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    The Dirty Harry problems was discussed by Carl Klockars almost 20 years ago and was derived from a Hollywood movie named Dirty Harry in the 1970s. The movie portrayed Harry Callahan as a hard working detective who was frustrated with the due process system. During the movie, Detective Callahan had a case thrown out due to the exclusionary rule which states that any evidence illegally obtained is excluded from a trail and cannot be used against the defendant. Consequently, Detective Callahan becomes

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    In the film Million Dollar Baby Maggie was left in a unfortunate situation leading up to the fact that she had to fend for herself. However throughout the harsh times she was in she did not let it haunt her decisions and achieved what she dreamed of doing, which was boxing. Maggie ended up training at Hit Pit Gym regardless of Frankie telling her to leave and that he was unwilling to train her; she stood her ground and was firm on the decision she made. Due to Maggie's persistance Frankie subsided

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    Sully Combines Eastwood

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    “Sully” Combines Eastwood, Hanks, and Heroism into a Superb Experience For his dramatization of “The Miracle on the Hudson”, director Clint Eastwood casts Tom Hanks as the eponymous captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, and it is a potent combination. The film, simply titled Sully, collects powerful performances around a singular event and explores the immediate aftermath of Sully’s decision to land a plane on the Hudson river. Remarkably, Sully isn’t a simple disaster movie or ballad of heroism

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    Gran Torino Thesis

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    Gran Torino is a film, released in 2008, that was both directed and produced by Clint Eastwood. The cast featured Clint Eastwood as Walt Kowalski, a white, Korean War veteran who is very set in his ways, Bee Vang as Thao Lor and Ahney Her as Sue Lor, Walt’s Hmong neighbors, Christopher Carley as Father Janovich, the priest with whom Walt’s wife was very close, Sonny Vue as Smokie, a Hmong gang member, and Doua Moua as Spider, the cousin of Sue and Thao and the leader of the Hmong gang. The movie

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    Clint Eastwood was born on May 31, 1930, in San Francisco, California, as Clinton Eastwood Jr. to Clinton Sr. and Ruth Eastwood, with an older sister named Jean. After looking for work in California during the Depression, the family settled in Oakland, where he graduated from Oakland Technical High School in 1948. Clint worked odd jobs, including as a hay baler, logger, truck driver and steel-furnace stoker. In 1950, he joined the military with the Army Special Services, based at Fort Ord in Monterey

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    Analytical Essay - Gran Torino Sam Osborne Q. What kind of man is Walt Kowalski? Examine character development throughout the film Gran Torino? Clint Eastwood’s Gran Torino (2008) is a portrayal of human sacrifice and the racial intolerance that still exists in modern America. The film is set in a poor neighbourhood of Detroit. Clint Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski, a war veteran who has brooded over his experiences in the war for decades. Past trauma has caused him to believe that he cannot

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    phenomenal considering the amount of money it cost to make the film. In this movie, morality is in question throughout the whole film, as well as the power money actually has on people. The plot of Unforgiven focuses on the character William Munny (Clint Eastwood), who gave up his life as a thief, murderer, and villain for the love of a woman and to raise the family they were soon to have. Unlike

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    The themes are timeless and resonate the views in a modern society despite being written in disparate contexts, these values concern the core of human nature. This can be shown and evidenced through Shakespeare's "Othello" and the similar views in Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven". Both texts echo the same views and themes through timeless society, these being Gender, and Honour. In “Othello” there are many negative views on the treatment of women and equality which are shared with “Unforgiven” though

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    Title: Django Unchained Film Origin Django Unchained originated by the 1966 film Django as Director Quentin Tarantino was writing a novel on Italian Director Sergio Corbucci, who was famously known for making spaghetti western films. Summary of the film Django Unchained is a film that follows the story of Django, who was a slave turned bounty hunter, and Dr. King Schultz, who is a bounty hunter. Schultz purchases Django in order to make him a freeman, due to the information he has about his bounty

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    Throughout time, countless surrenders have occurred, the most common in war. In John Steinbeck's novel The Moon Is Down, a small town surrenders to invaders that changes how the people act and think. In Antigone, Antigone never surrenders, trying to put moral beliefs before the law. The poem and movie Invictus suggest to never surrender and to control fate or destiny. This idea of surrendering is a motif in the works of The Moon Is Down, Antigone, and Invictus. In the face of adversity, the human

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