Cinema Retro columnist Gareth Owen was in the audience last Thursday when Clint Eastwood showed up to introduce a screening of Dirty Harry on the beach in Cannes. The nightly screenings are sponsored by Warner Brothers, which has made available many of their classic films for the event. We had been tipped off by Warner Brothers that Eastwood would make a surprise appearance to introduce the film - and the audience was predictably delighted, sreaming "Cleent!!" Eastwood joked about the passage of time in the 37 years since the movie was released, quipping "If you have trouble recognizing me, I'm the one with the brown hair and lots of it. I feel the same, but my hair doesn't." Eastwood made his remarks brief, noting that the incoming tide might sweep everyone away. Indeed, by the end of the film, the ocean was lapping at the screen!
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