Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy

- Season 1

(2021)

Clint Eastwood and filmmakers such as Steven Spielberg and Martin Scorsese discuss his evolution from actor to Oscar®-winning director.

No director tells more nuanced, captivating hero stories than Clint Eastwood, who has brought to the screen a diverse collection of heroes who rise above the ordinary to inspire us with their courage, their grit and their humanity.

An airline pilot defending himself before the FAA - the founder of the FBI struggling with his sexuality - a political prisoner who endured 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa - Eastwood presents them all with honesty.

Clint Eastwood talks about the Westerns he directed, from High Plains Drifter to Unforgiven, which helped change and modernize the genre.

Clint Eastwood has directed more Hollywood stars to Oscars than any other filmmaker of his time. How does he do it? Perhaps it's what he doesn't do.

Whether it's an action movie or lighter fare, Clint and his co-stars talk about how he brings a strong sense of humor to his films.

When the rules of society fail and justice becomes a casualty to greed, politics and ambition - well, a man's got to do what a man's got to do.

Glorious, terrifying, even occasionally humorous, these are Clint Eastwood's war movies, a collection of illuminating, entertaining films that linger in the memory long after the credits roll.

From Westerns to love stories to crime dramas, these are movies that give audiences the unique pleasure of seeing Eastwood excel as a storyteller, producer and actor. No one has done it better.