Political life of Clint Eastwood Political life of Clint Eastwood American actor and director Clint Eastwood has long shown an interest in politics. He won election as the nonpartisan mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California in April 1986 and in 2001, Governor Gray Davis appointed the Oscar-winner to the California State Park and Recreation Commission. Eastwood endorsed Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election and delivered a prime time address at the 2012 Republican National Convention, where he delivered a speech addressed to an empty chair representing Barack Obama. During a screening of his 1992 film "Unforgiven" at the Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2017, as
The Defiant Ones (1986 film) Ones", the 1958 film that inspired Carl Weathers to become an actor. It premiered on ABC at 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 5, 1986. In comparing the film to the original version, Walter Goodman of "The New York Times" wrote that "1986 is not 1958" and joked that the remake is "nothing if not moving. The two keep moving from the opening credits to the close." He further opined that the film contained "enough running music to score the New York Marathon." The Defiant Ones (1986 film) The Defiant Ones is a 1986 American made-for-television crime drama film directed by