Clint Eastwood (2004), Eastwood won Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture, as well as receiving nominations for Best Actor. Eastwood's greatest commercial successes have been the adventure comedy "Every Which Way But Loose" (1978) and its sequel, the action comedy "Any Which Way You Can" (1980), after adjustment for inflation. Other popular films include the Western "Hang 'Em High" (1968), the psychological thriller "Play Misty for Me" (1971), the crime film "Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" (1974), the Western "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (1976), the prison film "Escape from Alcatraz" (1979), the action film "Firefox" (1982), the suspense thriller "Tightrope" (1984), the
Clint Eastwood in the 1960s to take several months off to play golf and relax. However, after reading just ten pages of the script, Eastwood recognized that it was based on Akira Kurosawa's "Yojimbo". Eastwood initially thought the dialogue was "atrocious", but that the story line was intelligent. Seeing potential, Irving Leonard cut Fortini out of the deal, so that the William Morris Agency received credit. The contract offered Clint $15,000, an air ticket, paid expenses for 11 weeks of filming, and the bonus of a Mercedes automobile upon completion. Eastwood saw an opportunity to escape Rawhide, the states, and enjoy a paid vacation. Having