EASTWOOD: JOHN MALKOVICH VERSUS THE APE

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S3 E4 JOHN MALKOVICH VERSUS THE APE.

In the Line of Fire (1993) was Clint's victory lap film following Unforgiven. Directed by Wolfgang Peterson, this is one of two films Clint has been in since 1990 he did not direct. If you know the other film you win a prize (the prize is watching Amy Adams!). Clint plays a confident - yet haunted - secret service agent who engages in a cat & mouse game with a would-be presidential killer played by John Malkovich, who is by turns sadistic, over the top and beguiling. Running afoul of bureaucrats, Clint must impose his will on a broken system filled with yes-men who value good press over real crime fighting in order to find this maniac... wait a dang second, is this Dirty Harry? It sounds like Dirty Harry.  Anyway, Renee Russo plays a female agent 24 years years Eastwood's junior so you know there won't be any romance there because that is a sizeable age difference (wink-wink).

Then we get to one of the strangest and most enduring films Eastwood ever made, 1978's Every Which Way But Loose. It's the one with the orangutan! And bikers! And Sondra Locke. You betcha, Tim Tom Jim James Fargo (1976's The Enforcer) returns to direct another Eastwood epic. This movie made a lot of money and was the first Eastwood film Ken ever saw in theaters back when he was mumble-mumble years old! He liked it then but... HISTORY FACTS, he was a dumb kid with a runny nose so let's wait and see what OLD Ken, Jack and superstar podcast guest Thomas think. 

EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE: 00:04:21

IN THE LINE OF FIRE: 00:42:05