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Malpaso Productions
TypePrivate
IndustryFilm
Founded1967
FounderClint Eastwood
Irving Leonard
Headquarters,
Key people
Clint Eastwood
Robert Lorenz
David Valdes
Fritz Manes
Robert Daley
Keith Dillin
ProductsMotion pictures
ServicesFilm production

Malpaso Productions is Clint Eastwood's production company.[1] It was established in 1967 as The Malpaso Company by Eastwood's financial adviser Irving Leonard for the film Hang 'Em High, using profits from the Dollars Trilogy. Leonard served as President of the Malpaso Company until his death on December 13, 1969.

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Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Clinton Eastwood Jr. is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide, he rose to international fame with his role as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's "Dollars Trilogy" of Spaghetti Westerns during the mid-1960s and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity. Elected in 1986, Eastwood served for two years as the mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

Production company

Production company

A production company, production house, production studio, or a production team is a studio that creates works in the fields of performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, comics, interactive arts, video games, websites, music, and video. These groups consist of technical staff to produce the media, and are often incorporated as a commercial publisher. Generally the term refers to all individuals responsible for the technical aspects of creating a particular product, regardless of where in the process their expertise is required, or how long they are involved in the project. For example, in a theatrical performance, the production team has not only the running crew, but also the theatrical producer, designers and theatrical direction.

Irving Leonard (financial adviser)

Irving Leonard (financial adviser)

Irving Leonard was an American financial adviser to Hollywood film stars of the 1950s and 1960s and an associate film producer.

Hang 'Em High

Hang 'Em High

Hang 'Em High is a 1968 American DeLuxe Color revisionist Western film directed by Ted Post and written by Leonard Freeman and Mel Goldberg. It stars Clint Eastwood as Jed Cooper, an innocent man who survives a lynching; Inger Stevens as a widow who helps him; Ed Begley as the leader of the gang that lynched Cooper; and Pat Hingle as the federal judge who hires him as a Deputy U.S. Marshal.

Dollars Trilogy

Dollars Trilogy

Dollars Trilogy, also known as the Man with No Name Trilogy or the Blood Money Trilogy, is an Italian film series consisting of three Spaghetti Western films directed by Sergio Leone. The films are titled A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Their English versions were distributed by United Artists, while the Italian ones were distributed by Unidis and PEA.

Name origins

The name is derived from Malpaso Creek (Spanish for "bad step", or "misstep"), located south of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. Eastwood had received U.S. Army basic training at nearby Fort Ord, where he remained as a lifeguard until discharged in 1953.[2] On December 24, 1967, Eastwood bought five parcels totaling 283 acres (115 ha) of land along Malpaso Creek from Charles Sawyer.[3] He later added more land until he owned 650 acres (260 ha). The land bordered the south bank of Malpaso Creek from the eastern side of Highway 1 to the coastal ridge. He sold it to Monterey County in 1995 for $3.08 million.[4][5] Near the coast, a trail and later a road ran from Carmel to Big Sur during the 1800s. The creek has very steep side slopes and there was only one crossing (a ford only 10 feet (3.0 m) above sea level) until the Malpaso Creek Bridge was built in 1935 as part of Highway 1.

Founding

When Eastwood agreed to take the role of The Man with No Name in A Fistful of Dollars in 1964, his agent told him that it would be a "bad step" for his career. The Dollars Trilogy was surprisingly successful. After filming Where Eagles Dare in 1968, Eastwood grew irritated about the money he considered wasted during these big productions. He wanted more creative control over his films and decided to form his own production company. He thought the choice of "Malpaso" was appropriate.[6]

Irving Leonard, Eastwood's financial adviser, organized the company for Eastwood following the success of and using the earnings from the Dollars Trilogy.[7] The first feature they produced was the 1968 film Hang 'Em High. Leonard served as President of the Malpaso Company and associate producer of Eastwood's films from Hang 'Em High until his death in 1969.[8][9]

Eastwood is known for very tight shooting schedules, finishing his films on schedule and on budget, or earlier and under budget, typically in much less time than most production companies.[10]

Few film production companies such as Malpaso Productions have been involved with one studio for releasing its motion pictures. Warner Bros. Pictures has served as the distributor of many of Clint Eastwood's produced, directed and starred films, a relationship that has lasted for nearly half a century and resulted in more than 40 features.[11]

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Man with No Name

Man with No Name

The Man with No Name is the antihero character portrayed by Clint Eastwood in Sergio Leone's "Dollars Trilogy" of Italian Spaghetti Western films: A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). He is recognizable by his poncho, brown hat, tan cowboy boots, fondness for cigarillos, and the fact that he rarely talks.

A Fistful of Dollars

A Fistful of Dollars

A Fistful of Dollars is a 1964 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, José Calvo, Antonio Prieto, and Joseph Egger. The film, an international co-production between Italy, West Germany, and Spain, was filmed on a low budget, and Eastwood was paid $15,000 for his role.

