Unforgiven (1992)

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Writer (WGA):

David Webb Peoples (written by)

Release Date:

7 August 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Western

Plot:

Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man.

Plot Keywords:

Cowboy | Sheriff | One Last Job | Gunslinger | Prostitute

Awards:

Won 4 Oscars. Another 30 wins & 15 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. Jan. 2	5:00 PM	AMC
Sun. Jan. 3	11:30 AM	AMC

Cast

Clint Eastwood	...	William 'Bill' Munny
Gene Hackman	...	Little Bill Daggett
Morgan Freeman	...	Ned Logan
Richard Harris	...	English Bob
Jaimz Woolvett	...	The Schofield Kid
Saul Rubinek	...	W.W. Beauchamp
Frances Fisher	...	Strawberry Alice
Anna Levine	...	Delilah Fitzgerald (as Anna Thomson)
David Mucci	...	Quick Mike
Rob Campbell	...	Davey Bunting
Anthony James	...	Skinny Dubois
Tara Frederick	...	Little Sue (as Tara Dawn Frederick)
Beverley Elliott	...	Silky
Liisa Repo-Martell	...	Faith
Josie Smith	...	Crow Creek Kate
Shane Meier	...	Will Munny (Jr.)
Aline Levasseur	...	Penny Munny
Cherrilene Cardinal	...	Sally Two Trees
Robert Koons	...	Crocker
Ron White	...	Clyde Ledbetter
Mina E. Mina	...	Muddy Chandler
Henry Kope	...	German Joe Schultz
Jeremy Ratchford	...	Deputy Andy Russell
John Pyper-Ferguson	...	Charley Hecker
Jefferson Mappin	...	Fatty Rossiter
Walter Marsh	...	Barber
Garner Butler	...	Eggs Anderson
Larry Reese	...	Tom Luckinbill
Blair Haynes	...	Paddy McGee
Frank C. Turner	...	Fuzzy
Sam Karas	...	Thirsty Thurston
Lochlyn Munro	...	Texas Slim
Ben Cardinal	...	Johnny Foley
Phil Hayes	...	Lippy MacGregor (as Philip Hayes)
Michael Charrois	...	Wiggens
William Davidson	...	Buck Barthol (as Bill Davidson)
Paul McLean	...	Train person #1
James Herman	...	Train person #2
Michael Maurer	...	Train person #3
Larry Joshua	...	Bucky
George Orrison	...	The Shadow
Greg Goossen	...	Fighter (as Gregory Goossen)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Buddy Beavers	...	Extra

Directed by
Clint Eastwood

Writing credits (WGA)
David Webb Peoples		(written by)

Produced by
Clint Eastwood	....	producer
Julian Ludwig	....	associate producer
David Valdes	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Lennie Niehaus

Cinematography by
Jack N. Green		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Joel Cox

Casting by
Phyllis Huffman

Production Design by
Henry Bumstead

Art Direction by
Adrian Gorton
Rick Roberts

Set Decoration by
Janice Blackie-Goodine

Makeup Department
Stan Edmonds	....	assistant makeup artist
Iloe Flewelling	....	head hair stylist
Michael Hancock	....	head makeup artist
Carol Pershing	....	hair stylist: Sonora unit

Production Management
Lynne Bespflug	....	unit manager
Bob Gray	....	production manager
David Valdes	....	production manager: Sonora unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Bannerman	....	second assistant director
Grant Lucibello	....	third assistant director
Scott Maitland	....	first assistant director
Tom Rooker	....	third assistant director
Jeffrey Wetzel	....	second assistant director: Sonora

