EIGER SANCTION: CLINT EASTWOOD DVD (Eastwood, Clint. Trevanian (Rodney William Whitaker))

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EIGER SANCTION: CLINT EASTWOOD DVD
By Eastwood, Clint. Trevanian (Rodney William Whitaker)
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A Hollywood classic! Real climbing on the Eiger Nordwand. Clint Eastwood held the dual role of director and star of this 1975 spy thriller, which makes up for sluggish pacing with a breathtaking climax on a treacherous peak in the Swiss Alps. The plot kicks into gear when Eastwood, playing a retired assassin, is recruited back into a secret organization to avenge the murder of an old friend. He's then blackmailed into making a second 'hit'; this time his target is one of three men who will be attempting to conquer the Eiger, a dangerous peak in Switzerland.

Himself an accomplished climber, Eastwood's character joins the expedition with George Kennedy as leader of the ground crew. Shifting loyalties, apparent betrayals, and paranoid suspicion factor into the suspenseful climax on the sheer face of the mountain. This memorable sequence--for which Eastwood performed his own mountain-climbing stunts -- is effectively intense, built on a standard plot of double-cross and intrigue that was intended to combine Eastwood's screen persona with the global adventure of the James Bond films. For the most part it works -- it's not one of Eastwood's better films, but it's got some first-class thrills to grab and hold your interest.

Dr. Jonathan Hemlock (Clint Eastwood) is tired of killing for a living, but the ruthless government agency he works for needs his services again, and they'll use any kind of manipulation they have to in order to get him to take one last job. They eventually convince him to take on a dangerous undercover mission that involves climbing the Eiger-- and the most dangerous aspect is that he doesn't know which of his fellow climbers is the enemy assassin he's supposed to 'sanction.'

THE EIGER SANCTION is Eastwood's exciting journey into the world of the JamesBond-style spy thriller. Eastwood was attracted to the script by the opportunity it afforded him to film exciting climbing sequences in the Swiss Alps, and these well-made sequences are the high point of the movie.

Eastwood insisted on doing almost all his own climbing. The plot, based on the novel by Trevanian (Rodney William Whitaker), is entertainingly far-fetched; its main purpose seems to be getting Hemlock on that mountain, so it succeeds. Eastwood gets strong supporting help from George Kennedy as his aging climbing buddy, Ben Bowman; Vonetta McGee as the provocatively named Jemima Brown, the woman he's not sure he can trust; and, most amusingly, Jack Cassidy in a hilariously over-the-top performance as Miles Mellough, a flamboyant gay double agent.

College art professor, mountain climber, hired assassin -- Clint Eastwood is all these and more as the director and star of this action-adventure picture set high in the Swiss Alps. He plays Jonathan Hemlock, a retired hit man who is drawn back into action by a U.S. secret intelligence organization known as the CII. He's doing it all for the love of art though: His reward for assassinating two enemies of the CIIis a priceless Pissarro to add to his collection of stolen art.

The film was shot in the Bernese Oberlands of Switzerland and in Monument Valley, Arizona.

While filming a simulated rock slide on the Eiger early on in the shoot, a young climber, David Knowles, was killed when he was struck on the head by a falling rock. Eastwood considered canceling the production but, partly at the urging of the other climbers working on the film, decided to continue. Although not shown in the film or extras, it was while this film was being made that Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler made thier historic 12 hour ascent of the Eiger; photos of their encounter with the film crew appear in Habeler's book Lonely Victory.

THE EIGER SANCTION was the last film Eastwood made for Universal before establishing his long-standing relationship with Warner Brothers.

Jack Cassidy (Miles Mellough) is the father of former teen idols David and Shaun Cassidy. He was also once married to Shirley Jones, who played David's mother on the 1970s TV series THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY.

DVD Features:

Year: 1975
Run time: 125
Rating: R (MPAA



Cinematographer   John Cleare: (Other notable British climbers also worked on the film)

Cinematographer Peter Pilafian: Second Unit Director of Photography/NGT Photographer

This list is from IMBDb.com

Other crew
Martin Boysen	....	climber
Don Christie	....	stillman: USA
Bev Clark	....	climber
Norman Dyhrenfurth	....	leader: climbing expedition
Laura Fattori	....	production secretary: Switzerland
Dougal Haston	....	climber
Mike Hoover	....	advisor: climbing expedition
David Knowles	....	climber
Jack Kosslyn	....	dialogue coach
Jennings Lang	....	presenter
Hamish McInnes	....	climber
Tom Moore	....	script supervisor
Guy Neithardt	....	climber
J.J. Rayman	....	stillman: Switzerland
Carol Rydall	....	secretary: Malpaso Company
Charles Scott	....	climber

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