Clint Eastwood turns 80 on Monday, May 31, and Turner Classic Movies is marking the occasion and honoring the iconic actor and director by throwing a 24-hour Eastwood movie marathon.
The lineup includes favorites from throughout the Eastwood’s career in the ’60s and ’70s — these are classics, remember, so we suppose they’ve got to be old. You get your spaghetti westerns (including “A Fistful of Dollars” and “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly”), a few war flicks (“Kelly’s Heroes,” “Where Eagles Dare”) and, of course, a pair of Dirty Harry pictures (“Dirty Harry,” “Magnum Force”).
The other reason to tune in or set your DVR is to catch “The Eastwood Factor,” a new documentary on Clint that is narrated by actor Morgan Freeman (pictured above with Eastwood) and directed by film critic Richard Schickel.
For a full schedule of the Eastwood marathon, read the rest of this post….
6 a.m.: “The First Traveling Saleslady,” 1956.
8 a.m.: “A Fistful of Dollars,” 1964.
9:45 a.m.: “For a Few Dollars More,” 1965.
Noon: “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” 1966.
3 p.m.: “Hang ‘Em High,” 1968.
5 p.m.: “Where Eagles Dare,” 1969.
8 p.m.: “Kelly’s Heroes,” 1970.
10:30 p.m.: “The Eastwood Factor,” 2010.
12:15 a.m.: “Dirty Harry,” 1971.
2 a.m.: “Magnum Force,” 1973.
4:15 a.m.: ”The Eastwood Factor,” 2010.