Clint Eastwood in the 1970s would be widely screened in France later and is considered one of Eastwood's finest works by the French. According to Eastwood and Lang, the film, aside from being poorly publicized, flopped due to Clint being "emasculated in the film". Eastwood said about his role: 1971 was a professional turning point in Eastwood's career. Before his professional financial adviser and president of Malpaso Productions Irving Leonard died, the last film they discussed was "Play Misty for Me". The goal was to give Eastwood the artistic control that he desired and make it his directorial debut. The rights to the song "Misty"
Clint Eastwood in the 1990s 1956 "The Searchers". Richard Corliss in "Time" wrote that the film was "Eastwood's meditation on age, repute, courage, heroism—on all those burdens he has been carrying with such grace for decades". The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, including Best Actor and Best Director for Eastwood. Eastwood won both awards000. Eastwood also garnered the Best Director Award from the National Society of Film Critics. Later in 1993, Eastwood directed and co-starred with Kevin Costner in "A Perfect World". Set in the 1960s, similar to "Lonely Are the Brave", it relates the story of a doomed character pursued by state