Happy Birthday Clint

Happy Birthday Clint

It hardly seems possible that another year has passed and we find ourselves celebrating Clint’s Birthday once again. At 95 (a nonagenarian apparently) it certainly confirms Clint as the ‘elderly statesman’ of the film industry. I have no idea how Clint will be celebrating his Birthday, but I’d Hazzard a guess that he will be enjoying the time quietly and relaxing over a fine glass of wine with his closest family and friends – and why not?

As always, and on behalf of all the fans, and everyone here at the Archive, we would like to extend our best Birthday wishes and salute this remarkable achievement. 

Trying to come up with something new to accompany and illustrate this post is a task which has started to become increasingly harder. So instead, I thought I’d go through some bags – and see if anything leaped out that had not already been featured on the Archive. I ended up going through a large bag which had a great deal of oversized pages, trade ads, large newspaper cuttings – all of which were much too large for a simple pass through the scanner. 

One of these cutting was a double page spread from Screen International, dated August 14th – 20th 1992. Because it was so large (approx. 20” x 13” and in 2 halves) it had gotten a bit beaten and battered over the last 30+ years (haven’t we all) – but it still remained a treasured piece. Eventually I broke this down into 4 separate passes through the scanner then stitched it all back together before restoring it here on the Archive on Clint’s Birthday.

Unforgiven marked a huge turning point in Clint’s career and marked the beginning of a fruitful and rewarding period. Having the fans behind and supporting your work was always a given, but to also gain the respect from pretty much every critic around the world – well, that was new territory. It seemed that Clint’s work was finally being recognised and applauded – much like the man today. 

Below: Rare Unforgiven fully restored one day trade advertisement 1992