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Clint Eastwood in the 1990s life. Eastwood first received the script in the spring of 1992 and remarked that "Its almost as if it's written for me". As of 2012, it is the last time he acted in a film he did not direct himself. The film was among the top 10 box office performers in that year, earning $102 million in North American ticket sales. In 1997, Eastwood directed "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" Eastwood's daughter, Alison Eastwood played John Cusack's love interest. In 1999, Eastwood directed "True Crime". He portrayed journalist and alcoholic Steve Everett who is covering the convicted