Clint Eastwood DVD Retrospective For Early 2010

Published on November 30, 2009 by Martyn Conterio · View Comments

In a pretty amazing (and lucrative) move, it has been announced by Warner Bros. that Clint Eastwood’s back catalogue is going to be available as a giant collection. Details of what is being included remain sketchy, but it starts at the war classic Where Eagles Dare and finishes at Gran Torino. That’s a lot of movies in between. Eastwood, now in his twilight years, but still going strong is one of American cinema’s most brilliant filmmakers. The collection is entitled: “Clint Eastwood: 35 Films, 35 Years at Warner Bros.” Awesome.

Extras include a feature-length documentary by Richard Schikel, a booklet, plus many more! The boxset, at least the Region 1 edition, is out February 16th and costs a fistful of dollars. As it’s very close to Valentine’s Day: Ladies, nothing says “I love you” like an entire collection of Clint Eastwood flicks.

The range looks set to offer a plethora of different “types” of Eastwood movie. There’s the weepie Million Dollar Baby, the kick-ass posturing of Dirty Harry, the moody cowboy, William Munny, in Unforgiven, or possibly the lark that was Space Cowboys. This decade has seen Clint produce minor classic after minor classic: from the anguish of Mystic River to his screen acting swan song – Gran Torino. Along with the earlier westerns, cop films and dramas: it is a collection of work that is to be savoured.