Clint Eastwood To Make Our Day As 3 Of His Best Movies Head To 4K Ultra HD Entertainment
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Clint Eastwood draws his .44 Magnum and his six-shooter as 3 of his best movies head to 4K UHD for the first time from Warner Home Entertainment.
Three films from legendary filmmaker Clint Eastwood – Dirty Harry. The Outlaw Josey Wales. And Pale Rider (40th anniversary) will be released for the first time on 4K Ultra HD and SteelBook.
2021 marked the 50th year of Clint Eastwood’s partnership with Warner Bros., which began in 1971 with the release of Dirty Harry. Over the course of his remarkable career, Eastwood, a 4-time Academy Award winner, has received a number of lifetime and career achievement honours. Including the Motion Picture Academy’s Irving Thalberg Memorial Award and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s Cecil B. DeMille Award.
He has also garnered tributes from the Directors Guild of America. The Producers Guild of America. The Screen Actors Guild. The American Film Institute. The Film Society of Lincoln Center. The French Film Society. The National Board of Review, and the Henry Mancini Institute. He is also the recipient of a Kennedy Center Honor. The California Governor’s Award for the Arts, and France’s Commandeur de la Legion d’honneur.
DIRTY HARRY – 1971
Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood stars as no-holds-barred San Francisco cop Dirty Harry Callahan in this action thriller that began an action franchise. Detective Harry Callahan is assigned to deliver extortion money to a serial murderer, but he runs into trouble when the payoff goes wrong. Now, with the life of a 14-year-old girl at stake, Callahan refuses to allow anything–including the law–to keep him from stopping the killer.
The film is directed by Don Siegel. The screenplay is by Harry Julian Fink, R.M. Fink, and Dean Riesner from a story by Harry Julian Fink and R.M. Fink. The film is produced by Don Siegel. Dirty Harry stars Clint Eastwood, Andy Robinson, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, and John Vernon.
FAMOUS QUOTE
In 2008, Empire recognized “Dirty Harry” as one of the 500 Greatest Movies of All Time. The American Film Institute ranked it No. 41 on their list of 100 Years…100 Thrills, highlighting it as one of America’s most exhilarating films. Harry Callahan earned the title of the 17th greatest movie hero in the AFI’s 100 Years…100 Heroes & Villains. Additionally, the film’s famous quote, “You’ve got to ask yourself one question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?” took the 51st spot on the AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes.
In February 2025, the 4K remaster of the film premiered at the Berlinale Film Festival as part of the Berlinale Classics program. Which showcases digitally restored film classics.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Dirty Harry 4K UHD contains the following new and previously released special features:
Commentary by Richard Schickel – NEW
Generations and Dirty Harry – NEW
Lensing Justice: The Cinematography of Dirty Harry – NEW
American Masters Career Retrospective: Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy – Fighting for Justice – NEW
Interview Gallery
Patricia Clarkson
Joel Cox
Clint Eastwood
Hal Holbrook
Evan Kim
John Milius
Ted Post
Andy Robinson
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Robert Urich
Dirty Harry’s Way
Dirty Harry: The Original
Dirty Harry hits the shelves in 4K Ultra HD and as a 4K Ultra HD SteelBook on April 28. The film will also be available as a 4K Ultra HD Collector’s Edition starting May 19.
The 4K Ultra HD Collector’s Edition contains the following additional features:
Film in 4K UHD and Blu-ray
SteelBook
Rigid slipcase
Double-sided A3 poster
Police file envelope
Suspect profile card
Ransom note card
5x double-sided character cards
4x double-sided behind-the-scenes cards
THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES – 1976
Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood stars in and directs this fast-paced Western about a Missouri farmer’s quest for vengeance following the murder of his family during the final days of the United States Civil War.
Clint Eastwood directs the film. The screenplay is by Phil Kaufman and Sonia Chernus and is based on the novel “Gone to Texas” by Forrest Carter. Robert Daley produces the film. The Outlaw Josey Wales stars Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, and John Vernon.
The Outlaw Josey Wales earned a nomination for the Academy Award for Original Music Score. In 1996, the United States Library of Congress recognized the film as “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.” And selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
SPECIAL FEATURES
The Outlaw Josey Wales 4K UHD contains the following new and previously released special features:
Commentary by Richard Schickel
An Outlaw and an Antihero – NEW
The Cinematography of an Outlaw: Crafting Josey Wales – NEW
Clint Eastwood’s West
Eastwood in Action
Hell Hath No Fury: The Making of The Outlaw Josey Wales
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy – Reinventing Westerns – NEW
The Outlaw Josey Wales is released as a 4K Ultra HD and as a 4K Ultra HD SteelBook on April 28.
PALE RIDER – 1985
With 1985’s Pale Rider, Clint Eastwood returned to the Western genre with a vengeance as the movie became the highest-grossing Western of that decade. Eastwood, who also directed the hit film, plays a nameless stranger who rides into a small California gold rush town (and becomes known as the “Preacher”), where he finds himself in the middle of a feud between a mining syndicate and a group of independent prospectors.
The film is produced and directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack. The film stars Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Christopher Penn, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel, Doug McGrath, and John Russell.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Pale Rider 4K UHD contains the following new and previously released special features:
The Diary of Sydney Penny: Lessons from the Set – NEW
Painting the Preacher: The Cinematography of Pale Rider – NEW
Clint Eastwood: A Cinematic Legacy – Reinventing Westerns – NEW
Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
The Eastwood Factor
Pale Rider is released as a 4K Ultra HD and as a 4K Ultra HD SteelBook on April 28.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
DIRTY HARRY
4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Languages: English; DTS-HD Master Audio: English 2.0, Dolby Digital: Castilian Spanish 1.0, German 1.0, Italian 1.0, Latin Spanish 1.0, Parisian French 1.0
4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Subtitles: English SDH, German SDH, Italian SDH, Castilian Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Latin Spanish, Norwegian, Parisian French, Swedish
Run Time: 102 minutes
Rating: 18
Street Date: 28/04/2025
THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES
4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Languages: English; DTS-HD Master Audio: English 2.0; Dolby Digital: Castilian Spanish 1.0, German 1.0, Italian 1.0, Latin Spanish 1.0, Parisian French 1.0
4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Subtitles: English SDH, German SDH, Italian SDH, Castilian Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Latin Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Parisian French
Run Time: 136 minutes
Rating: 18
Street Date: 28/04/2025
PALE RIDER
4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Languages: English; DTS-HD Master Audio: English 2.0; Dolby Digital: Castilian Spanish 2S, Italian 1.0, Latin Spanish 2.0, Parisian French 1.0
4K Ultra HD Blu-ray Subtitles: English SDH, German SDH, Italian SDH, Castilian Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Latin Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Parisian French
Run Time: 116 minutes
Rating: 15
Street Date: 28/04/2025
Each one of these incredible 4K UHD looks incredible. So, which one of them will make your day? Make your choice. Do Ya Feel Lucky, Punk?
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