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The way I hear it Clint Eastwood arrived in South Africa to shoot Invictus on a Friday, never having visited the country before as an explorer looking to absorb and learn. He began shooting two days later (i.e., the following Monday) and, typically for Clint, shot it fairly quickly -- two days under schedule, I'm told. He would always finish at five and then, my source says, work out for a couple of hours each day.

My heart and admiration goes out to anyone with that level of vigor and discipline at an age when most people have downshifted if not ceased operations altogether. The guy is amazing -- an inspiration. Daily workouts are obviously a way of keeping flush and toned and attuned and overpowering the natural aging process, which tends to begin shutting things down once you've hit your late '70s or thereabouts, if not sooner.

Clint "obviously knows what's coming" -- who doesn't? -- "and that's why he's moving so fast and doing one film after another, and making them so cheaply that no one's going to say 'no' and knowing all the while that his brand has an intrinsic value and so on." I just have to shake my head and go "wow." Talk about being the captain of your soul.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 27, 2009 at 2:36 PM

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DeeZee says ...

Roger's in trouble for tweeting. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/11/screenwriter-is-moved-from-work-furlough-program-to-jail-after-twittering-episode.html

Posted by DeeZee at November 27, 2009 3:21 PM

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DeeZee says ...

Oh, and Linklater talks 'Orson Welles @ http://www.darkhorizons.com/interviews/1516/richard-linklater-for-me-and-orson-welles- .

Posted by DeeZee at November 27, 2009 3:22 PM

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lawnorder says ...

I find it hard to believe that Eastwood never participated in any kind of tech scout or made himself familiar with the locations - an essential part of preproduction - and just started shooting within two days of arriving in the country. That would be a first for any respected filmmaker.

Posted by lawnorder at November 27, 2009 3:28 PM

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Jeffrey Wells says ...

I don't know anything, I was just told this by a guy who knows people in South Africa and is in a position to know stuff from well-placed people.

Posted by Jeffrey Wells at November 27, 2009 3:37 PM

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Yer says ...

I'll come back tomorrow when the 100 Invictus posts are gone.

Posted by Yer at November 27, 2009 3:49 PM

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DeeZee says ...

Q+A w/ Ruppert after Fairfax Regency screening of Collapse tomorrow. http://www.regencymovies.com/main.php?theaterId=16

Posted by DeeZee at November 27, 2009 3:53 PM

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scooterzz says ...

i know it was twenty years ago but i'll bet eastwood still had some connections from his 'white hunter, black heart' experience....

off topic -- 'hurt locker' screener just arrived....summet heard the cries.......

Posted by scooterzz at November 27, 2009 4:00 PM

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googs says ...

@ DEEZEE

Please just start your own blog instead of littering the comments section here. Everyone here is hip to the news. I have all these blogs favorited already so you aren't presenting anything new to anyone here.

I'm surprised you've been allowed to do this as long as you have. You can embed the link of your site or blog into your handle. Can you just do this instead? You clearly have an abundance of free time, you should use it more wisely.

Posted by googs at November 27, 2009 5:01 PM

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lazarus says ...

Jeff, seriously. Say something; either tell D.Z. to stop doing this trolling shit, or tell us that you don't care and for us to stop complaining about it.

Your silence is inexplicable.

Posted by lazarus at November 27, 2009 5:58 PM

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AlexandroAldrete says ...

Jeffrey IS D.Z.
That's the only way.

Posted by AlexandroAldrete at November 27, 2009 6:43 PM

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bfm says ...

If my vote counts, I'd like D.Z. to go away.

Posted by bfm at November 28, 2009 3:33 AM

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matt cousens says ...

Please ban DeeZee.

Posted by matt cousens at November 28, 2009 7:09 AM

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Ryansi51 says ...

it is SO FUCKING ANNOYING to read your writing Jeff, and to be taking it in and thinking about your own reply, only to come down and see DeeZee linking to 12 other things without even a thought to what you wrote.

WTF.

just weeks ago Jeff FREAKED out over people "hijacking" his "well thought out" piece to briefly talk about Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and yet he says nothing of this.

And yet he obviously gets kickback whenever people are redirected to other sites, right?

i just dont get it, but its fucking annoying. do something, but at the very least, SAY SOMETHING

Posted by Ryansi51 at November 28, 2009 8:58 AM

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Please make DeeZee go away.

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