Clint Eastwood may be done making movies, but he will ultimately live on as one of the greatest actors and filmmakers of all time. Eastwood is one of the few members of Hollywood to have won four Oscars in his career, and many feel this number could be doubled, and it still wouldn’t be enough. Eastwood’s long-spanning career is full of traditional Western hits like Unforgiven, which also stars Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman. More recently, Eastwood directed and starred in other movies like Million Dollar Baby and Gran Torino, but you’d need dozens of sheets of paper to fully list out his accomplishments. Eastwood gave his final performance a few years ago in the neo-Western, Cry Macho, but arguably the most famous movie of the later stage of his career came just over 10 years ago.
In 2014, Eastwood declined to star in but did direct American Sniper. The film tells the tragic story of Chris Kyle, the Purple Heart-winning American war hero who tragically died while trying to support a traumatized veteran. Eastwood recruited Bradley Cooper to star in the lead role in the film, and many fans have forgotten that Yellowstone star Luke Grimes also has a role in American Sniper. The film grossed nearly $550 million at the box office against a $58 million budget, and it earned scores of 71% from critics and 84% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes. It also won the Oscar for Best Sound Editing and was nominated in four other categories. American Sniper is not streaming anywhere at the time of writing, but the film has surged into the VOD top 10 on Apple TV in several countries more than 10 years after its premiere.
Will Clint Eastwood Direct Another Movie?
While Clint Eastwood has yet to officially confirm that he is retired, Juror #2 was likely his last movie. Eastwood is now 95 years old, and while there have been no reports that he is in poor health, he may want to focus on being with family and relaxing after dedicating his life to the world of filmmaking for so many years. Juror #2 didn’t get a chance to thrive in theaters due to a bungled release by Warner Bros., but the film did earn widespread critical acclaim and find success on streaming.
Rent or purchase American Sniper on VOD platforms like Prime Video and Apple TV and stay tuned to Collider for more streaming updates.
- Release Date
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January 16, 2015
- Runtime
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133 minutes
- Writers
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Jason Hall

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