Clint Eastwood has been a star for more than thirty years - from the early days as Rowdy Yates in TV's "Rawhide", through his seminal roles as the silent avenger in Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns and the high-impact, ground-breaking cop in the "Dirty Harry" movies, to the later, brilliant films he has made as both star and acclaimed Oscar-winning director.
But despite his fame, Eastwood has remained little known. Now, with the kind of intimacy only Clint Eastwood's co-operation could provide, Richard Schickel explores the contradictions between the public image and the realities of his personality and career. Through exclusive interviews with the star and the friends and colleagues of a lifetime, Shickel has penetrated this complex character and finally reveals the truth about a man who, with an ever-widening audience around the world, has won a place of honour as an American icon and one of the most successful and admired figures in his profession.
