Clint Eastwood: Sexual Cowboy

by Douglas Thompson

Since he first leapt to fame in TV's "Rawhide", Clint Eastwood has been in control of his personal and professional destiny - for 30 years he has had the Hollywood system working for him. As an actor and director, his movies - from "A Fist Full of Dollars" and "Every Which Way But Loose" to "Dirty Harry" and "Unforgiven" - consistently display his talents for high drama and wry humour. Colleagues that Eastwood has kept close for many working years here tell of his extreme professionalism and fairness on set, despite his constant striving for perfection. His private life has always remained in the shadows. A man devoted to his children, Eastwood's affair for over 12 years with co-star Sondra Locke exploded in the courts; here Locke speaks of the man she loved, and lost. This book presents Eastwood as a man of modesty with a universal outlook, a talented star with a love for the home life, a recognised master of the genre of the western who turns his hand to starring roles on and off the screen - from Mayor of Carmel to eternal loner.

231 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1992

About the author

Douglas Thompson is the author of more than 20 books. A biographer, broadcaster and international journalist, he is a regular contributor to major newspapers and magazines worldwide. His books, published in a dozen languages, include the television-based anthology Hollywood People and bestselling biographies of Madonna, Clint Eastwood, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dudley Moore, John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, and Leonardo DiCaprio. He collaborated with the billion-dollar dancer Michael Flatley on his top-ten story ‘Lord of the Dance’.

His books have been serialised in newspapers and magazines throughout the world.

With Christine Keeler he wrote her revealing memoir 'The Truth At Last'. He worked as a consultant on the tie-in television documentary on the Profumo Affair.

Following the death of John Profumo the book was updated as ‘Secrets and Lies’ and published to huge interest in 2012.

Working with eminent psychotherapist Pauline Sutcliffe, he told the poignant story of her brother Stuart, who named and helped found the Beatles with John Lennon, in The Beatles’ Shadow.

His book‘The Hustlers’, about gangsters and gambling in 1960s London, is being developed for the screen and was the subject of a Channel 4 documentary.

His latest successes include the trilogy ‘Mafia Princess’, ‘Mafialand’ and ‘The Dark Heart of Hollywood’ which are all being developed for film.

In 2012 his authorised biography of international statesman Youssef Nada, ‘Inside the Muslim Brotherhood’, was published in English and Arabic.

Douglas Thompson divides his time between a medieval English village, the Middle East and California, where he was based as a Fleet Street foreign correspondent and columnist for more than 20 years

Reviews

[Jana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clinta Eastwooda mám ráda ve všech rovinách. Od sexy tajemného chlápka, po nerudného protivu, co leští krásný fáro, jako herce i jako režiséra. Tahle knížka se mi líbila. Ukázala kultovního kovboje jako cílevědomého režiséra i jako odporného nelidu. Jsem spokojená. Jako milý bonus je v knize lehce zastaralý soupis filmů pro snazší orientaci v Clintově tvorbě.

[Kelly-lee Stewart · Rating 4 out of 5]

The fact that this is called 'Sexual Cowboy' is amazing.