Winner '92:
First Saw It:		 Unforgiven
August 1993, on video with some friends in high school
Bridesmaids: The Crying Game, A Few Good Men, Howards End, Scent of a Woman
My Vote: Howards End, though it hurts not to vote for The Crying Game
Overlooked: Daughters of the Dust, Husbands and Wives, The Player, Bram Stoker's Dracula


Unforgiven
First screened in August 1993 / Most recently screened in June 2014
Director: Clint Eastwood. Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Jaimz Woolvett, Richard Harris, Frances Fisher, Saul Rubinek, Anna Thomson, Anthony James, Rob Campbell, David Mucci, Beverley Elliott, Liisa Repo-Martell, Tara Frederick, Cherrilene Cardinal, Shane Meier, Aline Levasseur. Screenplay: David Webb Peoples.

 Twitter Capsule: Any Eastwood film has lapses in tone, judgment. But this one is fierce in purpose and bold in craft. I get it as I age.

VOR: ⑤  Fulcrum in Eastwood's career. Ambitious interventions into genre, "West" mythology, nationalism, gender, violence, race...


Photo © 1992 Warner Bros. Pictures/Malpaso Productions

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: A–

(in August 2003: B+)
(in August 1993: B)

Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
★Best Picture
★Best Director: Clint Eastwood
Best Actor: Clint Eastwood
★Best Supporting Actor: Gene Hackman
Best Original Screenplay: David Webb Peoples
Best Cinematography: Jack N. Green
Best Art Direction: Henry Bumstead; Janice Blackie-Goodine
★Best Film Editing: Joel Cox
Best Sound: Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Dick Alexander, and Rob Young

Golden Globe Nominations and Winners:
Best Picture (Drama)
★Best Director: Clint Eastwood
★Best Supporting Actor: Gene Hackman
Best Screenplay: David Webb Peoples

Other Awards:
Directors Guild of America: Best Director
New York Film Critics Circle: Best Supporting Actor (Hackman)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Picture; Best Director; Best Actor (Eastwood); Best Supporting Actor (Hackman); Best Screenplay
National Society of Film Critics: Best Picture; Best Director; Best Supporting Actor (Hackman); Best Screenplay
Boston Society of Film Critics: Best Picture; Best Supporting Actor (Hackman); Best Cinematography
British Academy Awards (BAFTAs): Best Supporting Actor (Hackman)
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