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 at the 2012 Republican National Convention suggested his appearance was a publicity stunt to sell tickets for his then-upcoming film "Trouble with the Curve". Film critic Roger Ebert, an Obama supporter, commented, "Clint, my hero, is coming across as sad and pathetic. He didn't need to do this to himself. It's unworthy of him," and later elaborated that while he continues to revere Eastwood as an artist, he opined that Eastwood was "handed the wrong sheet music". Bill Maher, a comedian and talk show host who has been highly critical of the Republican Party, praised Eastwood's performance and his decision to go off-script during a heavily