Art Department
Edward Aiona	....	property master
Dean Goodine	....	assistant property master
George Griffiths	....	stand-by painter
Jan Kobylka	....	construction coordinator
Chuck McSorley	....	assistant property master: Sonora
James J. Murakami	....	set designer
Gary Clayton Ripley	....	head painter (as Gary Ripley)
Bruce Robinson	....	construction foreman
Michael Sexton	....	assistant property master
Ron Trost	....	construction coordinator: Sonora
Doug Wilson	....	head painter
Tim C Campbell	....	scenic painter (uncredited)
Bill Merrett	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Ken Wills	....	assistant set decorator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Rick Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Dick Alexander)
Neil Burrow	....	sound editor
Gordon Davidson	....	sound editor
Michael Evje	....	sound mixer: Sonora
Les Fresholtz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Devon Heffley Curry	....	adr supervisor (as Devon Curry)
James J. Isaacs	....	dialogue editor (as James Issacs)
Cindy Marty	....	sound editor
Michael Mirkovich	....	assistant sound editor
Alan Robert Murray	....	supervising sound editor
Walter Newman	....	supervising sound editor
Kim Nolan	....	assistant sound editor (as Kimberly Nolan)
Vern Poore	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Ruiz	....	assistant sound editor
Karen Spangenberg	....	supervising dialogue editor
Karen G. Wilson	....	dialogue editor
Marshall Winn	....	sound editor
Butch Wolf	....	sound editor
Rob Young	....	sound mixer
Kelly Zombor	....	boom operator
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer (uncredited)
John Roesch	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
John Frazier	....	special effects coordinator
Maurice Routly	....	special effects foreman
Harold Selig	....	special effects best boy: Sonora unit (as Hal Selig)
Paul Healy	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)
Bill Merrett	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)

Stunts
Alex Green	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Orrison	....	stunt double: Clint Eastwood (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Akester	....	still photographer
Mark Anderson	....	second assistant camera: Sonora
Marco Ciccone	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Douglas Craik	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Peter N. Green	....	camera loader: Sonora (as Peter Green)
Jim Gregor	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Dan Heather	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Hal Nelson	....	best boy grip: Sonora
Víctor Pérez	....	assistant chief lighting technician: Sonora
Tony Rivetti	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera (as Anthony J. Rivetti)
Charles Saldana	....	key grip
T. Daniel Scaringi	....	dolly grip: Sonora (as T.D. Scaringi)
Tom Stern	....	chief lighting technician
Stephen St. John	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Randy Swanson	....	best boy grip
Carey Toner	....	dolly grip
Roger Vernon	....	camera operator: "b" camera

Casting Department
Stuart Aikins	....	casting: Canada
William Haines	....	casting assistant
Nadene Katz	....	casting assistant
Lorelei Kuchera	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joanne Hansen	....	wardrobe supervisor: women
Carla Hetland	....	wardrobe supervisor: men
Valerie T. O'Brien	....	set costumer: Sonora
Glenn Wright	....	wardrobe department head

Editorial Department
Donah Bassett	....	negative cutter
Michael Cipriano	....	assistant film editor
Phil Downey	....	color timer

Music Department
Robert Fernandez	....	scoring mixer (as Bobby Fernandez)
Donald Harris	....	music editor
Laurindo Almeida	....	musician: guitar solo (uncredited)
Tommy Johnson	....	musician: tuba soloist (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Ray Breckenridge	....	transportation captain
Keith Dillin	....	transportation coordinator
Randy Luna	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Diane Anderson	....	first aid: Sonora
Sheila Aquiline	....	assistant production accountant
Marco Barla	....	unit publicist
Tom Bews	....	wrangler boss
Tom Eirikson	....	wrangler boss
Lynn Elston	....	production accountant
Penny Gibbs	....	production coordinator
Tom Glass	....	wrangler boss
Robert J. Groff	....	craft service: Sonora
Rose Johnson	....	craft service
Rose Johnson	....	first aid
Jeff Kloss	....	production accountant (as Jeffrey Kloss)
Anisa Lalani	....	assistant production coordinator
John Lind	....	production associate
Michael Maurer	....	production auditor
J.P. Moss	....	knives designer
Lloyd Nelson	....	script supervisor
Rino Pace	....	location manager
Matt Palmer	....	production associate
Melissa Rooker	....	assistant: Clint Eastwood
John Scott	....	head wrangler
Carol Trost	....	production coordinator: Sonora
Loranne Turgeon	....	production secretary
Buddy Van Horn	....	technical consultant
Cathy Yost	....	assistant production coordinator
Neale Joudrie	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)
Tony Kerum	....	caterer (uncredited)

