{"product_id":"clint-the-man-and-the-movies-9780063251021","title":"Clint: The Man and the Movies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA\u003cem\u003e New York Times \u003c\/em\u003e\"Editors Choice\" and a \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times \u003c\/em\u003e\"Must Read Book for Summer\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This is the biography of Clint Eastwood we've been waiting for.\" -- Sir Christopher Frayling, author of \u003cem\u003eSergio Leone\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the acclaimed film critic and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling biographer of Paul Newman, a revelatory portrait of Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood, the most prolific and versatile actor-director in movie history and an imposing icon of American culture for six decades.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eC-L-I-N-T. That single short, sharp syllable has stood as an emblem of American manhood and morality and sheer bloody-minded will, on-screen and off-screen, for more than sixty years. Whether he's facing down bad guys on a Western street (Old West or new, no matter), staring through the lens of a camera, or accepting one of his movies' thirteen Oscars (including two for Best Picture), he is as blunt, curt, and solid as his name, a star of the old-school stripe \u003cem\u003eand \u003c\/em\u003eone of the most accomplished directors of his time, a man of rock and iron and brute force: Clint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo read the story of Clint Eastwood is to understand nearly a century of American culture. No Hollywood figure has so completely and complexly stood inside the changing climates of post-World War II America. At age ninety-five, he has lived a tumultuous century and embodied much of his time and many of its contradictions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe picture Clint squinting through cigarillo smoke in \u003cem\u003eA Fistful of Dol-lars \u003c\/em\u003eor \u003cem\u003eThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly\u003c\/em\u003e; imposing rough justice at the point of a .44 Magnum in \u003cem\u003eDirty Harry\u003c\/em\u003e; sowing vengeance in \u003cem\u003eThe Outlaw Josey Wales \u003c\/em\u003eor \u003cem\u003ePale Rider \u003c\/em\u003eor \u003cem\u003eUnforgiven\u003c\/em\u003e; grudgingly training a woman boxer in \u003cem\u003eMillion Dollar Baby\u003c\/em\u003e; and standing up for his neighbors despite his racism in \u003cem\u003eGran Torino\u003c\/em\u003e. Or we feel him present, powerfully, behind the camera, creating complex tales of violence, morality, and humanity, such as \u003cem\u003eMystic River\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eLetters from Iwo Jima\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAmerican Sniper\u003c\/em\u003e. But his roles and his films, however well cast and convincing, are two-dimensional in comparison to his whole life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Shawn Levy reveals in this masterful biography--the most com-plete portrait yet of Eastwood--the reality is richer, knottier, and more absorbing. \u003cem\u003eClint: The Man and the Movies \u003c\/em\u003eis a saga of cunning, determi-nation, and conquest, a story about a man ascending to the Hollywood pantheon while keeping one foot firmly planted outside its door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLevy, Shawn:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShawn Levy \u003c\/strong\u003eis the author of the bestsellers \u003cem\u003eThe Castle on Sunset, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eRat Pack Confidential, Paul Newman: A Life, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eKing of Comedy: The Life and Art of Jerry Lewis, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDolce Vita Confidential.\u003c\/em\u003e The former film critic of \u003cem\u003eThe Oregonian\u003c\/em\u003e, he has written for \u003cem\u003eSight and Sound, Film Comment, American Film, Interview, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Black Rock Beacon, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Hollywood Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e. He lives in Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51552696828178,"sku":"9780063251021","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_741b819d-4157-45e8-a8bd-702033ed0fc9.jpg?v=1754899431","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/clint-the-man-and-the-movies-9780063251021","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}