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The one where he plays a cowboy badass.
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What is Clint Eastwood's signature role? (1 Viewer)
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Insein
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It's either the Man with No name or Dirty Harry. Could go either way but I went Man with no name. You think Clint Eastwood, you think Western first IMO. Just ask Marty McFly.
I do love Heartbreak Ridge though. My favorite guilty pleasure Eastwood movie.
I do love Heartbreak Ridge though. My favorite guilty pleasure Eastwood movie.
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Leroy Hoard
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SaintsInDome2006
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Just speaking as someone who’d say the MWNN, but IMO Bill Munny deserves the love. He is the MWNN years later. The complicated part is the Man was always, somewhere in the background a badass stone cold killer. Munny is that man, and his backbone for justice was part of the same man all the time. They just never told you in those movies why he was so good at killing.
Anyway one of the best, most complicated character studies stretching over a long time, but it doesn’t become that until Unforgiven.
Anyway one of the best, most complicated character studies stretching over a long time, but it doesn’t become that until Unforgiven.
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Tau837
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Steeler
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I think of Eastwood as a cowboy too but I understand the Dirty Harry votes. The Outlaw Josey Wales was one of my favorite movies as a kid. In fact, when I was a kid and that was shown on HBO I would set my alarm for 3AM (or whenever the movie was on) so I could watch the entire move as much as I wanted.
The conversation with Ten Bears was great. Loan Watie was awesome. So many quotable/memorable lines/scenes in that movie.
I'll just pick one: "I notice when you get to disliking someone they aren't around long neither"
The conversation with Ten Bears was great. Loan Watie was awesome. So many quotable/memorable lines/scenes in that movie.
I'll just pick one: "I notice when you get to disliking someone they aren't around long neither"
Jayrod
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The scene in Unforgiven where he has the conversation with the kid in the field and then learns about Morgan Freeman's death is maybe the greatest scene in all of movie history in my opinion.
I always think of him as Bill Munny.
However, I believe the man with no name is the correct answer.
I always think of him as Bill Munny.
However, I believe the man with no name is the correct answer.
ericttspikes
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DocHolliday
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The correct answer to the question is Dirty Harry. But, I prefer Clint in a few of the cowboy movies much, much more.
Scott Tenorman
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"Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms."
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bostonfred
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SaintsInDome2006
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Man of Constant Sorrow
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I went with Man with no name - but, I am obviously partial to Mans.
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Snotbubbles
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Toss up between "A man with no name" and "Dirty Harry". I prefer him in the spaghetti westerns so I voted for that.
SWC
Bromigo
it would be cool if clint easterwood absolutely ruled in a movie role starring as none other than the loveable scamp john hancook so that when people asked what his signature roll was you could say his signature role was his signature role take that to the bank bromigos
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Phil Elliott
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I think of him in westerns but Dirty Harry was excellent.
I think of him in westerns but Dirty Harry was excellent.
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Man of Constant Sorrow
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TripItUp
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how did that nonsense even make the poll? So many movies left off that I'd put over that garbage.
How about Escape from Alcatraz?
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Seen that so many times lost count... Was on one of the early movie channels all the time when cable first came out around us.
Anarchy99
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Speak for yourself. I watched all the Dirty Harry movies at least twice in the past year. I watch the westerns every few years. That doesn't mean that I think the westerns aren't good, nor does it mean I think the Dirty Harry series is better. The Good, The Bad & The Ugly is probably in my Top 5 films of all time but I don't usually have 3 hours to devote to it.
And I still think that if we sampled a cross section of people, Dirty Harry would have a much greater percentage of votes. Surveying the FFA is a niche set of folks in a very narrow speciality set or demographic.
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TripItUp
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This seems bizarre to me. I enjoyed dirty Harry, but Signature Role? I have no desire to watch any of the DH movies and I may have last seen one 10 years ago.
I'm clearly on an island here.
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Anarchy99
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Maybe the devil is in the details. IMO, "signature" = most well known, as in "what do you think of when you think of Clint Eastwood?" That's a different question (at least to me) than "what was Clint Eastwood's best performance."This seems bizarre to me. I enjoyed dirty Harry, but Signature Role? I have no desire to watch any of the DH movies and I may have last seen one 10 years ago.
I'm clearly on an island here.
