Clint Eastwood in the 1980s movie "Any Which Way You Can", one of the two hit movies Eastwood made with co-star Clyde the orangutan. Later on, he drives a Dark Maple Red Metallic 1980 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Regency 4-door sedan. In 1982, Eastwood also directed, produced and starred in the Cold War-themed "Firefox", based on a 1977 novel with the same name by British novelist Craig Thomas. Eastwood directed and starred in "Honkytonk Man", based on the novel by Clancy Carlile about an aspiring country music singer named Red Stovall, set during the Great Depression. Barry Corbin, who played Red's father in "Honkytonk Man", with Clint
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