Unforgiven (1992)

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

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Writer:

David Webb Peoples

Stars:

Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman

Top Rated Movies #118 | Won 4 Oscars. Another 44 wins & 45 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Clint Eastwood	...	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

Storyline

The town of Big Whisky is full of normal people trying to lead quiet lives. Cowboys try to make a living. Sheriff 'Little Bill' tries to build a house and keep a heavy-handed order. The town whores just try to get by.Then a couple of cowboys cut up a whore. Dissatisfied with Bill's justice, the prostitutes put a bounty on the cowboys. The bounty attracts a young gun billing himself as 'The Schofield Kid', and aging killer William Munny. Munny reformed for his young wife, and has been raising crops and two children in peace. But his wife is gone. Farm life is hard. And Munny is no good at it. So he calls his old partner Ned, saddles his ornery nag, and rides off to kill one more time, blurring the lines between heroism and villainy, man and myth.

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Plot Keywords:

revisionist western | one last job | sadist | revenge | gun control | 

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Taglines:

It's a hell of a thing, killing a man

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Genres:

Drama | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 August 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Cut Whore Killings

Filming Locations:

Alberta, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$14,400,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$15,018,007, 9 August 1992

Gross USA:

$101,157,447

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$159,157,447

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros.,Malpaso Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

130 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the time of the Academy Awards ceremony, Frances Fisher was four months pregnant, but under strict orders not to tell anyone, including her closest friends. "I don't want that kinda thing taking attention away from my Oscar race!" Clint Eastwood said to her. When Eastwood's name was announced as the winner for Best Director, Fisher tried to hug him, but he quickly pulled away and walked onstage. In his acceptance speech, he thanked Fisher only in professional context along with many other members of the cast and crew, acknowledging no personal attachment to her whatsoever. Fisher finally announced her pregnancy two months before giving birth, and news outlets prefaced with "according to", "reportedly", et cetera, because Clint and his representatives declined comment and refused to confirm Frances's announcement. When Francesca Eastwood was born in August 1993, she was misreported everywhere as being the third child for sixty-three-year-old Clint. Francesca is at least Clint's seventh child.

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Goofs

Although pheasants were not introduced to the American west from Asia until the 1890s, they are present along the railroad tracks in 1880.

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Quotes

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

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Crazy Credits

Instead of the usual Warner Bros. closing logo, it shows the Warner Bros. shield in black and white without a banner.

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Connections

Featured in Biography: Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso (1994)

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Soundtracks

Claudia's Song
Written by Clint Eastwood and Lennie Niehaus

User Reviews

Clint... He just rules!

This is The movie that convinced me that "Clint" is indeed from a higher ground. Thoug, I've always considered Clint as a good actor,I didn't know about his capabilities as a director, he really never proved him self to me. This movie does all of that and more. Grovin up whit western movies, I would have to say that unforgiven is about whole new genre among western movies. Unforgiven is really a true statement of man's brutality and what he "or" she is capable of. Religion,marriage,children, doesn't change ones true identity. After all, when the "society" comes on you hard, the steps you are willing to take in real life, are sometimes desperate. I hope that this movie could be a bridge for those who don't like western movies, but do appreciate a decent manuscript and some fine acting.