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Ishtar
(May, 1987)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (OOP)
(Ross, 1976)
The Devils
(Russell, 1974)
The Pirates of Penzance
(Papp/Leach, 1983)
The Fortune
(Nichols, 1975)
-30-
(Webb, 1959)
Betrayal
(Jones, 1983)
Play It As It Lays
(Perry, 1972)
The Outfit
(Flynn, 1973)
Alex in Wonderland
(Mazursky, 1969)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
(Aldrich, 1968)
In The Cool of the Day
(Stevens, 1963)
That Cold Day in the Park
(Altman, 1969)
Thumb Trippin'
(Masters, 1972)
Midas Run
(Kjellin, 1969)
At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1973)
Brewster McCloud
(Altman, 1972)
Outcast of the Islands
(Reed, 1951)

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The Moon's Our Home
(Seiter, 1936)
Sh! The Octopus
(McGann, 1937)
The Mating Season
(Leisen, 1951)
Bad for Each Other
(Rapper, 1953)
The Phenix City Story
(Karlson, 1955)
Run of the Arrow
(Fuller, 1956)
House of Secrets
(Green, 1956)
Saint Joan
(Preminger, 1957)
Macabre
(Castle, 1958)
The Fiend Who Walked the West
(G. Douglas, 1958
Five Gates to Hell
(Clavell, 1959)
1960's
Key Witness
(Karlson, 1960)
Summer and Smoke
(Glenville, 1961)
The Chapman Report
(Cukor,1962)
Bachelor Flat
(Tashlin, 1962) [on Hulu]
The L Shaped Room
(Forbes, 1963)
The Chalk Garden
(Neame, 1964)
A Thousand Clowns
(Coe, 1965)
You're a Big Boy Now
(Coppola, 1966)
The Whisperers
(Forbes, 1967)
Dark of the Sun
(Cardiff, 1968)
Skidoo
(Preminger, 1968)
Last Summer
(Perry, 1969)
The Comic
(C. Reiner, 1969)
1970-1974
The Revolutionary
(Williams, 1970)
The Landlord
(Ashby, 1970)
Diary of a Mad Housewife
(Perry, 1970)
Tropic of Cancer
(Strick, 1970)
I Never Sang for My Father
(Cates, 1970)
Sometimes a Great Notion
(Newman, 1971)
Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
(Turman, 1971)
The Music Lovers
(Russell, 1971)
Drive, He Said
(Nicholson, 1971)
The Steagle
(Sylbert, 1971)
The Last Movie
(Hopper, 1971)
Made For Each Other
(Bean, 1971)
The Day the Clown Cried
(Lewis, 1972)
Hickey & Boggs (OOP)
(Culp, 1972)
The Carey Treatment
(Edwards, 1972)
Pete 'n' Tillie
(Ritt, 1972)
Slither
(Zieff, 1973)
Man on a Swing
(Perry, 1974)
Open Season
(Collinson, 1974)
The Tamarind Seed
(Edwards, 1974)
Law and Disorder
(Passer, 1974)
Homebodies
(Yust, 1974)
Stardust
(Apted, 1974)
Celine and Julie Go Boating
(Rivette, 1974)
1975-1979
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
(Richards, 1975
At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1975)
Hearts of the West
(Zieff, 1975)
Welcome to L.A.
(Rudolph, 1976)
W.C. Fields and Me
(Hiller, 1976)
Citizens Band
(Demme, 1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
(Aldrich, 1977)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
(Brooks, 1977)
Girlfriends
(Weill, 1978)
Movie Movie
(Donen, 1978)
The Medusa Touch
(Gold, 1978)
American Hot Wax
(Mutrux, 1978)
Hot Stuff
(DeLuise, 1979)
Scavenger Hunt
(Schultz , 1979)
Players
(Harvey, 1979)
Rich Kids
(Young, 1979)
Nightwing
(Hiller, 1979)
Screams of a Winter's Night
(Wilson, 1979
When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?
(Katselas, 1979
1980's
Resurrection
(Petrie, 1980)
The Awakening
(Newell, 1980)
Simon
(Brickman, 1980)
God's Angry Man
(Herzog, 1980)
Fast-Walking
(Harris, 1982)
Twice Upon a Time
(Korty & Swenson, 1983)
Trouble in Mind
(Rudolph, 1985)
When the Wind Blows
(Murikami, 1986)
Housekeeping
(Forsyth, 1987)
The Glass Menagerie
(Newman, 1987)
Patty Hearst
(Schrader, 1988)
Drowning by Numbers
(Greenaway, 1988)
Haunted Summer
(Passer, 1988)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
(Spheeris, 1988)
1990's
Old Times
(Curtis, 1991)
Prospero's Books
(Greenaway, 1991)
City of Hope
(Sayles, 1991)
The Baby of Macon
(Greenaway, 1993)
King of the Hill
(Soderbergh, 1993)
Dadetown
(Hexter, 1995)
SubUrbia
(Linklater, 1997)

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I know I probably won't end up looking like this when I'm 79, but I'd like to. Cool, studly, relaxed machismo is worth its weight in gold. The cover photo lies, of course, by favoring the subject, but what photo doesn't lie on some level? Most of them make you look worse.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 20, 2009 at 3:01 PM

comment #1

RSBrown says ...

