The Record For This Clint Eastwood Thriller Beats His Directorial Western
Escape from Alcatraz, starring Clint Eastwood, stands at a 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, a mere one percent higher than 1992's Unforgiven.
With a career in film that hails back as far as 1955, it's almost impossible for an individual not to find at least one film of Clint Eastwood's they enjoy. Westerns? There's one or two. Monster movies? Does Revenge of the Creature ring a (diving) bell? Suspense thriller? It's hard to beat In the Line of Fire. Musical? Yep — Paint Your Wagon. Clint Eastwood has appeared at least once in almost every genre of film, and directed a healthy portion of them to boot. Speaking of boots, cowboy boots to be specific, the apex of his directorial efforts has to be 1992's Unforgiven, a powerful film that deconstructs the Western genre and reinvents it going forward. It's a critically acclaimed winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. On industry gospel review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Unforgiven sits at 96%. Not bad, but not as good as the 97% for a film that he did not direct: Escape From Alcatraz.
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