Dollars Trilogy

Dollars Trilogy

Dollars Trilogy, also known as the Man with No Name Trilogy or the Blood Money Trilogy, is an Italian film series consisting of three Spaghetti Western films directed by Sergio Leone. The films are titled A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Their English versions were distributed by United Artists, while the Italian ones were distributed by Unidis and PEA.

Where Eagles Dare

Where Eagles Dare

Where Eagles Dare is a 1968 war film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. It follows a joint British-American Special Operations Executive team of paratroopers raiding a castle. It was filmed in Panavision using the Metrocolor process, and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Alistair MacLean wrote the screenplay, his first, at the same time that he wrote the novel of the same name. Both became commercial successes.

Irving Leonard (financial adviser)

Irving Leonard (financial adviser)

Irving Leonard was an American financial adviser to Hollywood film stars of the 1950s and 1960s and an associate film producer.

Hang 'Em High

Hang 'Em High

Hang 'Em High is a 1968 American DeLuxe Color revisionist Western film directed by Ted Post and written by Leonard Freeman and Mel Goldberg. It stars Clint Eastwood as Jed Cooper, an innocent man who survives a lynching; Inger Stevens as a widow who helps him; Ed Begley as the leader of the gang that lynched Cooper; and Pat Hingle as the federal judge who hires him as a Deputy U.S. Marshal.

Shooting schedule

Shooting schedule

A shooting schedule is a project plan of each day's shooting for a film production. It is normally created and managed by the assistant director, who reports to the production manager managing the production schedule. Both schedules represent a timeline stating where and when production resources are used.

Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures is an American film production and distribution company of the Warner Bros. Pictures Group division of Warner Bros. Entertainment. The studio is the flagship producer of live-action feature films within the Warner Bros. Pictures Group unit, and is based at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California. Animated films produced by the Warner Animation Group are also released under the studio banner.

Filmography

1960s

Year Title Director Distributor Names Notes
1968 Hang 'Em High Ted Post United Artists The Malpaso Company co-production with Leonard Freeman Productions; first film
Coogan's Bluff Don Siegel Universal Pictures
1969 Paint Your Wagon Joshua Logan Paramount Pictures top production billing went to Alan Jay Lerner Productions

1970s

Year Title Director Distributor Names Notes
1970 Two Mules for Sister Sara Don Siegel Universal Pictures The Malpaso Company co-production with Sanen Productions
1971 The Beguiled co-production with Jennings Lang Productions
Play Misty for Me Clint Eastwood
Dirty Harry Don Siegel Warner Bros. Pictures
1972 Joe Kidd John Sturges Universal Pictures
1973 High Plains Drifter Clint Eastwood
Breezy
Magnum Force Ted Post Warner Bros. Pictures
1974 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Michael Cimino United Artists
1975 The Eiger Sanction Clint Eastwood Universal Pictures co-production with Zanuck/Brown Productions
1976 The Outlaw Josey Wales Warner Bros. Pictures
The Enforcer James Fargo
1977 The Gauntlet Clint Eastwood
1978 Every Which Way But Loose James Fargo
1979 Escape from Alcatraz Don Siegel Paramount Pictures

1980s

Year Title Director Distributor Names Notes
1980 Any Which Way You Can Buddy Van Horn Warner Bros. Pictures The Malpaso Company
1982 Firefox Clint Eastwood
Honkytonk Man
1983 Sudden Impact
1984 Tightrope Richard Tuggle uncredited scenes directed by Clint Eastwood
City Heat Richard Benjamin
1985 Pale Rider Clint Eastwood
1986 Heartbreak Ridge
Ratboy Sondra Locke
1988 The Dead Pool Buddy Van Horn Malpaso Productions
Bird Clint Eastwood The Malpaso Company
Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser Charlotte Zwerin Malpaso Productions
1989 Pink Cadillac Buddy Van Horn

1990s

Year Title Director Distributor Names Notes
1990 White Hunter, Black Heart Clint Eastwood Warner Bros. Pictures Malpaso Productions
The Rookie
1992 Unforgiven
1993 A Perfect World co-production with Mark Johnson Productions
1995 The Bridges of Madison County co-production with Amblin Entertainment
The Stars Fell on Henrietta James Keach
1997 Absolute Power Clint Eastwood Sony Pictures Releasing co-production with Columbia Pictures and Castle Rock Entertainment
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with Silver Pictures
1999 True Crime co-production with The Zanuck Company