Sorry, Jeff, but Eastwood makes himself look cooler just be being. It's something I wish to aquire. I can't think of anyone else who has that quality.

Posted by RSBrown at November 20, 2009 3:29 PM

comment #2

RSBrown says ...

"-just by being" that is.

Posted by RSBrown at November 20, 2009 3:29 PM

comment #3

MikeSchaeferSF says ...

"Badass of the Year" would've made more sense a year ago, when Gran Torino was being releaased, no? I really hope Invictus is good.

Posted by MikeSchaeferSF at November 20, 2009 3:35 PM

comment #4

Ulysses says ...

Something tells me that INVICTUS will be a bore.

Posted by Ulysses at November 20, 2009 3:38 PM

comment #5

Ulysses says ...

And when I'm 79, I'll be dead.

Posted by Ulysses at November 20, 2009 3:39 PM

comment #6

bfm says ...

Sigh. They just don't make men like this anymore. Seriously, in 50 years, who will be the equivalent? Shia LeBeouf? Robert Pattinson? Zac Efron? Please.

Posted by bfm at November 20, 2009 3:42 PM

comment #7

drbob says ...

Shit, I wish I had those forearms right now. But, in all seriousness, he's a vegetarian, physical fitness buff, and is blessed with good genes (I think his mother is still alive). Unfortunately, his generation is not going to be with us much longer. I am little worried about Sean Connery and Gene Hackman, haven't heard much from them lately.

Posted by drbob at November 20, 2009 3:47 PM

comment #8

QualityGibberish says ...

If he weighs 200 pounds at 16 ounces per pound and gold being worth roughly $1150 an ounce now, that amounts to $3,680,000 for the machismo. But he's worth considerably more than that, probably because he's a sensitive and considerate director, in addition to his other film roles. Machismo is bullshit.

Posted by QualityGibberish at November 20, 2009 3:49 PM

comment #9

lazarus says ...

Get off my photo shoot!

Posted by lazarus at November 20, 2009 4:37 PM

comment #10

Renfield says ...

That's some pants tent.

Posted by Renfield at November 20, 2009 4:49 PM

comment #11

Noiresque says ...

RSBrown is right. Clint just has 'it'. Apart from matters of indefinable charisma, genetics is on his side. You don't end up with that kind of build, frame, posture at 79 through healthy living alone. And his mother was his Oscar date when he won for M$B, so he'll be with us a good while yet.

Posted by Noiresque at November 20, 2009 5:01 PM

comment #12

erniesouchak says ...

It's weird that he photographs so old. In person he looks easily 15 years younger.

Posted by erniesouchak at November 20, 2009 6:44 PM

comment #13

DeafBrownTrashPunk says ...

He's actually quite good-looking for a pepaw. Normally, I don't find old men attractive.

Posted by DeafBrownTrashPunk at November 20, 2009 7:03 PM

comment #14

Phreaker says ...

Seriously, he's STILL hot. I think he's a vegan and fertile as hell. He's blessed with amazing bone structure on his face. And good hair. He looks much better on film than in person.

Posted by Phreaker at November 20, 2009 7:33 PM

comment #15

arkixuan says ...

the pic make him looked over 79.

Posted by arkixuan at November 20, 2009 8:37 PM

comment #16

Pynchon8 says ...

He looks like hell in that pic.

Making movies most of your life and livin in Cali and at least living somewhat healthy can't be too bad for your health.

Posted by Pynchon8 at November 20, 2009 9:48 PM

comment #17

Steven Kar says ...

He said the whole vegetarian thing was an internet lie. He likes meat, according to a 60 Minutes interview he made a couple years back.

Posted by Steven Kar at November 20, 2009 11:25 PM

comment #18

Mark says ...

Copy should read Badass of the Decade, as this is the last aught cover. Released nine features, including two classics. That alone is a major career, yet for him is just gravy.

Posted by Mark at November 21, 2009 9:47 AM

comment #19

reverent and free says ...

He's not a vegetarian, but he keeps to a strict diet. His father dropping dead at 63 probably motivated him to watch his health.

drbob, Connery and Hackman have both voluntarily retired, though there's rumors Hackman may be coming back. As far as I know, the health of both men is fine. James Garner is who I'm worried about, he had a stroke last year, and although he's reported to be doing well, he has no further pending projects. Also Dennis Hopper of course.

Kudos to Clint's The Good The Bad and The Ugly co-star Eli Wallach for continuing to work steadily at almost 95. I believe he's the second oldest working American actor, behind only Kevin Mccarthy. He's reported to have a role in Wall Street 2.

Posted by reverent and free at November 21, 2009 9:05 PM

comment #20

Steven Kar says ...

And Borgnine is probably the 3rd oldest, at 93 and still making movies.

Tony Scott mantioned that he'd like to do Potsdammer Platz with Gene Hackman.

Posted by Steven Kar at November 21, 2009 11:21 PM

comment #21

alan says ...

Speaking of that, who would've ever thought that Borgnine would outlive almost all of his contemporaries? Hell, I expected Marty to drop dead not long after the credits rolled.

Posted by alan at November 22, 2009 8:49 AM