Thomas Butt is a senior writer at Collider who focuses on classic movies.
The Big Picture If you're looking for prestige, Clint Eastwood will give you Unforgiven. If you're in the mood for a gripping thriller to kill a Sunday afternoon, Eastwood has you covered with Absolute Power. The release of the searing revisionist Western in 1992 was a watershed moment for Eastwood, who was finally recognized by the Academy Awards, winning Best Director and Best Picture.
In all likelihood, no party involved in the production of Absolute Power envisioned the film as a prophetic text. A year after the movie, based on a novel by prolific suspense writer David Baldacci, depicting a fictitious president in an extramarital affair with Christy Sullivan was released in 1997, the salacious Bill Clinton sex scandal in the Oval Office hit the front pages.
Clint Eastwood Channels Hitchcock Thrillers in 'Absolute Power' Clint Eastwood, an expeditious filmmaker on set, directs Absolute Power with a tight grip despite an intricately plotted script by William Goldman, the writer of All the President's Men and Marathon Man. Following the riveting opening heist, showing Whitney performing a rudimentary job while inadvertently becoming a key witness to a murder and a prime suspect, the narrative undergoes a series of twists and turns.
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