Unforgiven
Sign in to saveUnforgiven is a 1992 American revisionist Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by David Webb Peoples. It stars Eastwood as William Munny, an aging outlaw and killer who takes on one more job years after he turned to farming. The film co-stars Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and Richard Harris.
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"Unforgiven" is a 1992 Western directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, about an aging former outlaw named William Munny who comes out of retirement to take one last job. The film is considered significant as a revisionist Western that challenges traditional genre conventions, featuring acclaimed performances by Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and Richard Harris.
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7.9William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
Released: 1992-08-07130 minDir: Clint EastwoodWestern
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- Clint Eastwood as William Munny
- Gene Hackman as 'Little' Bill Daggett
- Morgan Freeman as Ned Logan
- Jaimz Woolvett as The Schofield Kid
- Richard Harris as English Bob
- Saul Rubinek as W.W. Beauchamp
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Unforgiven is a 1992 American revisionist Western film produced and directed by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by David Webb Peoples. It stars Eastwood as William Munny, an aging outlaw and killer who takes on one more job years after he turned to farming. The film co-stars Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and Richard Harris.
Unforgiven premiered at the Mann Bruin Theater on August 3, 1992, before being released by Warner Bros. on August 7, 1992. It grossed over $159 million on a budget of $14.4 million and received widespread critical acclaim, with praise for the acting (particularly from Eastwood and Hackman), directing, editing, themes, and cinematography. The film won four Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director for Eastwood, Best Supporting Actor for Hackman, and Best Film Editing for Joel Cox. Eastwood was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance, but lost to Al Pacino for Scent of a Woman. The film was the third Western to win Best Picture, following Cimarron (1931) and Dances With Wolves (1990). Eastwood dedicated the film (at the end of the credits) to directors and mentors Sergio Leone and Don Siegel; "Dedicated to Sergio and Don".
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1992 American films1992 English-language films1992 films1992 Western (genre) filmsAmerican films about revengeAmerican Western (genre) filmsBAFTA winners (films)Best Picture Academy Award winnersEnglish-language Western (genre) filmsExistentialist filmsFilms about atonementFilms about bounty hunters