Unforgiven Movie Review 1992

Will Munny (Eastwood) lives a quiet life with his stepchildren on his failing pig farm, but his desperado past catches up with him when the Schofield Kid invites him to a bounty hunt. Munny reluctantly agrees, mistakenly believing that once the killing is through he can take up his peaceful ways again. Enter sadistic sheriff Little Bill Daggett (Hackman), who doesn't want any gunmen messing up his town. Eastwood uses his own status as a screen legend to full advantage as the aging gunman who realizes too late that his past can never be forgotten. Director Eastwood is also in top form with his well-seasoned cast and myth-defying Old West realism. Surprising critical and boxoffice hit.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 131 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Westerns, Growing Older, Top Grossing Films of 1992, Gunslingers

Screenplay

David Peoples

Cast

Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett, Saul Rubinek, Frances Fisher, Anna Thomson, David Mucci, Rob Campbell, Anthony James

Cinematography

Jack N. Green

Director

Clint Eastwood

Music

Lennie Niehaus

Producer

Clint Eastwood, Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros.

Awards

Oscars 1992: Director (Eastwood), Film Editing, Picture, Support. Actor (Hackman); AFI 1998: Top 100; British Acad. 1992: Director (Eastwood), Film, Support. Actor (Hackman); Directors Guild 1992: Director (Eastwood); Golden Globes 1993: Director (Eastwood), Support. Actor (Hackman); L.A. Film Critics 1992: Actor (Eastwood), Director (Eastwood), Film, Screenplay, Support. Actor (Hackman); N.Y. Film Critics 1992: Support. Actor (Hackman); Natl. Soc. Film Critics 1992: Director (Eastwood), Film, Screenplay, Support. Actor (Hackman).