Where to watch Unforgiven (1992)
Unforgiven is available to stream in BR on HBO Max. It can also be rented or bought from AppleTV and Amazon.
A retired, once-ruthless killer now lives as a gentle widower and struggling hog farmer. To support his children, he accepts one last bounty mission with an old partner and an inexperienced young gun, confronting brutal attackers and a corrupt sheriff in a harsh frontier town.
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Jaimz Woolvett, Richard Harris, Saul Rubinek, Frances Fisher, Anna Thomson, David Mucci, Rob Campbell, Anthony James, Tara Frederick
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Trivia & production notes
- David Webb Peoples wrote the script based on a concept that originated in 1976 under the working titles The Cut-Whore Killings and The William Munny Killings.
- Francis Ford Coppola optioned the script early in its development but was unable to secure financing to move the project forward.
- In 1984, Eastwood's story editor Sonia Chernus sent him a memo urging him to reject the script, calling it an insult to the company that didn't deserve his time.
- When Clint Eastwood called Richard Harris to offer him the role of English Bob, Harris was watching Eastwood's 1973 film High Plains Drifter and initially thought the call was a prank.
- Gene Hackman hesitated to accept the role of Bill Daggett because his daughters objected to him appearing in too many violent films, though his agent and Eastwood eventually convinced him.
- Production designer Henry Bumstead, who had previously worked with Eastwood on High Plains Drifter, was brought in to achieve the film's distinctive drained and wintry visual aesthetic.
- Clint Eastwood composed the film's main theme, Claudia's Theme.
- The Writers Guild of America ranked David Webb Peoples' script as the 30th-greatest screenplay ever written in 2006.
- The film opened with $15 million from 2,071 theaters, setting a record for Clint Eastwood's best opening weekend and the highest August opening until The Fugitive surpassed it a year later.
- Unforgiven spent 343 days in theaters across 49 weeks, earning $159 million worldwide and returning to the top 10 after its Oscar wins months after initial release.
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