CLINT EASTWOOD – PALE RIDER / THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES / UNFORGIVEN (3DVD)

pale rider -after corporate mining boss coy lahood (richard dysart) begins a campaign of terror to drive independent pan miners out of the area, a stranger called preacher (clint eastwood) rides into the underdogs’ camp. he becomes their avenger. the tycoon then hires a badge-wearing killer and his duster-shrouded deputies, men loyal to whomever pays the most. lahood pays gold. but in a climatic shootout to remember, preacher plays in lead. – -the outlaw josey wales -as the outlaw josey wales, academy award winner clint eastwood is ideally cast as a hard-hitting, fast-drawing loner, recalling his “man with no name” from his european westerns. after avenging his family’s brutal murder, wales is on the run, pursued by a pack of killers. he travels alone, but a ragtag group of outcasts (including sondra locke and chief dan george) are drawn to him – and wales can’t leave his motley surrogate family unprotected. eastwood’s skill before and behind the camera connects with audiences for its humour and tenderness as well as its hair-trigger action. – -unforgiven -clint eastwood’s film unforgiven is an exciting modern classic that rode off with four 1992 academy awards, including best picture and director. eastwood and morgan freeman plays retired, down-on-their-luck outlaws who pick up their guns one last time to collect a bounty offered by the vengeful is an ill-fated interloper, a colourful killer-for-hire called english bob, and best supporting actor oscar winner gene hackman is the sly and brutal local sheriff whose brand of law enforcement ranges from unconventional to ruthless. big trouble is coming to big whiskey.