Largest Single Artist Box Set Ever Includes The Eastwood Factor, Intimate Short Film from Richard
Schickel Offering a
Rare Personal Look at Eastwood, Plus Extract from
Schickel’s New Book, Special Features and Memorabilia
Burbank, Calif.,
November 30, 2009 -- Clint Eastwood’s illustrious motion picture career has
spanned more than a half century and
has touched generations of filmgoers. The filmmaker/actor
has won five Academy Awards®,and his films have grossed nearly
$2 billion at the domestic box office. Warner Home Video (WHV) will celebrate Eastwood
and his 35-year association with the studio through Malpaso
Productions with a comprehensive, elegant giftset, Clint
Eastwood: 35 Films 35 Years at Warner Bros., to be released February 16,
2010.
The collection,
considered the largest feature film box set ever released for a single artist, contains 34 classic Eastwood
films from the Warner library and highlights the breadth and depth of his work -- from Where Eagles Dare through Gran
Torino. Included are his “Dirty
Harry†movies, his Best Picture Oscar® dramas and nominees, his
Westerns, his war movies, his comedies, and more.
(A complete list is available at the end of this release.)
The 35th
film is The Eastwood Factor,
an intimate short film from Time magazine critic and film historian Richard Schickel. The Eastwood Factor presents Eastwood in a way he’s rarely seen
-- visiting film locations or sites
where his movies were created, and on the Warner lot visiting the costume
department and Eastwood Scoring Stage,
as well as at his home. Eastwood’s candid, intelligent and often humorous interviews about his body of work and the choices he made, along with Schickel’s
selection of scenes from his movies (including his upcoming Invictus),results in an up-close and personal portrait
of one of the great icons of our era. The end result is a clear reminder of why
Eastwood’s career as both a great filmmaker and actor
has been so enduring and his work so
respected.
“I’ve known
Clint for most of the time he’s been at Warner Bros.,†said Schickel. “I was
fortunate to be able to wander around the Warner lot with him and hear his
reminiscences. To be able to show him in the places where he works and lives
and feels most comfortable is, I think, a unique opportunity.â€