2000s

Year Title Director Distributor Names Notes
2000 Space Cowboys Clint Eastwood Warner Bros. Pictures Malpaso Productions co-production with Mad Chance Productions, Village Roadshow Pictures and Clipsal Films
2002 Blood Work
2003 Mystic River co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment
2004 Million Dollar Baby co-production with Lakeshore Entertainment
2006 Flags of Our Fathers Paramount Pictures/Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with DreamWorks Pictures and Amblin Entertainment
Letters from Iwo Jima Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with DreamWorks Pictures and Amblin Entertainment
2007 Rails & Ties Alison Eastwood
2008 Changeling Clint Eastwood Universal Pictures co-production with Relativity Media and Imagine Entertainment
Gran Torino Warner Bros. Pictures co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures
2009 Invictus co-production with Spyglass Entertainment

2010s

Year Title Director Distributor Names Notes
2010 Hereafter Clint Eastwood Warner Bros. Pictures Malpaso Productions co-production with Amblin Entertainment and The Kennedy/Marshall Company
2011 J. Edgar co-production with Imagine Entertainment and Wintergreen Productions
2012 Trouble with the Curve Robert Lorenz
2014 Jersey Boys Clint Eastwood co-production with RatPac-Dune Entertainment and GK Films
American Sniper co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Mad Chance Productions and 22nd & Indiana Pictures
2016 Sully co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures, RatPac-Dune Entertainment, Flashlight Films, The Kennedy/Marshall Company and Orange Corp
2018 The 15:17 to Paris co-production with Village Roadshow Pictures and Access Entertainment
The Mule co-production with Imperative Entertainment and Bron Creative
2019 Richard Jewell co-production with Appian Way Productions, Misher Films and 75 Year Plan Productions

2020s

Year Title Director Distributor Names Notes
2021 Cry Macho Clint Eastwood Warner Bros. Pictures Malpaso Productions

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Hang 'Em High

Hang 'Em High

Hang 'Em High is a 1968 American DeLuxe Color revisionist Western film directed by Ted Post and written by Leonard Freeman and Mel Goldberg. It stars Clint Eastwood as Jed Cooper, an innocent man who survives a lynching; Inger Stevens as a widow who helps him; Ed Begley as the leader of the gang that lynched Cooper; and Pat Hingle as the federal judge who hires him as a Deputy U.S. Marshal.

Leonard Freeman

Leonard Freeman

Leonard Freeman was an American television writer and producer who is best remembered as the creator of the CBS series Hawaii Five-O in 1968. He appeared in a 1953 episode (#112) of the TV series The Lone Ranger.

Coogan's Bluff (film)

Coogan's Bluff (film)

Coogan's Bluff is a 1968 American crime thriller film directed and produced by Don Siegel. It stars Clint Eastwood, Susan Clark, Don Stroud, Tisha Sterling, Betty Field and Lee J. Cobb. The film marks the first of five collaborations between Siegel and Eastwood, which continued with Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970), The Beguiled (1971), Dirty Harry (1971) and Escape from Alcatraz (1979).

Don Siegel

Don Siegel

Donald Siegel was an American film and television director and producer.

Paint Your Wagon (film)

Paint Your Wagon (film)

Paint Your Wagon is a 1969 American Western musical film starring Lee Marvin, Clint Eastwood, and Jean Seberg. The film was adapted by Paddy Chayefsky from the 1951 musical Paint Your Wagon by Lerner and Loewe. It is set in a mining camp in Gold Rush-era California. It was directed by Joshua Logan.

Joshua Logan

Joshua Logan

Joshua Lockwood Logan III was an American director, writer, and actor. He shared a Pulitzer Prize for co-writing the musical South Pacific and was involved in writing other musicals.

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production and distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global. It is the fifth-oldest film studio in the world, the second-oldest film studio in the United States, and the sole member of the "Big Five" film studios located within the city limits of Los Angeles.

Alan Jay Lerner

Alan Jay Lerner

Alan Jay Lerner was an American lyricist and librettist. In collaboration with Frederick Loewe, and later Burton Lane, he created some of the world's most popular and enduring works of musical theatre both for the stage and on film. Lerner won three Tony Awards and three Academy Awards, among other honors.

Jennings Lang

Jennings Lang

Jennings Lang was an American film producer, as well as a screenwriter and actor.

Play Misty for Me

Play Misty for Me

Play Misty for Me is a 1971 American psychological thriller film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, his directorial debut. Jessica Walter and Donna Mills co-star. The screenplay, written by regular Eastwood collaborators Jo Heims and Dean Riesner, follows a radio disc jockey (Eastwood) being stalked by an obsessed female fan (Walter).

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Clinton Eastwood Jr. is an American actor and film director. After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide, he rose to international fame with his role as the "Man with No Name" in Sergio Leone's "Dollars Trilogy" of Spaghetti Westerns during the mid-1960s and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films throughout the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, among others, have made Eastwood an enduring cultural icon of masculinity. Elected in 1986, Eastwood served for two years as the mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.

Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry is a 1971 American neo-noir action thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the Dirty Harry series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first appearance as San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. The film drew upon the real-life case of the Zodiac Killer as the Callahan character seeks out a similar vicious psychopath.

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