![]() to support his decision when the Directors Guild tried to challenge the termination. ![]() The two of them also had fundamental interpretive differences over foundational and thematic elements of the narrative.Įventually, Eastwood fired Kaufman (conveniently following all of the primary pre-production work Kaufman had done) and persuaded Warner Bros. But Eastwood (who had invested some of his personal funds into obtaining the film rights to the original novel) had strong differences of opinion to Kaufman’s style of direction and even occasionally undermined some of Kaufman’s choices on set. Those duties were originally assigned to Philip Kaufman, who helped adapt the novel along with Sonia Chernus and Michael Cimino (who had written and directed Thunderbolt and Lightfoot ). ![]() A meditation on loss and regret, and the casualties of war, both physically and spiritually.Ĭlint Eastwood wasn’t originally supposed to direct The Outlaw Josey Wales. Returning again to the Wild West for the first time since High Plains Drifter, The Outlaw Josey Wales is one of the most ambitious (and one of the most effective) projects in which Eastwood had yet been involved. “Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?” – Josey Wales
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