“Eastwood never fought and was wounded defending America’s freedom as Douglas did. Eastwood was a star in his time. Douglas is a legend.”
Kirk is a legend in his own, and your, mind. Eastwood is eternal; 100 years from now, people will still watch “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” but will ask “who the hell was that Kirk guy?”
If we’re talking about purely great films, ‘Paths of Glory’ and ‘Out of the Past’ are all time American masterpieces. As much as I love the Sergio Leone film you mentioned, I don’t know if Eastwood has been anything as good as those two.
AFI’s 100 Years...100 Stars
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI’s 100 Years...100 Stars is a list of the top 50 greatest screen legends in American film history, which included 25 male and 25 female stars. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute on June 15, 1999 CBS special hosted by Shirley Temple, with 50 current actors making the presentations.
As of 2013, of the fifty stars listed, only five are still alive: two men (Sidney Poitier and Kirk Douglas), and three women (Shirley Temple, Lauren Bacall, and Sophia Loren). At the time the list was unveiled Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Marlon Brando and Gregory Peck were also still living.
List of 50 legends [edit]
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Male Legends
Female Legends
1. Humphrey Bogart Katharine Hepburn
2. Cary Grant Bette Davis
3. James Stewart Audrey Hepburn
4. Marlon Brando Ingrid Bergman
5. Fred Astaire Greta Garbo
6. Henry Fonda Marilyn Monroe
7. Clark Gable Elizabeth Taylor
8. James Cagney Judy Garland
9. Spencer Tracy Marlene Dietrich
10. Charlie Chaplin Joan Crawford
11. Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck
12. Gregory Peck Claudette Colbert
13. John Wayne Grace Kelly
14. Laurence Olivier Ginger Rogers
15. Gene Kelly Mae West
16. Orson Welles Vivien Leigh
17. Kirk Douglas Lillian Gish
18. James Dean Shirley Temple
19. Burt Lancaster Rita Hayworth
20. The Marx Brothers Lauren Bacall
21. Buster Keaton Sophia Loren
22. Sidney Poitier Jean Harlow
23. Robert Mitchum Carole Lombard
24. Edward G. Robinson Mary Pickford
25. William Holden Ava Gardner
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s_100_Years...100_Stars
Eastwood will NEVER make this list.
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