I asked a dozen people in the past couple of days what Clint Eastwood's signature role was and nine said Dirty Harry, one said Unforgiven, one said in the Line Of Fire, and one said Gran Torino. Not one said one of the No Name movies. Different Strokes for different folks.
Scott Tenorman
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Anarchy99
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That was essentially my point. I didn't ask just people I know. I asked people I barely know.
Gr00vus
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No, I'm with you on this. You can catch one of his spaghetti westerns on one channel or another weekly, hardly ever see the dirty harry ones come up.This seems bizarre to me. I enjoyed dirty Harry, but Signature Role? I have no desire to watch any of the DH movies and I may have last seen one 10 years ago.
I'm clearly on an island here.
TripItUp
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Tau837
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Absolutely should have made the poll over Space Cowboys... not that it would have deserved votes over the others with high vote counts.
Galileo
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No love for Pardner in Paint Your Wagon? I'm shocked!!
Clint is one of my all time favorites. It makes sense that Harry Callahan is the dominant choice for most here. The iconic character had a run for 5 pretty successful movies. That is pretty much the essence of what a signature role is. I, however, immediately think of Josey Wales when Clint's name is brought up. I loved Unforgiven. I loved Pale Rider. All those earlier career "man with no name" (although he did have names in most of them) movies are iconic in their own right. Although not the same character, if you started lumping all these similar western persona roles together, the votes start to rival Dirty Harry. That style role for Clint is certainly a signature.
Out of the entire list in the poll, Kelly's Heroes might be my favorite, but that is more so due to the collective all star cast beyond just Clint.
Clint is one of my all time favorites. It makes sense that Harry Callahan is the dominant choice for most here. The iconic character had a run for 5 pretty successful movies. That is pretty much the essence of what a signature role is. I, however, immediately think of Josey Wales when Clint's name is brought up. I loved Unforgiven. I loved Pale Rider. All those earlier career "man with no name" (although he did have names in most of them) movies are iconic in their own right. Although not the same character, if you started lumping all these similar western persona roles together, the votes start to rival Dirty Harry. That style role for Clint is certainly a signature.
Out of the entire list in the poll, Kelly's Heroes might be my favorite, but that is more so due to the collective all star cast beyond just Clint.
TheDirtyWord
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His ‘Man With No Name’ movies were better than Dirty Harry movies...but Dirty Harry is the more indelible character.
AAABatteries
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That was my immediate thought but similar to others I kind of also picture Clint as a cowboy - they problem there was which role. I’m surprised his Unforgiven role is getting so few votes. I voted Dirt Harry because his western roles kind of split the vote and “make my day” is about as iconic a movie quote as there is.
AAABatteries
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It’s signature role - more people know Dirty Harry and those quotes than the MWNN - doesn’t mean they are better movies. We’ve had more obvious examples but I’m not surprised by the poll at all other than I expected William Munny to be higher.
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AAABatteries
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I’d be shocked if any but my oldest knew who he was (17b, 15g, 13b, 10g). We don’t watch a lot of movies and I’m not sure about the average FBG kid but none of mine watch TV or movies much at all. Their entertainment is gaming and social media. So, from that perspective there’s a lot of actors and actresses that they have no idea who they are.
Bull Dozier
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Here's the other issue with the whole "ask someone Clint Eastwood's signature role" proposition; Dirty Harry is, I would argue, the most well known character name of his catalogue. Even if you're not a movie buff, but are old enough to have been around for them, you know the name. I bet my wife knows the name Dirty Harry, but if I had Josey Wales, Hang 'Em High, Good Bad and the Ugly, or High Plains Drifter, she wouldn't know any of the character names or if he played the same cowboy character in any of his movies more than once.
Rather than asking someone out of the blue what his signature role is, I think the better question is "Clint Eastwood, cowboy or cop?" (because it really only is one or the other).
If someone says Clint Eastwood to me, the first thing that would pop into my head is that poster of him with the flattop cowboy hat, cigar, and poncho.
Rather than asking someone out of the blue what his signature role is, I think the better question is "Clint Eastwood, cowboy or cop?" (because it really only is one or the other).
If someone says Clint Eastwood to me, the first thing that would pop into my head is that poster of him with the flattop cowboy hat, cigar, and poncho.
Scott Tenorman
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I think better poll would be do you think of Clint Eastwood as a cowboy or a cop?
simey
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