Himself - Director
Nat Hentoff	...	Himself - Writer
Phyllis Huffman	...	Herself - Casting Director
Joe Hyams	...	Himself - Senior V.P. Publicity Warner Bros.
Dani Janssen	...	Herself - Actor
Pauline Kael	...	Herself - Film Critic (archive footage)
Sergio Leone	...	Himself - Director (archive footage)
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Himself - Actor
Janet Maslin	...	Herself - Critic 'The New York Times'
Bill McKinney	...	Himself - Actor
Walter Mosley	...	Himself - Writer
Lennie Niehaus	...	Himself - Composer
Chan Parker	...	Herself (archive footage)
Barry Reardon	...	Himself - Former President Warner Bros. Distribution
Richard Schickel	...	Himself - 'Time' Critic / Clint Eastwood Biographer
Martin Scorsese	...	Himself - Director
Don Siegel	...	Himself - Director (archive footage)
Richard Slotkin	...	Himself - Author 'Gunfighter Nation'
Meryl Streep	...	Herself - Actor
Donald Sutherland	...	Himself - Actor
Bertrand Tavernier	...	Himself - Director
Rip Torn	...	Himself - Actor
Tonino Valerii	...	Himself - Assistant Director (archive footage)
Buddy Van Horn	...	Himself - Director / Stunt Coordinator
Eli Wallach	...	Himself - Actor
Forest Whitaker	...	Himself - Actor / Director
Ruth Wood	...	Herself - Mother

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | Germany:12 | New Zealand:R13

Company:

Rhapsody Films

A wonderful toast to an amazing cinema great

This film capped off my Clint Eastwood-a-thon. Expertly narrated by Morgan Freeman, this film is a great tribute to the icon that is Clint Eastwood. The interviews with his costars and himself shed an amazing light on the whole experience and what it is like to work for such an amazing director. He is truly a rare gem, a director who knows what he wants, and far more impressive, is able to capture it. Before I started watching many of his films, I always regarded him as an actor, simply because I never knew the breadth of his work. I have since corrected myself, and regard him simply as a cinematic genius. I do have one small problem with this documentary, however. They made no mention of his third directorial effort, Breezy, which I very much enjoyed. I think when reviewing his entire career, even his bit parts in the late 50s and early 60s, surely you could make mention of all of his directorial efforts, especially the first film he didn't take an acting part in. To every fan of director Eastwood, I highly recommend Breezy, a heartfelt film with some fine acting and directing.