Clint Eastwood
Turner Classic Movies To Celebrate Clint Eastwood’s Birthday With Marathon Movie Session. Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood has a big birthday coming up and Turner Classic Movies is celebrating the prolific filmmaker and actor’s career with a 24-hour marathon and world television premiere of a new documentary. The Oscar winner will turn 80 on May 31 and TCM will kick off the marathon at 6 am ET. Some of Eastwood’s most popular films will be featured in the run, including “Dirty Harry,” “Magnum Force,” “Kelly’s Heroes” and the American Western “Hang ‘Em High.” Fans can also catch the world television premiere of “The Eastwood Factor,” an all-new feature-length documentary narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman and written and directed by critic and film historian Richard Schickel. The documentary will offer fans a rare and personal look into the Hollywood icon, visiting film locations and sites where his movies were created, including the costume department and the Eastwood Scoring Stage on the Warner Bros. lot. Eastwood will also offer candid and humorous interviews about his film, why he choose to do them and numerous clips from his various works. For a full schedule lineup of the day, head to www.tcm.com.
