I think so.
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TonTon — 4 years ago(September 22, 2021 04:22 AM)
Actually yes he was. Eastwood was the number one star at the box office in the years 1972, 1973, 1983, 1984 and 1993.
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jriddle73 — 4 years ago(September 22, 2021 04:47 AM)
Clint made the Man With No Name trilogy when he was just a tv star; they made him one of the biggest stars in the world.
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MortSahlFan — 5 years ago(February 28, 2021 11:57 PM)
I think if you ask a random person, whether its in America or Earth, you'll get more affirmatives when you say the name Clint Eastwood than the others mentioned.
I also think if he released a movie he was in tomorrow it would be a box office smash. His last one wasn't because he only directed. But I don't know anyone who hasn't seen "Grand Torino", including people like me who don't watch all new movies, but I saw it ONLY because Clint was in it. The other actors were awful, especially the siblings next door.
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lukejbarnett — 4 years ago(September 22, 2021 06:43 AM)
i haven't watched gran torino and i watch a lot of new movies so there.
you are exaggerating when you say the biggest star in movies hes not even close. everyone has their time to be famous in big movies in the '70s it was burt reynolds in the '80s it was eddie murphy in the '90s it was tom cruise in the '60s and '70s it was eastwood but he hasn't been a box office smash movie movie star since the '80s.
his new movie will fail at the box office bc he's in it.
he's way too old to be in a movie. it was intolerable watching him in the mule i was so amazed that it was an actor in a movie talking in the preview for his new movie bc he sounded like an old deranged mental patient dementia guy. so he's too old and unfit to be in movies.
look at woody allen even as self absorbed as he is even he knew he's too old to be in a movie about 10-15 years ago.
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MortSahlFan — 5 years ago(March 06, 2021 12:21 AM)
Take his last movie he acted and directed - Gran Torino.. He was about 80 years old.
150 Million - US
270 Million - Worldwide
IMDB Score - 8.2 (750,000 votes - great sample size)
Can anyone try to estimate an actor (who also directed) who'll have these results at 80. I can't think of anyone.
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hungryinconway — 4 years ago(September 22, 2021 06:30 PM)
I'm pretty sure the biggest stars right now are Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Robert Downey Jr, and The Rock.
These dudes still make huge money and bring people in after all these years.
Guys like Mortsahlfan and Anthonyrocks are autistic morons living in a past that never was.
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Rocketman — 4 years ago(September 22, 2021 07:15 PM)
I think Clint Eastwood was the biggest star in Hollywood during the 70s when he was doing **** like Dirty Harry, Eiger Sanction, Josey Wales, Play Misty for Me, Every Which Way But Loose, and The Gauntlet. He did have a pretty big resurgence in the 90s, though. But he was far removed from being the most bankable star in Hollywood at that time.
I definitely agree with you on who are the biggest stars in Hollywood now. Might also add guys like Brad Pitt, Kevin Hart, Matt Damon, and Samuel L. Jackson. Can hardly say Clint's still at that level since he's only been in like 5 or 6 movies since the turn of the century.
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MortSahlFan — 4 years ago(September 22, 2021 08:17 PM)
Only a 5.9/10 on IMDB, which is pretty bad. I think the pandemic is going to make it hard on many movies, and I think Clint lost a lot of his fans in the last couple years, too.
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TheBookBears — 4 years ago(September 22, 2021 07:34 PM)
To some people, he is. He was badass in many of the movies and I never forget his line: "You've Got To Ask Yourself One Question: 'Do I Feel Lucky? ' Well, Do Ya, Punk?".
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TheBookBears — 4 years ago(September 23, 2021 12:07 PM)
Yes!
I distinctly remember there was a movie with a monkey working with Clint Eastwood, I can't remember which title.
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