…Or maybe Clint Eastwood is just Dirty Harry again
Internet hopes that Clint Eastwood’s upcoming Gran Torino would turn out to be a new Dirty Harry movie were stoked this evening with the unsubstantiated claims of some character named Kurt from North Hollywood.
Kurt wrote in to tell AICN’s Harry Knowles that he’d recently been approached by a representative from Village Roadshow Pictures looking to check out the 1974 Gran Torino that Kurt had recently put up for sale. Supposedly the studio stooge spilled the beans that it was for Clint’s new Dirty Harry picture.
It seems unlikely to me. Not that they’d be making another Dirty Harry movie, but that Warner Bros. would be so careful to keep it from the trade papers, while this Village Roadshow clown was apparently telling anyone who would listen.
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I very seriously doubt this is true. Eastwood doesn’t seem like the type to resurrect a franchise like this, he said himself he quit caring about ticket sales a long time ago.
I thought “Million Dollar Baby” was supposed to be his last performance…this must be something really special.
MilkMan over in the comments section at Hollywood-Elsewhere offers a more credible sounding possibility - that the film is based on a John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band song of the same name.
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2008/03/eastwoods_gran.php
Yeah, I think at this stage in Eastwood’s life he’s only making movies that he wants to make.
I wish his track record of late was a little more consistent then (as an actor or director).
The Dirty Harry thing does sound odd, especially at Clint’s age. Even Harry Callahan would have retired by now, but if he were still working he’d be jockeying a desk and ordering someone else around. I fail to see how that could be interesting beyond a supporting role in someone else’s movie, which is the kind of fanboy wankery that Eastwood would have no part in.
Anyway, one has to be impressed by the studio’s ability to take a small tidbit of information and craft it into a storm of Internet enthusiasm and speculation.
I’m trying to imagine how such a movie would turn out, but then I decided to stop thinking about it until something is officially confirmed or denied.
There’s a guy over at H-E by the name of Edward Havens who says he “knows” what it’s about (indicating it’s a family drama of some sort).
Dirty Harry has been retired by Eastwood. Speaking of retirements, Million Dollar Baby was supposed to be his farewell onscreen performance so if he’s starring in this, one would think that he believes it’s very special.
Hmmm…what is this “H-E” you speak of?
Ed seems like a fairly reliable sort…certainly more trustworthy than a Gran Torino driver from North Hollywood…
I think that if Eastwood resurrects any of his old characters at this point in his career, it should be Philo Beddoe. Not that I think a new Every Which Way movie would be any good- the originals weren’t exactly classics either. But I can imagine how awesome the trailer would be:
“Warner Brothers Pictures Presents…
4-Time Academy Award Winner Clint Eastwood…
Director of UNFORGIVEN…
MYSTIC RIVER…
and MILLION DOLLAR BABY…
Reuniting with one of his most LEGENDARY costars…”
(cut to CLYDE, hijinks ensue)
Oh man, now I almost want this to happen. Stupid imagination, always convincing me that sucky ideas are actually awesome.
“Right turn, Clyde.”
Ahahahahahhahahahaha.
That movie was huge when I was a kid. Stupid? Yeah. But good hearted.
Yeah, I saw it as a kid (both of them) with my brother. We thought it was hilarious at that age.
Ahhh..simpler days. All you needed was a movie star and a monkey.
LOL, love that trailer Paul. I imagined Homer Simpson’s voice saying “stupid imagination, always convincing me that sucky ideas are actually awesome”.
I’m glad to see I wasn’t the only one who instantly thought of Homer Simpson when reading Paul C.’s post, ahaha…
Those chimp movies of Eastwood’s are great!
Hm… looks like we’ve got us a Yesterday’s Hits in the making…
Just saw Havens’ plot rumor on Wells’ site. Hm. Is it just me or is that story the perfect opportunity for Clint to bring back Clyde? Because it sounds like Chaplinesque sentimentality from the synopsis, and the presence of a funny orangutan (redundant, really) is just what the story needs to avoid being too sappy.
Or maybe it’s just wishful thinking on my part.
Now you’ve gotten me thinking about Orangutans in every Clint Eastwood movie and how it would improve them.
MDB2: Million Dollar Monkey. The world needs more boxing monkeys. Yes I know, Orangutans are apes, not monkeys, but ‘monkey’ is a funnier word.
I’m thinking we could replace Laurence Fishburne’s character in Mystic River with an orangutan, seeing as how he was mostly a comic-relief sounding board for Kevin Bacon anyway.
Also, Ryan Phillippe’s role in Flags of Our Fathers could be recast with little discernible difference.
ahahahah.
Mystic River. Kevin Bacon’s wife on the phone…all you ever see is the lipsticked orangutan’s mouth.
Or maybe instead of having a daughter, Sean Penn could have a pet orangutan.
“Is that my monkey in there? IS THAT MY MONKEY IN THERE?!?!?!?”
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH