Unforgiven
US (1992): Western
Winner of four Academy Awards, Clint Eastwood's 1992 masterpiece stands as one of the greatest and most thematically compelling Westerns ever made. "The movie summarized everything I feel about the Western," said Eastwood at the time of the film's release. "The moral is the concern with gunplay." To illustrate that theme, Eastwood stars as a retired, once ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. He accepts one last bounty-hunter mission -- to find the men who brutalized a prostitute -- to help support his two motherless children. Joined by his former partner (Morgan Freeman) and a cocky greenhorn (Jaimz Woolvett), he takes on a corrupt sheriff (Oscar® winner Gene Hackman) in a showdown that makes the viewer feel the full impact of violence and its corruption of the soul. Dedicated to Eastwood's mentors Sergio Leone and Don Siegel and featuring a colorful role for Richard Harris, it's arguably Eastwood's crowning directorial achievement. (Amazon.com)
9 nominations, 4 Awards
· Best Picture of the Year 1992: Clint Eastwood - Producer (Warner Bros.)
· Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role 1992: Gene Hackman
· Best Achievement in Directing 1992: Clint Eastwood
· Best Achievement in Film Editing 1992: Joel Cox
· Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 1992: Clint Eastwood
· Achievement in Writing - Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen 1992: David Webb Peoples
· Achievement in Art Direction 1992: Henry Bumstead - Art Direction, Janice Blackie-Goodine - Set Decoration
· Achievement in Cinematography 1992: Jack N. Green
· Achievement in Sound 1992: Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore, Dick Alexander, Rob Young