Thanks
Sergio Leone	....	dedicatee (as Sergio)
Don Siegel	....	dedicatee (as Don)

Production Companies

• Malpaso Productions
• Warner Bros. Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1992) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1993) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) (1992) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1992) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1992) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1992) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1995) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Argentina Video Home (????) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Hollydan Works (1998-????) (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) (DVD)
• Hollydan Works (2000-????) (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia) (DVD)
• Sandrews (2002) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Varus Video (????) (Russia) (VHS)
• Warner Bros. (Argentina)
• Warner Bros. (Spain)
• Warner Home Video (1993) (Germany) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1998) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Sweden) (DVD) (HD DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD) (HD DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Filmworks Catering  catering
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Reprise Records  soundtrack published by
• TAJ Soundworks  foley recorded at
• Tony's Food Service  catering

Also Known As:

The Cut Whore Killings (USA) (original script title)
The William Munny Killings (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language, and violence, and for a scene of sexuality.

Runtime:

131 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Spain:18 | USA:R (certificate #31757) | South Korea:15 | Ireland:18 | Brazil:12 | Philippines:R-18 | Sweden:15 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | New Zealand:M | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Iceland:16 | Israel:PG | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Alberta, Canada

Company:

Malpaso Productions

Trivia:

The tavern in which the final scene takes place is called Greeley's. It is a reference to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley who who is often incorrectly attributed with writing the line "Go West Young Man." That line was actually written by John B.L. Soule.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: English Bob is in jail and Little Bill is reading from W.W. Beauchamp's novel, but a sheet of script is taped onto the page and clearly visible.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Quick Mike: Dammit! Come a-running, lad!
Delilah Fitzgerald: Stop it!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Laserblast (#8.6)" (1996)

A Fitting End

There may never be another real western. Clint appears to be done with the genre and there really isn't anyone else I can think of that can do it Properly. Sergio Leone is gone. William Wellman is gone. Sam Peckinpah is gone. John Huston is gone. John Ford is gone. Howard Hawks is gone.

Kevin Costner tries hard but he just doesn't get it. Dances With Wolves wasn't really a western. It wasn't even an anti-western. It was more like a political indictment of the actions of the Americans of the time. For all that I did enjoy it.

Most of the others since Unforgiven are movies where somebody decides to put the characters on a horse, but the story is just generic pap. Nobody has the balls to make something with a meaning.

I will grant that Deadwood is a truly excellent series but it isn't a movie.

That's why I believe that Unforgiven is a fitting end to the western genre. I won't get all rhapsodic and spout a bunch of crap about how Clint made this movie as a symbol of the end of the western. Cuz that's a load of crap. The script had been around since the early 70s when things were still going strong. What it is, is a movie that shows us that there is no black and white in any time. There are only shades of grey.

It is also just as dirty and violent as things actually were for most people in that era. Life was comparatively cheap and most people didn't have much hope of justice. The middle class was very small and the upper class was tiny. The vast majority belonged to the under-classes.

Good guys didn't wear white hats and not every sheriff was a good guy. Some were violent and corrupt braggarts and bullies. Little Bill mocks English Bob's self-promotion, but at the same time he knocks Bob down he builds himself up. He doesn't bother with courts or judges and he is his own executioner. He isn't motivated by any innate sense of justice when he deals with any criminal elements. It's more that he takes it as an insult to his own power.

William Munny is a killer, plain and simple. He has human feelings but basically he is unrepentant. He changed for his wife, but like many changes it wasn't permanent. He won't sleep with a whore but when he needs money he is willing to kill for it. At the same time he treats the whore with kindness and is loyal to his friend. And somehow he managed to get a good woman to love him. A classic anti-hero.

Rather than being about the end of the Western genre I believe that it is actually an ode to what came before it. Sergio Leone would have been proud.