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Box set of eight classic Clint Eastwood films. In 'Play Misty for
Me' (1971) Dave Garland (Clint Eastwood) is a Californian DJ who
runs a late night call-in show, and receives regular requests from
a female caller for Erroll Garner's 'Misty'. The fan, Evelyn Draper
(Jessica Walter), turns out to be a maniacal stalker. In the
western 'High Plains Drifter' (1973) the unwelcome arrival of a
stranger (Eastwood) in the town of Lagos causes resentment and fear
among the locals. However, when they come under threat from a band
of escaped convicts, it is to the stranger that the townsfolk turn
for salvation. In 'The Beguiled' (1970), during the American Civil
War, a wounded Union soldier (Eastwood) is taken in by the
all-female staff of a Confederate Louisiana girls' school as their
'prize'. However, the soldier cunningly plays the women off against
each other, working on their sexual frustrations and biding his
time until he can make an escape. 'Breezy' (1973) is an
Eastwood-directed effort in which Breezy (Kay Lenz) is a teenage
hippy hitchhiker taken advantage of by a ruthless rotter who wants
to use her for sex. She escapes in a remote area and meets kindly
middle-aged man Frank Harmon (William Holden) whom she hopes will
take her in. Harmon is (rightfully) reluctant and his worst
imaginable scenario comes true when the impressionable teen falls
in love with him. In 'Joe Kidd' (1972) Eastwood plays a drunken
tracker coerced by American business tycoon Robert Duvall to go in
search of Mexican agitator John Saxon. The film is scripted by
renowned crime writer Elmore Leonard. In 'Two Mules for Sister
Sarah' (1969) a gold-digger (Eastwood) in old Mexico shows his
fundamentally noble nature by saving a 'nun' (Shirley Maclaine)
from being raped. She turns out in fact to be a prostitute, and the
odd couple team up, facing continual confrontation with the French
forces. In 'Coogan's Bluff' (1968) Eastwood is Arizona deputy Walt
Coogan, sent to New York city to escort a prisoner home. The
prisoner isn't ready to be transferred back to Arizona so Coogan
cuts a few corners. This helps the prisoner escape and, after
Coogan clashes with the Sherrif McElroy (Lee J. Cobb), he is
ordered back to Arizona. In 'The Eiger Sanction' (1975) college
lecturer Jonathan Hemlock (Eastwood) tops up his university
paypacket by carrying out the occasional assassination. His latest
assignment involves joining a climbing expedition up the Eiger,
identifying the Russian killer amongst the group, and then
neutralising his threat.
Legendary jazzman Johnny Otis has spent a lifetime at the center of
L.A.'s black music scene as a composer, performer, producer, d.j.,
activist, and preacher. His energetic, anecdotal memoir, Upside
Your Head Rhythm and Blues on Central Avenue, recalls the music,
the great performers, and the vibrant culture of the district, as
well as the political and social forces -- including virulent white
racism -- that have shaped black life in Los Angeles. Resonating
with anger, poignancy, joy, and defiance, Upside Your Head is a
unique document of the African-American musical and cultural
experience.
Upside Your Head recalls a 50-year career when it seems Otis either
encountered, discovered, or performed with every significant figure
in the early days of rhythm & blues and rock 'n' roll,
including Count Basie, Esther Phillips, T-Bone Walker, Big Mama
Thornton, and Lester Young. Drawing on dozens of vignettes,
personal photographs, and hours of taped interviews from the
popular "Johnny Otis Show," Upside Your Head offers a moving
tribute to the black community that gave birth to L.A.'s rhythm and
blues. His stories celebrate the true roots in black culture of a
distinctive American music while lamenting its eventual
appropriation by the dominant white society.
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