EASTWOOD: A PERFECT, BULLET-RIDDEN GAUNTLET

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S3 E3 A PERFECT, BULLET-RIDDEN GAUNTLET.

1977's The Gauntlet is the first vehicle specifically for Clint and then-muse, Sondra Locke. She was nominated for an Oscar years prior and Eastwood claimed she would be again for this film. Was she? The Gauntlet is a road movie with a mismatched couple who start off not liking each other but... through adversity somehow find love. Also 16,000 bullets are fired in this movie. That is a lot and no one seems to be able to hit a tire on a moving bus. The Gauntlet was also Clint's directorial follow-up to the masterpiece Outlaw Josey Wales after letting someone else direct 1976's The Enforcer.

Clint's follow-up directorial effort following his masterpiece Unforgiven (after taking a victory lap with someone else directing for In The Line of Fire) is 1993's A Perfect World, a road movie featuring Kevin Costner on the run with a little kid in tow while Clint, Jurassic Park and West Wing guy are in pursuit in 1963. Following In The Line of Fire, this is the second consecutive 1993 Eastwood film in which 1963 plays an integral role - a fact only interesting to a select few.

Ken and Jack navigate biker gangs, corrupt cops and escaped convicts, and are joined by superstar dancer and cultural influencer Annabel!

THE GAUNTLET: 00:04:09

A PERFECT WORLD: 00:28:31