My Descending from Gov. - D. A. Sharpe

Register Report for William Bradford
Generation 11
in Spaghetti westerns like "HighPlains Drifter" (1973), "Joe Kidd" (1972) and
"Hang 'Em High" (1968). Eastwood had constant quality films with
"Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" (1974) and "Magnum Force" (1973), a sequel to
"Dirty Harry" (1971), but 1976 found Eastwood with even more legendary
films. The first was "TheEnforcer" (1976), often considered to be the best
"Dirty Harry" sequel, and "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (1976), considered to
perhaps be one of the quintessential westerns.
As the late seventies approached, Eastwood found more solid work in
comedies like "Every Which Way But Loose" (1978) and in thrillers like
"Escape from Alcatraz" (1979), but he seemed to have lost his edge in
making great films. In the early eighties, Eastwood made credible movies with
"Honkytonk Man" (1982) and "Firefox" (1982), but it was the fourth sequel to
"Dirty Harry", "Sudden Impact" (1983), that made him a viable star for the
eighties. At this time, Eastwood seemed to be competing with Burt Reynolds
as America's top movie star. In the mid-eighties Clint made some solid movies,
but nothing really stuck out. "Tightrope" (1984), "City Heat" (1984) (with
Reynolds), and others were solid, but not classic films. In 1988, Eastwood
did his fifth and, up to this point, final "Dirty Harry" movie, "The Dead
Pool" (1988). Although it was a success, overall it did not have the box office
punch his previous films had. About this time, with outright bombs like
"TheRookie" (1990) and "Pink Cadillac" (1989), it was fairly obvious
Eastwood's star was declining as it never had before. He then started taking
on more personal projects such as directing "Bird" (1988), a biopic of Charlie
'Bird' Parker, and starring in and directing "White Hunter, Black Heart" (1990),
an uneven, loose biography of John Huston.
But Eastwood surprised yet again. First with his western,
"Unforgiven" (1992), which garnered him an Oscar for director, and
nomination for best actor. Then he took on the secret service in In the "Line
of Fire" (1993), which was a big hit, followed by the interesting but, poorly
received drama, "A Perfect World" (1993), with Kevin Costner. Next up was a
love story, "The Bridges of Madison County" (1995), but it soon became
apparent he was going backwards after his brief revival. Since "The Bridges
of Madison County," his films have been good, but not always successful at
the Box Office. Among them were the badly received "True Crime" (1999)
and "Blood Work" (2002), and the well-received "Space Cowboys" (2000).
But he did have a big success directing "Midnight in the Garden of Good and
Evil" (1997).
Eastwood has seven children, has been married twice, and had a longtime
relationship with frequent co-star Sondra Locke. Although he is aging now,
Clint Eastwood has surprised before, and who knows, he may surprise again.
IMDb mini-biography by
Scott- msa0510@mail.ecu.edu
Source:http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000142/bio
The family name of Eastwood may come from immigrants who used that
name as the place from which they came in England. That is not certain, but
here is some information about that town:
"Eastwood is a town four miles west of South end on Sea in Essex, England.
It is a suburb of Southend and part of the Southend-on-Sea unitary district.
Eastwood is sometimes called Eastwood Park, such as for local elections.
"Eastwood is bordered by Rayleigh to the west, Rochford to the north-east,
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