In honor of the studio's year-long 90th anniversary celebration, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray release of the
Clint Eastwood 20 Film Collection, which includes twenty previously released Eastwood films on Blu-ray and features two documentaries:
Eastwood Factor and
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story. The set arrives on June 4, 2013.
Clint Eastwood's illustrious motion picture career has spanned more than half a century and touched generations of filmgoers. The filmmaker/actor has received five Academy Awards and his films have grossed more than $2 billion at the domestic box office. Eastwood's relationship with Warner Bros. began in 1975 with the signing of a long-term pact, and Eastwood's Malpaso Productions moved onto the studio's storied lot. Among the many awards Eastwood has received for his work are four Oscars and ten nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director wins for
Unforgiven and
Million Dollar Baby. Eastwood has also received five Golden Globes, countless critics association accolades and Lifetime Achievement awards from, among others, the Directors Guild of America, Screen Actors Guild, the American Film Institute and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. In addition, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presented him with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award. Recently, Eastwood was made a commander in the prestigious French Legion of Honor (Légion d'honneur), cited for his "body of work, his longevity and his ability to delight audiences around the globe."
Early in his career, Eastwood starred as the "Man with No Name" in
A Fistful of Dollars, his first spaghetti western, which was a box office success and drew attention to the young actor. Additional roles followed, including the role of Harry Callahan in five
Dirty Harry films, beginning in 1971. That same year, he made his directorial debut with
Play Misty for Me. Other noted Eastwood films include the Charlie Parker biography
Bird;
The Bridges of Madison County;
In the Line of Fire;
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil;
White Hunter, Black Heart;
Absolute Power;
Space Cowboys;
Mystic River;
Flags of Our Fathers;
Letters from Iwo Jima;
Gran Torino; and
Invictus.
In addition to his most recent film,
Trouble with the Curve, the
Clint Eastwood 20 Film Collection will include
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story, produced by Richard Schickel. This unprecedented new film focuses on Eastwood's directorial style as seen through the eyes of many of his producing partners and actors. It explores how Eastwood's style is unique and illustrates why he has managed to be successful for more than four decades. The major talent participating includes Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman.
The
Clint Eastwood 20 Film Collection includes: