Designed to be Clint Eastwood's farewell to the Western genre, Unforgiven (1992) became a new benchmark for the category. Full of grit, violence, honesty and redemption, the film is undeniably powerful. Honored by the American Film Institute as one of the greatest American films ever made, Unforgiven was a tour-de-force in directing for Eastwood, who won the Best Director Academy Award that year for his work. The film also snagged the Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor and Best Editing awards as well. The entire cast is spellbindingly good, including Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman and Richard Harris.
After a prostitute is cut up by two drunken, rowdy cowboys, the other ladies pool their cash to offer a reward for vigilante justice...
Miles away, The Schofield Kid recruits the aging former gunslinger and killer-turned farmer, William Munny (Clint Eastwood)...
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| Unforgiven. 1992: Clint Eastwood |
and his friend Ned (Morgan Freeman) to join him in collecting the reward, by dispatching the two cowboys...
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| Unforgiven. 1992: Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman |
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| Unforgiven. 1992: Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman |
Meanwhile, others have come to collect the bounty, including English Bob (Richard Harris)...
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| Unforgiven. 1992: Richard Harris and Gene Hackman |
but all comers must face Sheriff Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman)...
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| Unforgiven. 1992: Gene Hackman |
whose harsh, vicious ways prove a formidable deterrent...
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| Unforgiven. 1992: Morgan Freeman and Gene Hackman |
but after tense tragedy strikes, William Munny vows that he will not go down easily...
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| Unforgiven. 1992: Clint Eastwood |
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| Unforgiven. 1992: Clint Eastwood |
